Quantinuum has been chosen by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to participate in the first stage of the agency’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI). This initiative seeks to evaluate the feasibility of developing an industrially useful quantum computer by 2033.
Successful performers in the QBI will progress through stages A, B and C. Stage A requires participants to outline their utility-scale quantum computer with a path to near-term realization, where utility-scale denotes that the computational value surpasses costs. An independent benchmarking study has confirmed that Quantinuum’s quantum systems are the highest performing in the industry.
Last year, Quantinuum released its development roadmap, detailing plans for a universal, fully-fault tolerant quantum computer by 2029. The company also aims to scale to larger machines in the early 2030s, in line with QBI objectives.
“We are honored to collaborate with DARPA and look forward to working closely with their test and evaluation team as they assess our roadmap and technological approach,” said Rajeeb Hazra, president and CEO of Broomfield-based Quantinuum. “With our roadmap firmly on track, we are confident in our ability to deliver on DARPA’s objectives for QBI.”
Microsoft and NVIDIA will join Quantinuum in its Stage A efforts, continuing their long-standing collaborations to advance commercially scalable quantum computing.
