Photonic Inc.

QBoson raised a reported CNY1 billion Series B for photonic quantum computing.

Xanadu raised $100 million Series C funding for photonic quantum computing.

PsiQuantum raised $450 million to build a fault-tolerant photonic quantum computer.

Quandela raised €50 million Series B funding for photonic quantum computers.

ORCA Computing raised Series A funding for photonic quantum computing systems.

Photonic secured a strategic investment round to advance distributed quantum computing technology.

arXiv paper from University of Chicago and Stanford researchers demonstrating telecom photon-memory entanglement using dual silicon-carbide microring resonators, including up to 63 temporal modes, 5.1 Ebits per detected photon, and a peak on-chip photon-memory entanglement rate of 5.6 kEbits/s.

Demonstrated a variational quantum eigensolver on photonic hardware. Foundational for quantum chemistry applications and hybrid quantum-classical software.

Reported photonic quantum advantage using Gaussian boson sampling. Relevant to photonic quantum computing and specialized quantum advantage claims.

Outlined a superconducting-qubit approach to quantum supremacy experiments. Helped frame processor-size and fidelity targets for superconducting hardware.

Proposed an architecture for scalable trapped-ion quantum computing. Relevant to trapped-ion commercialization and engineering roadmaps.

Demonstrated high-fidelity trapped-ion quantum logic gates. Relevant to trapped-ion hardware vendors and fault-tolerance roadmaps.

Photonic appointed Orlagh Neary as chief marketing officer and Briony Shipman as vice president of global government affairs, following its May 2026 financing of over $200M USD.

Pasqal, through Aeponyx, announced a Canadian PIC packaging center of competency for quantum and sensing applications at C2MI.

Aegiq reported integrating NVIDIA Ising AI models into the calibration workflow for Artemis, its first-generation photonic quantum computer deployed at the UK NQCC.

QBoson announced a large Series B financing round for photonic quantum computing.

Nu Quantum raised Series A funding for photonic quantum networking interconnects.

Q.ANT continued development of photonic quantum sensing and computing products.

Aeponyx develops photonic integrated circuit technologies including silicon nitride and hybrid photonic integration. Pasqal acquired Aeponyx in 2025 and reported in July 2026 that Aeponyx would anchor a Canadian PIC packaging center of competency for quantum and sensing applications at C2MI.

Photonic Inc. and D-Wave Quantum are algorithmically grouped through similar technology focus signals for QAtlas ecosystem discovery.

Photonic Inc. and Xanadu are algorithmically grouped through similar technology focus signals for QAtlas ecosystem discovery.

Aegiq develops photonic quantum computing systems, quantum light sources, and related software for scalable quantum applications. Its Artemis photonic quantum computer is deployed at the UK National Quantum Computing Centre, and the company has reported integrating NVIDIA Ising AI models into Artemis calibration workflows.

Photonic Inc. and Alice & Bob are algorithmically grouped through same category signals for QAtlas ecosystem discovery.

Atlantic Quantum develops superconducting quantum processors with noise-protected circuit designs. Founded: 2022. Estimated employees: 11-50. Known funding: Unknown. Notable products: Superconducting quantum processor technology.