Quantum Computing has been announced as a “corner” for a long time, but some companies have now decided to make them commercial reality, promising to solve complex problems beyond the scope of classic computers.
The problem is a wide range of problems from medicine and cyber security to material science and chemistry. But first, there is a very practical problem that needs to be solved, such as the development of a chip that can reliably host the short cube of quantum bits, which is the basic information unit of quantum computing.
In a high -level technical race with uncertain time horizons, as usual, large companies such as Google and Microsoft are at the forefront. However, startups will also play an important role, especially solving bottlenecks such as connections and error modifications that are important for scaling quantum systems.
However, some new companies and small technology companies are hiring the chip challenge in front and are worth mentioning with the efforts of the industry’s interests. Large technology projects are generally the highest cue -bit count, but if you rethink the design that uses a different approach from the first principle and a different approach, you can get the same promising results.
Here are some companies in the main quantum chip projects that are worth tracking.
akhetonics
AKHETONICS is a German photon startup that works as a German photon chip, and is a bet that focuses on the narrowest application field. This bold version and the first principle approach helped the company to raise 6 million euros of seed funds led by Matterwave Ventures in November 2024.
Alice & Bob
Alice & Bob is a French new company in January 2025, raising $ 140 million in Series B.
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Alice & Bob is developing a total quantum computing system, unlike a company that focuses only on chips. To do this, we rely on CAT QUBITS, a superconducting cue -bit type designed to reduce errors and simplify error modifications.
Amazon
Amazon officially joined the quantum chip race in early 2025, which AWS introduced OCELOT in cooperation with the California Institute. The company is the first quantum chip of the company, but AWS has previously launched Braket, a quantum computing service in partnership with D-Wave, IONQ, Rigetti and others.
Atomic computing
Atom Computing is a US company that builds a quantum computer with an optically trapped neutral atomic.
At the Microsoft Ignite 2024 conference, Microsoft and Atom Computing announced plans to launch commercial quantum computers in 2025.
D wave
D-Wave is a quantum computing company with the latest flagship system, the Advantage2 prototype, depends on the process of quantum innealing, and finds the most stable and lowest energy adjustment to identify the mix that is best suited for given problems using quantum physics.
Founded in 1999 at the University of British Columbia, Canada, D-Wave is currently listed on NYSE.
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EEROQ is based on Illinois. In 2022, the company raised $ 7.5 million seed funds and received local public support, and in September 2024, it promised $ 1.1 million to expand its headquarters at Humboldt Park in Chicago.
Fujitsu and Ri Ken
In April 2025, Fujitsu and Japanese Research Institution Riken announced that they developed a 256 Quat Chocups computer at RIKEN RQC-Fujitsu Collaboration Center in 64Q.
In December 2024, Google announced Willow, the latest Quantum Computing Chip.
Google did not stop by saying that Willow describes it as better than the previous model, Sycamore, or describes it as “a significant breakthrough of quantum errors.” In a statement that created the headline, Hartmut Neven, the founder of Google Quantum AI, wrote that Willow’s performance is “trust in the concept of” the universe in parallel with high quantum calculations. “
IBM
IBM’s quantum efforts include a milestone superconducting chip for up to 1,121 cube scaling, HERON, a 156 quart processor with a low performance improvement and error rate.
INFLEQTION
Founded in 2007, INFLEQTION (formerly Coldquanta) is a US -based company that develops quantum computers based on neutral atomic technology.
Intel
Intel is developing quantum computers based on silicone spin cubits. In June 2023, the tunnel waterfall, a 12 -quarter research chip, was released, and the next -generation quantum chip was expected to be released in 2024, but this did not happen.
IONQ
IONQ is an open -listed US company that develops trapy ion quantum computers, including IONQ FORTE. After being released in the late 2021, the Canadian networking expert acquired the entangled network.
IQM
IQM is a superconducting quantum computer that builds Finnish startups and is a spin out of Finland’s AALTO University and VTT Technology Research Center. It was initially funded by the Business Finnish government agency and received additional support from the EIC accelerator program.
In 2022, IQM raised 122 million euros with the series A2 funds led by World Fund, adding 39 million euros led by MIG Fonds, which was raised as part of Series A in 2020.This trench included 35 million euros of a previously published European investment bank from the previously announced European investment banks. And the participation of the EIC fund and other people were included.
Microsoft
In February 2025, Microsoft introduced Majorana, a quantum chip that uses core architecture of the topology. Microsoft expects to build a quantum supercomputer in 10 years.
Oxford Ionic
As the name suggests, Oxford Ion Knicks is a British startup that focuses on ion quantum computing that pops out of Oxford University.
