We met Florian Emaury, CEO of Menhir Photonics, in March 2020. Menhir Photonics is a Swiss company developing unique ultrafast lasers and photonics solutions. This young but smart CEO has a nice vision of photonics […]
Quantum Machines, a startup that is building a software and hardware stack for controlling and operating quantum computers, announced the launch of QUA, a new language that it calls the first “standard universal language for […]
IonQ, a quantum computer startup specialized in trapped ions, has just announced that it has raised additional funding as part of its previously announced Series B round. This round extends the company’s funding, including its 2019 $55 […]
Xanadu and AQT announced that PennyLane, an open-source project from Xanadu for quantum machine learning, automatic differentiation, and optimization, now supports AQT quantum computers. Xanadu develops software for quantum machine learning (QML) and optimization. PennyLane, one […]
A new Quantum Computing startup has just emerged out of stealth mode: Universal Quantum, announcing an oversubscribed £3.6 million seed-funding round. The company is set to develop its new quantum computing approach and compete with […]
IQM Finland Oy (IQM), a European startup which makes hardware for quantum computers, has raised a €15M equity investment round from the EIC Accelerator program for the development of quantum computers. This is in addition to […]
The french startup Alice&Bob has raised $3.3 million to create the first fault-tolerant quantum computer. The round has been led by Elaia Partners and Breega. The company is using research that has been developed across a […]
Crypta Labs, a startup specialist in Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) technology, has signed up to the national SPRINT (SPace Research and Innovation Network for Technology) business support programme to develop its QRNGs for space […]
Rahko, a London-based startup, has just announced a new 3-year collaboration with the science and technology company Merck. The collaboration is focused on exploring and leveraging the potential for quantum inspired machine learning to enable […]
Quantum Motion Technologies has just announced it has completed a £8.0 million Series A round of investment. The company, a UK-based quantum computing company based at UCL and Oxford University, develops a fault tolerant quantum […]
Entropica Labs, a Singapore-based startup that builds quantum computing software solutions, has raised S$2.6 million in seed funding led by deep tech investor Elev8. Other investors in the round included government-owned deep tech investor SGInnovate, […]
Lakestar has led a €10 million investment in Terra Quantum, valuing the Swiss startup at around €50 million. Terra Quantum is developing a hybrid quantum algorithm for solving a linear system of equations in quantum computing, helping […]
Zapata Computing, a startup software company for NISQ-based quantum applications, has just announced an Early Access Program to Orquestra™, its end-to-end platform for quantum-enabled workflows. Providing this software- and hardware-interoperable, enterprise quantum toolset, Orquestra enables advanced […]
Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) has announced working with Nippon Steel Corporation on two innovative and ground breaking projects that will provide essential tools to be used towards the utilization of quantum computing in the areas […]
ColdQuanta has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a scalable, cold-atom-based quantum computing hardware and software platform that can demonstrate quantum advantage on real-world problems. The award is valued […]
Qunnect, a deep tech company committed to globalizing Quantum Communications, received a $1.5M Phase-II Small Business Innovation Research award from the US Department of Energy. Qunnect is developing a device suite to enable ultra-secure, long-distance quantum communications. […]
Q-CTRL, a startup that applies the principles of control engineering to accelerate the development of quantum technology, today announced a strategic investment by In-Q-Tel (IQT), the not-for-profit strategic investor that identifies innovative technology solutions to support […]
Israel-headquartered venture capital firm Entrée Capital announced on Monday that it has raised $100 million for a new, third fund.
Cambridge Quantum Computing and Total announce they team up on a multi-year project to tackle the most critical problems faced by Earth on Carbon Capture and Storage solutions. This project will be led by Cambridge […]
New York-based quantum computing startup Seeqc Inc. said it has closed on a $5 million round of funding from M Ventures, the venture capital arm of German pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. Inc. The M Ventures funding follows […]
PsiQuantum, a 5-year-old startup based in Palo Alto, building a scalable, fault tolerant, silicon photonic quantum computer, has just raised $215 million, as we announced yesterday. The startup aims to build a computer with 1 […]
Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) announces that they’ve used the “natively quantum” structure of natural language to open up an entirely new realm of possible applications by translating grammatical sentences into quantum circuits, and then implementing […]
PsiQuantum, a startup building a scalable, fault tolerant, silicon photonic quantum computer, joins the M12 portfolio. M12 is the Microsoft’s venture fund. PsiQuantum’s approach is different from Microsoft’s efforts in topological qubits (Microsoft’s approach would […]
HQS Quantum Simulation and Alpine Quantum Technologies (AQT) have announced they have entered a global strategic partnership, combining HQS’s experience in providing software to facilitate the upcoming revolution in computer-aided materials design with AQT’s know-how […]
We, Swiss Quantum Hub (SQH), are pleased to announce we have joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Activate program. AWS Activate program will provide the startups in our accelerator with low cost, easy-to-use infrastructure needed […]