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Four For 21: Quantum Companies Founded in The Year of The Ox

Making a Mark

In the last piece in this series, The Quantum Insider covered two exciting companies founded in the year 2022, the Chinese Year of the Tiger. This time, stepping back another twelve months, we go to 2021 where we discover four more companies making their own, unique mark in the quantum computing (QC) industry.

If you want to learn more, we’ve compiled the most comprehensive list of the top quantum computing companies available!

Made possible by the depth of information readily available on our proprietary data platform, look out for more insightful posts in this vein and others in the growing QC sector.

1. Aquabits

 

A University of Waterloo spinoff, backed by the world-class research taking place at the Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre and Research and Development Centre, Aquabits is creating disruptive technology for quantum computing and quantum information processing through a novel scalable multi-qubit Trapped Ion Platform.

Founded by Sushanta Mitra, the Executive Director of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology and a Professor in Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering, the University of Waterloo, and Na Young Kim, a faculty member at the Institute of Quantum Computing and an Associate Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering, the University of Waterloo who leads the Quantum Innovation (QuIN) Laboratory, Aquabits is based in Waterloo, Canada.

2. Diatope

 

Highlighted by The Quantum Insider last month in a post, Diatope is dedicated to the development of engineered diamond hardware for quantum sensing and computing applications.

Founded by Johannes Lang, Christoph Findler and Christian Osterkamp as a spinoff from the Institute for Quantum Optics at Ulm University, the company is driving technology to the application by supporting customers with its solutions and deep knowledge of colour centres in diamond.

Diatope’s headquarters are located in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

3. BTQ

 

BTQ is based in the city of Vaduz, Liechtenstein, one of the smallest countries in the world. Led by Managing Director Olivier Roussy Newton, the company is building post-quantum infrastructure to enable the next generation of energy-efficient blockchain networks.

With a focus on ensuring blockchain networks’ long term health and security, BTQ’s compact post-quantum signature schemes to safeguard assets from advancements in quantum computing, flexible smart contracts platforms with formal verification built-in that allow for mathematical verification and algorithms that require significantly less energy and cost to operate, enabling blockchains that are eco-friendly, is sure to be in high demand in the years ahead.

4. Patero

Finally, we come to Patero, a startup setting a new security standard for critical infrastructure in our rapidly changing post-quantum world.

Founded by Henning Schiel and based in College Park, Maryland, operators and builders of critical OT networks use Patero’s technology to secure their communications infrastructure against the most sophisticated cyber-attacks, even Quantum Computing powered attacks.

Patero’s innovative Hybrid Post-Quantum Cryptographic (H-PQC) software has been specifically developed for easy deployment into existing IT, OT, IoT, and Mobile systems, providing uncompromisable end-to-end security, even across unsecured networks. The hybrid approach combines the best of both classic cryptography and post-quantum cryptography to maximize defence and ensure network performance.

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James Dargan is a writer and researcher at The Quantum Insider. His focus is on the QC startup ecosystem and he writes articles on the space that have a tone accessible to the average reader.

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The Future of Materials Discovery: Reducing R&D Costs significantly with GenMat’s AI and Machine Learning Tools

When: July 13, 2023 at 11:30am

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Jake Vikoren

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Araceli Venegas

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