How Israel leads Quantum Computing innovation per capita

Why Is Israel a Leading Quantum Computing Nation?

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Yet another milestone was just achieved on July 18th, 2022 for Israel

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How can small countries like Israel or South Korea be so innovative? As a startup watcher and an innovation writer, this has always intrigued me.

The development of humankind has always been spurred by changes in technology, and due to advancements of state-of-the-art technologies (like AI, Big Data, IoT, blockchain, 3D printing, gene editing, etc.). Some believe in the 2020s, it is becoming more and more rapid.?

I think while the "Metaverse", NFTs and Web3 are fun trends, Quantum computing is showing signs of scalability must faster. If Quantum computing matures as is expected in some circles in the next 15 years, R&D, science and innovation itself will be impacted in terms of computing capabilities and new kinds of machine learning.

In the case of Israel, I wanted to explore quickly why that might be in terms of innovation per capita. Israel is always flirting on the "Most Innovative Countries" top lists. However, in Quantum computing, I believe it's anticipated the trend exceptionally well. This is a sign of strong academics, great leadership and real entrepnreural spirit.

As many of you know I believe per capita Israel and Tel Aviv are among the most innovative countries and cities. Quantum Computing has been making headlines recently and Israel has a unique place in the startups we are seeing in the early 2020s.

• Quantum Machines
• Classiq
• Quantum Source Labs

You could even go as far as to consider Israel a small but significant powerhouse in quantum technologies. One thing for Israel’s case is its Government’s recognition and prioritization of the new technology. In March, 2022?Researchers were credited ?with building Israel’s first quantum computing.

Just a few months later there’s yet another development.

Tl;dr: The Israel Innovation Authority announced on Sunday that it has selected Tel Aviv-based Quantum Machines to establish the Israeli Quantum Computing Center, in a three-year project that will cost 100 million shekels ($29 million) to complete.

Israel’s New R&D Development Center

Israel is setting up the world’s first research and development center of its kind for quantum computing.

According to?Nocamels , it will provide industry and academia in Israel with access to a full stack quantum computer – capable of operating millions of times faster than ordinary computers – to run direct computations with a future option for cloud accessibility.?

Israel appears exceptionally positioned to benefit from the software revolution and machine learning implications of Quantum technologies.

The total budget for the project is NIS100 million ($29 million), which will be covered by the?Israel Innovation Authority ?over a three-year period. It said it had selected?Quantum Machines , which creates hardware and software solution for the control and operation of quantum computers, to establish the center.

Israel’s Commitment to the Future of Quantum Computing

The center will focus on all layers of hardware and software on three different quantum processing technologies (superconducting qubits, cold ions and optic computer).

Orit Farkash HaCohen, Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, described the center as “a substantial leap in the Israeli civilian technology’s?fortitude”.

It’s no accident that Israel is punching above its weight in quantum fields. Despite the turmoil that has roiled Israeli politics in recent years, the Knesset committed 1.25 billion shekels ($400 million) to a five-year National Quantum Initiative, which kicked off in late 2019.

Israeli startups across technology have been innovating and exiting really well in the last decade. Now with quantum computing, Tel Aviv is yet again a major center for innovation.

Of course you know the potential we are talking about. Quantum computers are not just more powerful supercomputers, they are a different type of technology that uses quantum phenomena such as superposition and entanglement to perform computation. Unlike regular computers, quantum computers can analyze exponentially large numbers of possibilities in a short period of time.

Israel’s Innovation and National Defense sector truly appreciates what its startups are doing. Israel’s defense ministry will issue an additional tender to finance the development of quantum technologies for military use, costing an extra NIS100 million.

The National Defense Push Globally for Quantum Computing

Governments around the world view the development of domestic quantum capabilities as a matter of strategic national interest. China reportedly invested $10B in its national quantum initiative and the US announced a $1.2B national initiative in 2018. The Israel National Quantum Initiative was launched in 2018, and in February, it was announced that the 1.25B NIS initiative would fund the development of Israel’s first quantum computer.

