January 22, 2023
The company, which develops control systems for quantum computers, registered a sharp increase in 2022 in the number of customers, including cloud providers and supercomputers. The company recently completed a fundraising of 20 million dollars
The Tel Aviv company Quantum Machines, which develops control solutions for quantum computers, revealed that its technology is currently found in approximately 280 quantum computing facilities around the world, and this after experiencing a sharp increase in the number of customers in the past year. Among the company’s clients, spread over about 23 countries, are cloud providers, academic laboratories, national centers and supercomputers.
Also, the company reports that it recently completed a round of capital raising in the amount of 20 million dollars, and now the company’s total fundraising since its establishment reaches 100 million dollars. The company employs about 140 people in Israel and around the world.
to mediate between the classical and the quantum
When scientists build a quantum computer today, they also have to develop and build the electronic systems that support it, such as servers, cooling systems, background noise filtering, software that supports the information coming from the core units (qubit) and the like. The goal of Quantum Machines is to provide the auxiliary systems that support quantum computing. The company has developed a control system called Quantum Orchestration Platform – QOP, which includes hardware and software, and is responsible for receiving a quantum algorithm in a new programming language that the company developed (QUA) – and translating it into signals sent to the quantum processor. Those signals are the ones that run the actual algorithm on the processor. In fact, the company provides the intermediary layer between the quantum processor and the standard computing infrastructure.
A partner in the national quantum project
CEO and co-founder of Quantum Machines, Itamar Sivan, said: “Governments and businesses recognize the revolutionary potential of quantum computing, and they are already investing today to position their organizations at the forefront of the quantum revolution. Our technology allows them to get the best out of their investment in quantum computing, already today. Our scalable and flexible architecture ensures that their quantum infrastructure will be compatible with future technologies.”
In July, 2022, Quantum Machines was chosen by the Innovation Authority to lead the establishment of the Israeli Quantum Computing Center, with a total budget of NIS 100 million for three years. The quantum computing center, which is part of the National Quantum Project, will allow access to conduct research and development in all hardware and software layers in three different quantum processing technologies.
Back in 2022, the company acquired the QDevil company from Copenhagen, Denmark, which develops control systems that help produce and perform experiments in quantum computing systems. The company also announced a collaboration with Toyota Tsusho, from the Toyota Group, with the aim of making the company’s technology accessible in Japan, and was also chosen to participate in the European project EuRyQa, under the Horizon program, for the development of quantum computing technology based on trapped atoms.
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