The Weekly Quantum Digest: Money Keeps Rolling Into Quantum Startups
PsiQuantum gets a big funding boost for its quantum enterprise, Cambridge Quantum Computing targets carbon capture, and more in this edition of The Quantum Weekly.
Spotlight Story: PsiQuantum Raises $215 Million with new $150m round led by Atomico
“PsiQuantum have now raised a total of nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in venture capital funding according to Bloomberg. The latest round brings $150m of new capital which was led by Atomico, with participation from other VCs, like Founders Fund, growth investors like Blackrock and Ballie Gifford, and strategic partners like Microsoft’s M12 Ventures.” — The Quantum Daily
Science
The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Launches Quantum Initiative — The Quantum Daily
A Learning Journey to Replicating Quantum Projects — The Quantum Daily
European Research Team Plans to Build a Better Quantum Annealer — The Quantum Daily
Finally, Anyons Reveal Their Exotic Quantum Properties — Phys.org
New Protocol Identifies Fascinating Quantum States — Phys.org
Business
Cambridge Quantum Computing and Total to Collaborate on Quantum Algorithms Aimed at Managing Carbon — The Quantum Daily
Quantum Hardware and Software Startups Combine Forces to Bring on Quantum Future — The Quantum Daily
HYPRES Spin Out, Seeqc, Raises $5m of New Funding from M Ventures — The Quantum Daily
Free Access to Quantum Computers for COVID-19 Researchers — Boing Boing
Today’s Most-Secure Communications Threatened by Future Quantum Computers — The Quantum Daily
Opinion
TQD Exclusive: Interview with Quantum Physicist, Amara Katabarwa, of Zapata Computing — The Quantum Daily
Jobs
Post-Doctoral Research Position in Superconducting Qubits and Circuit QED — Aalto University
Doctoral Research Position in Superconducting Qubits and Circuit QED — Aalto University
Quantum Research Scientist, Google AI Quantum — Google
Quantum Computing Software Developer — Institut Quantique
Lab Manager and Senior Quantum Engineer — Oxford Quantum Computing
Quantum software engineer– Pasqal
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PsiQuantum
PsiQuantum is developing a utility scale fault tolerant quantum computer utilizing photonic qubits and standard semiconductor manufacturing processes. Founded in 2015, the company collaborates with aerospace partners like Airbus and Lockheed Martin on algorithms for fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, and impact modeling.
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Microsoft
Microsoft engages in the creation and licensing of software for both consumer and enterprise use. The company is renowned for its development of Windows operating systems and the Office suite designed for productivity. Microsoft's structure encompasses three major segments of roughly equal size: productivity and business processes, which encompasses legacy Microsoft Office, cloud-based Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Skype, LinkedIn, and Dynamics; the intelligence cloud, which includes offerings like Azure, Windows Server OS, and SQL Server; and more personal computing, which covers Windows Client, Xbox, Bing search, display advertising, and a range of Surface laptops, tablets, and desktops.
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M12
M12, formerly Microsoft Ventures, is a corporate venture capital subsidiary of Microsoft.
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Zapata AI (operations ceased)
Zapata develops quantum software and algorithms for business. They offer a suite of generative AI solutions for enriching analytics and customizing large language models.
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