Cambridge’s Nu Quantum lands £7m early-stage funding

Quantum computing today has limited capabilities, with the fundamental building blocks – qubits - extremely difficult to bring together in big enough quantities to solve valuable problems. Rather than trying to assemble the requisite number of qubits in a single core, Nu Quantum is looking to multi-core technology, with individual cores containing 10s to 1000s of qubits linked by a Quantum Networking Unit (QNU).

According to the company, it is developing hardware solutions to create entangled qubit networks, including a unique high-speed computer network interface, photonic switching fabric, and control systems that will enable multi-core quantum supercomputers and quantum data centres.

“Large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computing will bring about the technological revolution of our generation,” said Dr Carmen Palacios, founder and CEO of Nu Quantum.

“We have built an exceptional team dedicated to the mission of building the quantum networking infrastructure necessary to make this a reality. We are grateful to the investors who share our vision for their support as we scale and commercialise our solution.”