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Lots of news in quantum to catch up on.
Our congratulations to the team of Agnostiq -- the company secured a $6.1 million seed extension. Agnostiq is another example of that solid Canadian quantum ecosystem that continues to incubate and nurture companies focused on building real value.
Awesome to see this news!
Keep your eyes on the research news, too. Exciting work out of 耶鲁大学 , for example. As with every piece of research finding, a lot of work remains before science moves out of the lab and into actual use. There will always be questions of practicality and scalability.
But, what I see is small steps become little leaps. I also see these advances are more and more targeting critical questions in quantum, such as error correction.
Speaking of research, lots of cool collaborations are forming. I'll call out one example: Amazon Web Services (AWS) is working with Element Six , part of the De Beers Group , to use synthetic diamonds for use in quantum networking technology.
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Quantum Quotes
Agnostiq announced a ?$6.1 million in seed extension funding, a round led by Differential Ventures. Funds will be used to “accelerate further development and commercialization of its enterprise-grade quantum and high-performance computing (HPC) platform.”
“We’re grateful to have investors who believe in our mission of democratizing access to the world’s most advanced computing technologies and share our commitment to building a company at the forefront of this important movement." Oktay Goktas, CEO of Agnostiq
An AWS partnership with Element Six may lead to synthetic diamonds that can be used in quantum networking equipment. The technique offers several advantages.
"PECVD growth enables the formation of diamonds hundreds or thousands of times purer than the Regent Diamond, the famously pure natural diamond on display in the Louvre. In the best PECVD diamond less than one in a million atoms are impurities – compared to one in a thousand for most natural diamond.” -- AWS Blog
Quantum Research
Researchers at Yale have for the first time, using a process known as quantum error correction, substantially extended the lifetime of a quantum bit — a long-sought-after goal and one of the trickiest challenges in the field of quantum physics.
You can read the full paper in Nature here: Real-time quantum error correction beyond break-even
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QuickBits
Agnostiq, Inc., the Toronto-based distributed computing startup, today announced it has secured $6.1 million in seed extension funding to accelerate further development and commercialization of its enterprise-grade quantum and high-performance computing (HPC) platform.
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Scientific work in quantum computing progressed at an exponential rate last year. Business startups responded accordingly, collaborating with several more than 170 universities with a quantum research group. Business startups have begun to flourish in the quantum industry as a result.
AWS announced a research collaboration with Element Six, part of the De Beers Group, to develop new synthetic diamond materials. It may not seem like an unusual corporate pairing — and may sound like it lacks a quantum connection — but the partnership makes complete sense, according to a company statement. Diamonds have optical and quantum properties that make it uniquely promising for several focus areas for AWS, including semiconductors, quantum networking and quantum communications applications, among other important uses.
The future of quantum computing is here. As quantum computing develops quickly, it will have a major impact on the future of computing. A quantum computer could transform the way we think about computing, increasing processing speeds exponentially and granting access to previously inaccessible data.
France has a solid background in developing and researching quantum computing and quantum tech. With world-class research institutes and government agencies, the country is one of the leaders on the European continent and on the world stage for quantum innovation.
L’Chaim! Yale Scientists Double a Qubit’s Lifetime — And Validate ‘Cornerstone of Quantum Computing’
Researchers at Yale have for the first time, using a process known as quantum error correction, substantially extended the lifetime of a quantum bit — a long-sought-after goal and one of the trickiest challenges in the field of quantum physics.
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