Jack Hidary

Jack Hidary is the founder and CEO of SandboxAQ, the leader in Quantitative AI ‍software. Jack formed SandboxAQ during his six years at Google leading teams in AI and quantum technologies. SandboxAQ spun out of Alphabet and has raised more than $950 million from leading investors in two rounds since the spinout.
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Jack is the author of several books including AI or Die and also Quantum Computing: An Applied Approach, published by Springer. This work, now in its Second Edition, is one of the leading textbooks in the field and is used both in undergraduate and PhD programs, as well as corporate training sessions. Hidary also co-authored a series of AI research papers with collaborators at MIT.

Jack has been recognized for his leadership by organizations such as the World Economic Forum and is a member of YPO. He studied neuroscience at Columbia and subsequently received the Stanley Fellowship in Clinical Neuroscience at NIH, where he worked on functional brain imaging and artificial neural networks.

“Jack is a unique entrepreneur who combines strong vision, technical depth and pragmatic execution – the kind that comes only a few times in a generation – and we are proud to back him at Breyer Capital.”

Jim Breyer, founder & CEO, Breyer Capital

“I’m investing in Jack and SandboxAQ because of the scalability of its enterprise software. Jack is emulating the way Salesforce.com harnessed the cloud computing era and applying it to the quantum technology era.”

Marc Benioff, Chair, CEO and Co-Founder of Salesforce

“SandboxAQ is uniquely positioned to lead this transformation at scale for global impact. Jack is a world-class leader who has both the technical vision as well as the business acumen to deliver on this roadmap, and he has built a strong team to execute this mission.”

Eric Schmidt, former CEO and executive chairman, Alphabet Corp.

“SandboxAQ is focused on what we believe to be the sweet spot of innovation and with Jack Hidary’s leadership, Sandbox AQ is positioned to be a catalyst of innovation for decades to come!”

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