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Martin SFP Bryant shared thisWelcome to the Ground State Ventures portfolio, Azulene Labs! Nicolas Sawaya and his team's quantum-mechanical AI models will allow drugs and other chemicals to be developed with a level of precision unseen until now. The technology can significantly improve product development across pharma, agriculture, energy storage, and industrial chemicals. Azulene Labs is rebuilding the simulation stack to make chemistry and biochemistry modeling truly predictive for the first time. It is building high-accuracy physics-based foundation models that provide around 100 times the efficiency of competitors while being at least 200 times more cost-effective. And bravo for them embracing the 'unconventional team photo' approach 🙌
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Martin SFP Bryant shared thisDutch friends! Come and organise our events, or share this with someone who could do it. Bonus: you get to work with Shahar Graf.Martin SFP Bryant shared thisWe're hiring for another role! We're looking for an Event Coordinator to join our team. Know someone this would be a good fit for? Share this post with them... The Events Coordinator supports event production, with an estimated 10-20 events per year. These range from intimate dinners to our large-scale annual conference. International travel might be required. Expect tight timelines and high attention to detail. This role is designed for someone who wants to grow their experience in event production at a high-output venture firm. This is for you if you want to be the person behind the room where quantum founders and experts come together. This role reports to the Head of Ecosystem and is based in the Netherlands. What you'll do: - Support and eventually own event production for all Ground State Ventures events, applying our event playbook and helping improve it further. - Drive execution excellence. You’ll work on the full event lifecycle, from concept and guest management to on-the-ground coordination, experience, and follow up. You’ll need high attention to detail with measured deliverables. - Manage event budgets, paying attention to what works best and deprioritizing what doesn’t. - Develop and manage detailed event plans, timelines, and budgets across multiple events simultaneously. - Bring attention to detail, hard work, and enthusiasm to every event, and across all touch points with our network. - Establish vendor relationships, including venues, A/V, production, catering, etc. - Support the team in developing programming, and coordinating with speakers, special guests and stakeholders. - Find opportunities to improve event formats, attendee experience, and operational efficiency across events. - Support general team logistics beyond events, such as travel and offsite planning, when needed. What you'll bring: - Creator mindset. You're a self-starter who can build a program from scratch, execute and optimize. - Industry connections. You have a network of vendors across creative, production, and experiential disciplines. - You can hold your own in a room full of founders, physicists and researchers. Does not require in-depth knowledge, but the willingness to learn. - Exceptional organizational skills. Preferably with a track record of building systems and using tools to work efficiently. - Flexibility to travel when needed to oversee on-site production when needed. - Previous experience running startup and/or technology events is required (minimum of 1-2 years). Who this is for: - Highly organized and detail-oriented - Self-directed - Quick learner - Passionate about startups and technology - Community driven - Good written and verbal communication 👉 Apply today: https://lnkd.in/eCZx8gKp
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Martin SFP Bryant shared thisCome join the GSV team and keep on top of Ton van 't Noordende’s incredibly busy schedule! This is the perfect time to join us. This one goes out to my Amsterdam and NL friends… spread the word!Martin SFP Bryant shared thisWe’re hiring! As we grow, we’re looking for an Executive Assistant to support the work of our founder and General Partner, Ton van 't Noordende. Ton has a very busy schedule of meetings (both in person and remote) and events, coupled with frequent travel across the world. Based in Amsterdam, the role will require you to: - Manage Ton’s complex calendar, coordinating meetings across time zones - Take responsibility for the logistics of Ton’s frequent travel: arranging flights, hotels, and transfers - Handle day-to-day office operations in Amsterdam (supplies, visitors, event logistics) - Triage emails and communication, prioritizing what needs Ton’s attention Anticipate needs and act independently in ambiguous situations - Coordinate expenses, admin and occasional personal tasks to ensure smooth operations - Support the broader Ground State Ventures team around projects such as events when required - Be available and adaptable in a fast-paced environment You will need: - A high level of comfort with ambiguity – able to make the best call in situations where things are frequently changing and Ton may not be available to decide himself (e.g., a change in schedule while Ton is on a flight) - The ability to interact professionally with very discerning, sophisticated investors - A good eye for detail, and the ability to distinguish between what is important and what is urgent, proactively seeking that context and clarity if it’s not provided - High energy and an enthusiasm for working at the very forefront of technology, where science fiction becomes reality Apply today: https://lnkd.in/dYVhMrjD Know someone perfect for the role? Let them know!
