Rigetti launches the Novera QPU, the company’s first commercially available QPU
The Novera QPU is Rigetti’s first commercially available QPU. The QPU includes a 9-qubit chip that features tunable couplers for fast 2-qubit operations and a 5-qubit chip for testing single-qubit operations. The Novera QPU is based on Rigetti’s fourth generation Ankaa-class architecture.
Quantum approaches to Generative Adversarial Networks and congestion games
Rigetti Computing and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) have developed a new quantum technique that could help address challenges in training Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) as machine learning solutions to financial applications.
Amazon’s cloud unit to offer quantum computing from 3 tech companies
Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud division said Thursday it has launched a commercial service that allows millions of customers to experiment with quantum computing platforms produced by three technology companies.
Rigetti raises $79M Series C for its quantum computing platform
Rigetti Computing, the quantum computing startup that is challenging industry heavyweights like IBM, Microsoft and D-Wave, today announced that it has closed a $79 million Series C funding round.
Bessemer leads $79M Series C round of Rigetti Computing to advance practical quantum computing
Rigetti Computing, a leading quantum computing startup and pioneer in hybrid quantum-classical computing systems, has announced it closed a $79M Series C financing led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
The biggest flipping challenge in quantum computing
In October 2019, researchers at Google announced to great fanfare that their embryonic quantum computer had solved a problem that would overwhelm the best supercomputers.
Chicago Quantum Exchange welcomes seven new partners in tech, computing and finance, to advance research and training
The Chicago Quantum Exchange, a growing intellectual hub for the research and development of quantum technology, has added to its community seven new corporate partners in computing, technology and finance that are working to bring about and primed to take advantage of the coming quantum revolution.
The quantum hardware leaps that still need to happen
Quantum computing once made exciting promises that few thought could materialize. Now, having proved the doubters wrong, it must learn to manage expectations.
Rigetti Computing wins $8.6 million DARPA grant to demonstrate practical quantum computing
Rigetti Computing, a pioneer in hybrid quantum-classical computing systems, has been awarded up to $8.6 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as part of a larger collaboration with the NASA Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (QuAIL) and Universities Space Research Association (USRA), to develop a full-stack system with proven quantum advantage for solving real world problems.
9 digital technology start-ups innovating around the world
This week, we’re looking at some digital technology pioneers shaking up their industries – from a quantum computing start-up to a microsatellite manufacturer.