Mr. Karnika E. Yashwant with Peter Shor, founder of Shor’s Algorithm at Quantum.Tech World 2026

Mr. Karnika E Yashwant chairing the Quantum Comms track at Quantum.Tech World

BOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES, August 14, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — At Quantum.Tech World 2026 in Boston, where Peter Shor delivered the opening keynote and 2025 Nobel Physics laureate John Martinis headlined, entrepreneur and investor Karnika E. Yashwant kept asking the people building the industry the same thing: when can you actually do something with this?

“Nobody could answer that, and these are the people building it,” said Karnika E. Yashwant, who served as a track chair at the event. “Quantum doesn’t work until it works. When it works, it works. So…