The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected 15 quantum computing companies for its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative, to see if utility-scale quantum computers can be built by 2033.
Selected companies include IBM, HPE, Quantinuum, IonQ, Xanadu, Rigetti, and others from North America, Europe, and Australia and covers multiple approaches to quantum computing, including trapped ions, superconducting qubits, photonics, and silicon spin qubits.
“It’s an honor to be selected to the first phase of QBI along with other leaders in the industry,” says Xanadu founder and CEO Christian Weedbrook. “One of the challenges from a fundraising and business perspective is how can an investor or customer do due diligence on a quantum computing company.” Programs like QBI provide that validation, he says.
