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Sean Weinberg

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Co-Founder and CTO at Initio
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Sean Weinberg is the Co-Founder and CTO of Initio, focusing on AI for computational discovery. A Ph.D. graduate from UC Berkeley, he has deep expertise in the interplay of machine learning and quantum computing, previously leading the quantum applications team at Quantum Circuits, Inc.

His academic work includes publications on highly theoretical topics such as holographic entropy and the boundary dual of bulk local operators.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder and CTO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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AI for Discovery
His company, Initio, is dedicated to building AI infrastructure to automate the creation and organization of new knowledge and enable autonomous discovery.
Quantum Algorithms
As Director at Quantum Circuits, he led a team designing quantum algorithms and simulators for a new generation of error-aware quantum hardware.
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Career

Work history

2-2026
Co-Founder and CTO
Initio
8-2022 - 2-2026
Director of Quantum Applications
Quantum Circuits, Inc.
9-2019 - 8-2022
Researcher
QC Ware Corp.
9-2016 - 9-2019
Postdoctoral Researcher
UC Santa Barbara
1-2015 - 5-2015
Visiting Researcher
Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
In the press

Media appearances

Informationally complete measurement and dual‑rail qubits with Guillermo García‑Pérez and Sean Weinberg. Featured in The New Quantum Era (Podcast)
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Education
2011 - 2016
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
University of California, Berkeley
2007 - 2011
Bachelor's degree
University of Chicago
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