[5] He is also a co-founder of the effective accelerationism movement and the start-up company Extropic AI which operates at the intersection between physics-based computing and artificial intelligence.
[2][7] He attended University of Waterloo for graduate studies where he completed Master's work in 2017[3][8] at the Institute for Quantum Computing and continued with Achim Kempf as his PhD supervisor.
[citation needed] The company was named after Hugh Everett III, an early Canadian start-up focused on quantum machine learning solutions.
[20][10] Extropic AI was initially operating in stealth-mode and is focused on building chips specifically intended for running LLMs according to Verdon a "type of physics-based computer that is not quantum".
[10][19] Since his naming he has spoken on podcasts & debated publicly those with conflicting views on AI safety (including with Connor Leahy[25]) and other issues of technological progress.