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Quantum companies in Cambridge

Cambridge has 12 quantum companies and start-ups and 3 universities, labs and other organisations , most often in quantum software (6), quantum hardware (4) and quantum research (4). 4 projects are led from Cambridge.

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Projects led from Cambridge (4)

  • Completed Consortium · 2022 to 2025

    Autonomous Quantum Technologies

    AutoQT

    A Riverlane-led consortium developing automated methods to control and tune large numbers of qubits.

    Led by Riverlane

    Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms

  • Completed Consortium · 2020 to 2023

    NISQ.OS (Deltaflow.OS quantum operating system)

    NISQ.OS

    A Riverlane-led consortium that built Deltaflow.OS, an operating system meant to run the same software on different kinds of quantum hardware.

    Led by Riverlane

    Funding: £7.6m

    Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms

  • Completed Consortium · 2018 to 2021

    Agile Quantum Safe Communications

    AQuaSeC

    A Toshiba-led consortium that built prototype quantum-safe communication systems. It combined quantum key distribution with quantum-resistant algorithms.

    Led by Toshiba Europe

    Themes: Communications, Networks

Organisations in Cambridge (15)

Companies (9)

Start-ups (3)

Investors (2)

Universities (1)

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