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Martin SFP Bryant shared thisOkay, I know I announced this in July (because I was speaking at a conference and it would have been weird not to have had the role on my LinkedIn profile) but now it's properly official-official! Pleased to say I'm Head of Communications at Ground State Ventures. The team here is incredible, and we're working to back the best early-stage teams in quantum technology around the world. I'm heading up all of our external communications and also helping make sure portfolio companies get set on the right path when it comes to talking about themselves. Great to be working with Ton van 't Noordende, Chad Rigetti, Kris Kaczmarek and the team... and to be joining at the same time as Shahar Graf, who joins as Head of Ecosystem. Oh, and here's my headshot, which (to my eyes) seems to show that my trips to the gym seem to be starting to have an effect on my arms! Let's goooo!
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Martin SFP Bryant shared thisI'm in my element on stage... whether that's giving a talk about tech trends, moderating a panel... or even doing karaoke. I did two of those things last week. I was onstage at TechBBQ in Copenhagen, moderating a panel on deep tech brand building that featured Robert Daniel Nagy, Bart Segers, and Gina Krymalowski. 30 minutes can be a long time on a panel or a really short time, depending how the conversation goes. In this case, we could have easily filled twice the time with useful insights from the panel. As for the karaoke... well, that was Vikas Shah MBE DL's fault on Saturday, and I believe Naomi Timperley FRSA has the evidence. ('Somewhere in my Heart' by Aztec Camera is now my go-to song - written about living in the hills above Stockport, don't you know)
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Martin SFP Bryant shared thisVery happy to be a judge again for the Prolific North Tech Awards. As someone who has always lived in the North of England despite working with companies all over the world, I have a special connection to this place. That means I’d love to see brilliant entries from across the Northern tech community. If you or your team have achieved something worth shouting about over the past year, this is your chance to get it recognised. Plus, 13 of the categories are completely free to enter! 📅 Deadline for entries is just over a week away: 28 August. Get on it! Links below in the comments...
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Martin SFP Bryant shared thisI love Copenhagen. I first went there for a two-day tour of the country's startup landscape about 15 years ago, but it's been a while since my last visit. So it's a pleasure to be there next week for TechBBQ. I'll be moderating panel a discussion on how to build a tech-led brand. As I write this, we've just had the briefing call. Looking forward to representing Ground State Ventures and chatting about deep-tech brand-building with Bart Segers, Gina Krymalowski, and Robert Daniel Nagy. My GSV colleague Kris Kaczmarek is also going to be there, speaking on a panel about where quantum actually stands right now. Sadly, my schedule means I'm only there for the Wednesday. If you want to say hi, let me know and let's meet up!
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Martin SFP Bryant shared thisAt Ground State Ventures we want to give our portfolio company founders a strong understanding of the importance of communication, right from the start. Just the word 'quantum' is enough to leave some people baffled, so knowing how to tell a relatable story about what you're building as a founder is essential. It was a real pleasure to shoot this video with Samuele Grandi to mark Arq Quantum Technologies joining our portfolio recently. I think it came out really well. If you want to understand what the quantum internet is, Sam does a great job of explaining it here.
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Martin SFP Bryant shared thisI’ve enjoyed all sorts of work over the years, but the roles I’ve enjoyed the most are those where I feel I’m really building something important alongside other people with that same drive and ambition. And that’s what I’ve found at Ground State Ventures, where I’m pleased to say I’m taking on the role of Head of Communications. I first worked with Ton van 't Noordende five years ago, in the early days of his role as a specialist quantum tech startup investor. Gradually, the occasional bit of work to help with an announcement turned into regularly working on QDNL Participations communications projects. But since the rebrand to Ground State Ventures earlier this year, there’s really not the scope for this to be a handful of days per month. There’s just too much to do, and so I’m going all in. The sheer ambition of what Ton, Chad, Kris, and the whole team are building here is incredible. We already have a really exciting portfolio of quantum technology startups across the US and Europe, spanning quantum computing, sensing, and communications, and there’s so much more to come. I’ll be working across all of the firm’s own communications at a busy time of expansion, and helping our portfolio companies build strong communications into their game plan from the beginning. Let’s gooooo…. 🚀
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"If a car company built a car that explodes, they wouldn't announce it. They'd quietly fix it."
...good point. I do think these announcements serve as good marketing for the companies ("We're building something SOOO powerful!") but at the same time, an exploding car is mainly just dangerous to the driver and passengers.
A dangerous AI model can be a powerful weapon with major potential impact if in the wrong hands, so dismissing these warnings as marketing could lull the public into a false sense of security about what AI is capable of.
