◇ About
We were founded to answer one question: what if the bit, but worse?
Split the Bit was founded in 2019 in a parking garage and also a different parking garage simultaneously, by three former physicists who had collectively been asked to leave four research labs. We are now 142 people. Or 38. Headcount fluctuates with observation.
Mission
Make every bit unsure of itself.
We believe the next great leap in computing will not come from speed, accuracy, or memory — but from introducing tasteful amounts of doubt at the hardware level. Every Split the Bit product is built on this principle.
Vision
A world where computers and the people using them are equally unsure what is going on, leading to mutual respect and a flatter org chart.
Values
- ▸ Move fast and entangle things.
- ▸ Be the change you cannot reliably observe.
- ▸ When in doubt, doubt harder.
- ▸ The best meeting is the one that may not have occurred.
Timeline
A non-linear history.
Events are presented chronologically as a courtesy to classical readers.
- 2019Founded in a Y Combinator office that has since collapsed.
- 2020Raised $4M seed from investors who 'don’t really get it but vibe with it.'
- 2021Pivoted from blockchain. Kept the slide deck.
- 2022First qubit. (Allegedly.)
- 2023Featured in Quartz under the headline 'Why?'
- 2024Series C led by a sovereign wealth fund of a country we cannot name.
- 2025Achieved quantum supremacy over a TI-83 calculator.
- 2026You are here. Or possibly here. Hard to say.
Leadership
The observers.
Each member of the leadership team simultaneously runs and does not run their function. Org chart available upon NDA.
Dr. Vela Marwick
Co-founder & Chief Wavefunction Officer
Previously an unobserved postdoc. Holds a PhD in not finishing her PhD.
Aldous Crane
Co-founder & CEO (current branch)
Three-time YC dropout. Once explained quantum tunneling to a mortgage broker.
M. Patel
Chief Uncertainty Officer
Refuses to commit to any specific role description. Loves it here.
Jonas K.
Head of Decoherence
On-call for every wavefunction collapse, north of the equator.
Halle Vox
VP, Probabilistic Marketing
Increased brand awareness by some amount, in some direction, somewhere.
B. Okafor
Senior Schrödinger
We're not sure if she's still employed here. Neither is she.
Recognition