Dr. Ami Appelbaum, Chairman of the?Israel Innovation Authority , said: “The center will provide services in response to technological needs that will enable Israeli industry and academia to access R&D infrastructure that will advance existing technological innovation in the industry by leaps and bounds.

“This center is the answer to an existing strategic market failure and is part of the authority’s policy of enabling the industry to maintain its leading position at the forefront of breakthrough and disruptive technologies.”

Why Israel is Special as a “Startup Nation”?

Israel has a high-level grounding in academics and physics is a strong point. Today 60% or more of the initiative’s funds is spent in academia. Israel consistently ranks high alongside leading European nations by such measures as citations and the number of grants in quantum fields awarded by the European Research Council, of which it is an associate member.

Quantum Machines’ Quantum Orchestration Platform will be at the heart of the INQI quantum computer, providing a high degree of flexibility, extensibility and scalability.

Israel clearly wants to be on the bleeding edge of technology. Quantum computing fits that bill. Quantum computing is as you know, more than just a new technology or market—it holds the future for cybersecurity (e.g. making existing encryption technology obsolete); for medical science (e.g. enabling the simulation of new molecules for drug discovery); and for finance, logistics, defense, and weather predictions.

Despite the recent exciting progress, we are still in the NISQ (Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum) era, where quantum computers with 50-100 qubits may be able to perform tasks that surpass the capabilities of today's classical digital computers, but noise in quantum gates will limit the size of quantum circuits that can be executed reliably. Might Israel be the home for breakthroughs in the field yet to come?

Quantum Machines,?Classiq ?and Quantum Source all seem to be pretty high-quality startups, among the others in Israel.

Founded in early 2020 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel,?Classiq?is a quantum software startup. The company builds the top layer of the quantum software stack, bringing automation and synthesis to the quantum algorithm design process and enabling quantum software development without limits. These are early days in QC startups, and I expect Israel to have a few that get acquired, with leanings to Microsoft and IBM.

About the Consortium

Quantum Machines is leading a group of companies in developing the Israel Quantum Computing Center, as well as providing its cutting-edge quantum control platform for the center’s quantum computer. Other consortium partners include:

• Elbit Systems?is a strategic partner in this project and will be part of the center’s advisory board. Elbit will lead the design of quantum applications for the government sector and assign dedicated teams to advance their development.
• QuantWare?will provide its superconducting Quantum Processing Units (QPUs).
• ORCA Computing?will provide its scalable quantum photonics computing system.
• ColdQuanta?will provide its cold atoms based quantum computing system.
• ParTec?will provide a High-Performance Computing (HPC) platform and provide services for the integration of HPC and quantum computing.
• Classiq?and?Super.tech?will provide their state-of-the-art software application layer capabilities, including quantum software development tools and benchmarking software for all of the center’s platforms.

Who else is there in Israel?

• Quantum Machines?– The first VC-funded quantum computing company in Israel, established in 2018, has developed a hardware and software platform for the control and operation of quantum computers enabling running complex quantum computing experiments.
• Lightsolver?– Established in January 2020, Lightsolver develops a quantum-inspired optical processor based on interacting lasers that fits into a robust and efficient desktop-size device and focuses on the optimization of hard problems.
• Qedma?– Established in 2020 by leading professors in the field, Qedma aspires to become the operating system for quantum computers, by developing quantum computers based software solutions.
• Classiq?– Established in 2019, Classiq brings automation to quantum algorithm design, enabling the development of novel algorithms for quantum computers providing access to users that are not quantum scientists.

About Quantum Machines

• Quantum Machines (QM) drives quantum breakthroughs that accelerate the path towards the new age of quantum computing. The company’s Quantum Orchestration Platform (QOP) fundamentally redefines the control and operations architecture of quantum processors.
• The full-stack hardware and software platform is capable of running even the most complex algorithms right out of the box, including quantum error correction, multi-qubit calibration, and more.
• Helping achieve the full potential of any quantum processor, the QOP allows for unprecedented advancement and speed-up of quantum technologies as well as the ability to scale into the thousands of qubits.

Suffice to say that I’m watching Israel closely as it pertains to the future of quantum computing and very impressed with the quality of their startups and Government funding.

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