After raising a £ 30 million series A (about $ 36 million) in early 2023, we raised £ 2 million (about 2,32 million euros) from the UK’s NSSIF (National Security Strategic Investment Fund) in the same year. Recently, DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) has been selected.
PASQAL
PASQAL is a French startup that takes a full stack approach to betting on quantum computing and neutral atoms. The company came from the 2019 Institute D ‘Optique, and the co -founder includes 2022 Nobel Prize Laureate of Physics and Alain.
In February 2023, PASCAL raised the Round of 100 million euros, led by Temasek in Singapore, and participated in the existing investor quantum, defense innovation fund, DAPHNI and ENI and new investor European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, Wa’ed Ventures and Wa’ed Ventures and I raised BPIFRANCE.
psiquantum
PSIQUANTUM aims to build a quantum computing startup using Photonics Technology and build a “million quarter bit machine”. In February 2025, it released OMEGA, a quantum photon chipset manufactured by GlobalfoundRies in New York.
In 2021, PSIQUANTUM has invested $ 450 million in Series D, led by BLACKROCK, and is currently leading $ 750 million to the company with $ 600 million in preliminary funding. Established by the Australian Australian and Queensland governments, we are supported by the Australian and Queensland governments.
carpenter
QILIMANJARO is a Spanish startup that takes the entire stack approach, including analog Quantum App-specific integrated circuits (Qasics), with hardware, software and applications.
Headquartered in Barcelona, the company won the startup competition for four years at the Mobile World Congress in 2024 and supported 1.5 million euros from Catalonia at the end of that year.
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Quandela is a French new company established in 2017 to develop a Photonic Quantum computer.
In November 2023, Quandela raised 50 million euros Series B and received support from the French government through the French 2030 plan.
Quantine
Quantinuum is a quantum computing company formed in 2021 by the merger of Cambridge Quantum and Honeywell Quantum Solutions. The flagship product is the H-series of the trapped ion quantum computer. In April 2024, we announced a breakthrough of error correction with Microsoft.
Quantware
Quantware is a Dutch startup that devised a monopoly 3D chip architecture VIO, focusing on scaling the bottlenecks of the quantum processing device (QPU). In February 2025, it began to accept the pre-order of CONTRALTO-A, the first QPU to modify the quantum error.
Founded in 2020, this product is a spin -out of the TU DELFT and QUTECH affiliates. Following the 6 million euros seed round in March 2025 and 2023, the European Innovation Council announced that it raised 20 million euros A (about $ 19.27 million), including 5 million euros of 7.5 million euros.
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Boston -based Quera bets on a neutral atom as “the best approach to achieve large -scale defect -resistant quantum computers.” The product includes Aquila, a 256 Quat Analog neutral-atomic quantum computer released in 2022 and can be accessed via Amazon Braket.
Quera was especially supported by Google and led the $ 230 debt round in February 2025.
I reject computing
Rigetti Computing, founded by Chad Rigetti in 2013, is a quantum company that focuses on superconducting technology. The range of the product includes Ankaa-3 and upcoming 336 Quat Lira systems.
Rigetti Computing is a listed company, like Rivals D-Wave and IONQ. Prior to being released through the SPAC in 2021, VC Capital raised less than $ 200 million.
In February 2025, a strategic partnership with Taiwan -based Quanta Computer will invest $ 35 million and buy Rigetti’s purchase stocks, and the two companies have invested more than $ 100 million for the next five years to accelerate the development and commercialization of superconducting quantum computing.
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The US Quantum Startup Seeqc, an abbreviation for “expandable and energy -efficient quantum computing,” was founded by all employees of the IBM’s superconducting department.
In 2023, Seeqc announced a partnership with NVIDIA and built the “all digital and super chip to chip links between quantum computers and GPUs.
In January 2025, Seeqc jointly raised $ 10 million in funds by BOOZ Allen Ventures and Japanese European VC company Nordicninja.
Other sponsors include Merck’s Corporate Venture Capital Arm, M Ventures. SEEQC is leading the British Support QUPHARMA project to explore how quantum computing can accelerate drug discovery in partnership with BASF and MERCK.
Spin Q
SPINQ is a Chinese startup that develops quantum computers in 2018. Some of them claim that they are portable and use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR).
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Xanadu is a Canadian startup aiming to build a quantum computer through a photonic approach. In January 2025, we introduced Aurora, a 12 -quart system, including 35 optical chips.
Founded in 2016, Xanadu has raised about $ 220 million in $ 1 billion, including $ 100 million in C, in November 2022.
This story was originally published on April 28, 2025 and is regularly updated..
