Company · Oxford
Founded in April 2020 out of Oxford's physics department, Quantum Dice started with quantum random number generators built on DISC, a protocol that checks the security of its output continuously as it runs. Its focus has since widened to probabilistic computing: ORBIT, a photonic p-bit processor for optimisation problems, was the target of a €2m EIC Accelerator grant in December 2025. In the UK it is a partner in the Integrated Quantum Networks hub, began working with NATS on air traffic management in March 2026, and in September 2026 reported modelled results from Project PROTECT, an emergency-vehicle deployment study with North Wales Police.
Quantum Dice, based in Oxford, is a company whose work covers quantum hardware; it was founded in 2020. It appears as a partner in IQN. Profiled here: George Dunlop (Co-Founder and Director of Partnerships).
Sources: The Quantum Insider: Quantum Dice raises £2 million in pre-seed round (October 2021) · Quantum Dice: home and news · The Quantum Insider: Quantum Dice secures €2m from European Innovation Council (December 2025) · The Quantum Insider: Quantum Dice and North Wales Police test probabilistic computing for emergency response (September 2026) · Gateway to Research: EP/Z533208/1, Integrated Quantum Networks Hub
IQN
A national research hub building quantum networks, from local links to satellite connections. Heriot-Watt University leads it.
Role: Partner
Funding: £21.9m
Themes: Networks, Communications
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