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Martin SFP Bryant liked thisWe are looking for a rockstar Director of Sales! If you are someone that takes a lot of responsibility and likes pushing hard in a high-speed environment, we're looking for you. If you know someone, please tag them!Martin SFP Bryant liked thisWe’re always looking for exceptional people to join our team. Today, we want to highlight one hot opening in particular: we’re looking for a Director of Sales to join us! What you are stepping into: at QuantWare we were the first in the world to commercialize the quantum processor (QPU). Since then, we continued the development of our QPUs and have rapidly grown our commercial footprint. Today we’re the highest volume supplier of QPUs worldwide, serving customers across 20 countries. For the road ahead, we’re looking for a Director of Sales who can take our commercial operation to the next level in a market that’s in full development. If you’re a true sales leader, ready to build out our commercial position, we want to hear from you! Apply here: https://lnkd.in/euYfwtGY We’ve also got a Sales Manager opportunity, if you rather be in the team than lead it: https://lnkd.in/eskhJzU9
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Martin SFP Bryant liked thisMartin SFP Bryant liked thisThe hatch at the Britons Protection, Manchester, painting by Rob Pointon. Opened 1811, name thought to reflect its use as a recruiting centre for soldiers to fight Napoleon.
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Martin SFP Bryant liked thisMartin SFP Bryant liked thisEuQlid will be at ISTFA 2026, Booth 616, October 4 to 8 in San Antonio, TX See our Quantum Diamond Microscope (QDM) in action! Watch it image magnetic fields from current flowing in real time, seeing through metal and silicon to expose buried defects. Stop by and learn more about our next generation of products for FA/Debug and inline inspection. #ISTFA2026 #MagneticImaging #FailureAnalysis #QuantumSensing
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Martin SFP Bryant liked thisMartin SFP Bryant liked thisI’ve been keeping an eye on the amount of government money piling into quantum tech around the world. The Quantum Insider's tracker, as of Q3 2026, puts confirmed government funding - money actually allocated or spent - at $40.9 billion, with a further $160.6 billion (!) announced but not yet allocated, across 40 nations plus the EU. A couple of recent additions to add to that total: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a competition to accelerate development of the world’s first fault-tolerant quantum computer. This initiative has up to $215 million in planned funding. Applications are open for proposals to deploy quantum computers with at least 100 logical qubits that are capable of performing hundreds of millions fault-tolerant operations and scientific demonstration programs. Meanwhile, the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and UK Research and Innovation are to jointly invest more than $10 million in eight research projects into quantum chemistry. It’s good to see investment in transatlantic cooperation at a time when sovereignty is the buzzword on everyone’s lips. Read more via the links in the comments…
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Martin SFP Bryant liked thisMartin SFP Bryant liked thisWe’re looking forward to having our CEO Simon Groeblacher at the Global Quantum Industry Group (GQIG) Quantum Infra Summit EU 2026 in Leuven on October 1–2, as a GQIG member. With quantum moving closer to real-world applications, the conversations around manufacturing, supply chains, hardware and the infrastructure needed to scale are becoming increasingly important. Great opportunity to connect with others shaping this space, exchange ideas and get a closer look at where the quantum industry is heading.
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Martin SFP Bryant liked thisMartin SFP Bryant liked thisLinkedIn's AI slop has boosted the market for human ghostwriters. 🖊️ Plenty of people expected AI to kill this job. Instead, execs are now paying to sound like an actual person. About 81% of long LinkedIn posts in July were likely AI-generated, according to originality.ai. LinkedIn even added a button to flag a post as "AI slop" and drop it from your feed. The Financial Times says there's now a word for the clichés-and-line-breaks style: "broetry." How ghostwriting works: For execs: a journalist-style interview of an hour or so, then a post written in your voice. For ghostwriters: earn up to £350 a post, as reported by one UK ex-journalist. Tony Albrecht's Toronto team of nine serves around 40 US lawyers. He says the business has more than doubled in a year. A ghostwriter is still a middleman, and readers can't tell who wrote what. But the interview is the real source of value, because someone has to push a founder until a real thought comes out. A chatbot could never. Some agencies are also accused of using engagement pods to fake reach. If you hire one, ask how they grow an account before you ask what they charge. 📩 I break down what's actually happening across social media, the creator economy, and AI every week in Geekout. Free. https://lnkd.in/eVxFU5qw
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Martin SFP Bryant liked thisI really enjoyed being part of the India’s AI Film Future event at the Manchester Indian Film Festival yesterday, particularly because we had the opportunity to watch a series of AI-created short films before debating what they might tell us about the future of creativity. And that made the conversation much more interesting. For me, the opportunity isn’t AI making films. It’s AI enabling more people to make films.If these tools can lower some of the traditional barriers around cost, equipment, specialist skills and the size of production teams, whose stories might suddenly become possible to tell? That could be incredibly important for emerging filmmakers, women, young people and creators from different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds who havent always had equal access to the industry. But democratising the tools doesnt automatically democratise creativity. AI can generate an image, a voice or a scene. What it can't bring on its own is lived experience, cultural understanding, intent, taste, judgement and the reason a story needs to be told. Those things remain profoundly human. We also talked about what happens to jobs and skills, copyright, consent, likeness, provenance and bias. These aren't reasons to stop experimenting. They are questions we need to address if we want people to trust what we create. One of the things Im increasingly interested in is what comes after efficiency. Rather than only asking “How can AI make filmmaking faster or cheaper?��, what happens when we ask: What can we now create that simply wasnt possible before? New forms of storytelling. New audiences. New creative businesses. New collaborations. And potentially entirely new business models. With India and other Asian creative economies moving rapidly in this space, there is also a huge opportunity for the UK to collaborate, learn and build relationships rather than view this purely through a domestic lens. Thank you to the Manchester Indian Film Festival, Leo and everyone involved for inviting me into such a thoughtful conversation and to my fellow panellists and the audience for the debate. Lots to think about. And, importantly, lots still to experiment with. Leo Crane Ani Kaprekar Cary Rajinder Sawhney MBE Beth Senior Rahul Patil Martha Calderon London Indian Film Festival Tech India Advocates SODA at The Manchester Metropolitan University #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Film #CreativeIndustries #Filmmaking #Innovation #Manchester #India #ResponsibleAI #Creativity
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Martin SFP Bryant liked thisWho's coming to work with me? We're hiring an Event Coordinator for Ground State Ventures 🥂 I'm looking for someone (based in NL) who's excited about technology, has a sharp eye for detail and loves bringing people together. More info below! Feel free to reach out if you're the person for the role :)Martin SFP Bryant liked thisWe're hiring for another role! We're looking for an Event Coordinator to join our team. Know someone this would be a good fit for? Share this post with them... The Events Coordinator supports event production, with an estimated 10-20 events per year. These range from intimate dinners to our large-scale annual conference. International travel might be required. Expect tight timelines and high attention to detail. This role is designed for someone who wants to grow their experience in event production at a high-output venture firm. This is for you if you want to be the person behind the room where quantum founders and experts come together. This role reports to the Head of Ecosystem and is based in the Netherlands. What you'll do: - Support and eventually own event production for all Ground State Ventures events, applying our event playbook and helping improve it further. - Drive execution excellence. You’ll work on the full event lifecycle, from concept and guest management to on-the-ground coordination, experience, and follow up. You’ll need high attention to detail with measured deliverables. - Manage event budgets, paying attention to what works best and deprioritizing what doesn’t. - Develop and manage detailed event plans, timelines, and budgets across multiple events simultaneously. - Bring attention to detail, hard work, and enthusiasm to every event, and across all touch points with our network. - Establish vendor relationships, including venues, A/V, production, catering, etc. - Support the team in developing programming, and coordinating with speakers, special guests and stakeholders. - Find opportunities to improve event formats, attendee experience, and operational efficiency across events. - Support general team logistics beyond events, such as travel and offsite planning, when needed. What you'll bring: - Creator mindset. You're a self-starter who can build a program from scratch, execute and optimize. - Industry connections. You have a network of vendors across creative, production, and experiential disciplines. - You can hold your own in a room full of founders, physicists and researchers. Does not require in-depth knowledge, but the willingness to learn. - Exceptional organizational skills. Preferably with a track record of building systems and using tools to work efficiently. - Flexibility to travel when needed to oversee on-site production when needed. - Previous experience running startup and/or technology events is required (minimum of 1-2 years). Who this is for: - Highly organized and detail-oriented - Self-directed - Quick learner - Passionate about startups and technology - Community driven - Good written and verbal communication 👉 Apply today: https://lnkd.in/eCZx8gKp
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Martin SFP Bryant liked thisMartin SFP Bryant liked thisCongratulations to Mark Klarzynski and the PEAK:AIO team on the announcement of their proposed acquisition by Nasdaq-listed NetApp. They’ve built technology that helps solve a major challenge in AI infrastructure, and NetApp’s global reach offers an exciting new chapter for the business. It’s another example of an exceptional Manchester business building globally valuable technology and attracting a significant listed buyer. We made our first investment into PEAK:AIO just over a year ago through the British Business Bank’s Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIF II) and since then they've gone from strength to strength. It's a fantastic result for the management team and all those involved. We're excited to see what's next for the team. Thanks again to the British Business Bank team for making this investment possible. We hope the PEAK:AIO story inspires more Northern founders in the future.
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