Horizon Quantum CEO Dr Joe Fitzsimons and Alice & Bob CEO Dr Théau Peronnin
- The integration of Alice & Bob’s quantum emulators — ”virtual versions” of the company’s hardware — with Horizon Quantum’s compiler is expected to streamline the deployment of fault-tolerant quantum algorithms.
- As a preview of its upcoming quantum hardware, Alice & Bob will make its emulated cat qubit system — a system made up of the first qubit capable of performing quantum error correction — available for deployment through Horizon Quantum’s Triple Alpha development environment.
PARIS & SINGAPORE, Jan 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Horizon Quantum Computing Pte. Ltd. (“Horizon Quantum”), a pioneer of software infrastructure for quantum applications, and
Alice & Bob (“A&B”), a cutting-edge developer of fault-tolerant quantum computers, today announced a strategic collaboration to leverage both companies’ strengths and streamline the development and deployment of fault-tolerant quantum computing (“FTQC”) software.
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By integrating A&B’s emulators with Triple Alpha, Horizon Quantum’s powerful development infrastructure, the companies seek to create a full-stack solution for quantum application development that combines best-in-class technologies at both the hardware and software levels. This collaboration is expected to pave the way for future integration with physical systems, laying the foundation for the seamless deployment of complex algorithms onto A&B’s soon-to-be-released quantum processing units (“QPUs”).
Through this joint effort, the companies seek to:
- support the development of a comprehensive compilation pipeline that maximises hardware performance by taking into account the hardware's specifications while simplifying programming for quantum applications; and
- prepare for the launch of real hardware capable of executing quantum error correction tasks as part of A&B’s roadmap for FTQC, with Horizon Quantum's Triple Alpha set to be one of the first platforms to compile and deploy to A&B’s QPUs.
A&B’s emulators provide the opportunity for quantum software developers to experiment with and test quantum error correction protocols. By making A&B’s emulators available through Triple Alpha, Horizon Quantum seeks to broaden the range of hardware architectures supported in Triple Alpha and enable its users to develop on a promising new quantum computing platform.
“Building a complete quantum software stack requires careful integration of algorithms, error correction, and compilation. We believe our partnership with Horizon Quantum is an essential step in ensuring we take a rigorous, research-driven approach to these challenges,” said Dr Théau Peronnin, CEO of A&B.
The partnership aims to bring Triple Alpha’s resource analysis capabilities to A&B’s backends. This functionality helps optimise the resources used by quantum algorithms at different levels of abstractions and on different hardware platforms by tracking various metrics such as qubit count and gate count, all critical components for accelerating the practical use of quantum computers.
“Realising the full potential of quantum computing will require building systems that are fault-tolerant,” said Dr Joe Fitzsimons, CEO of Horizon Quantum. “By bringing together Horizon Quantum’s expertise in quantum programming and compilation with Alice & Bob's expertise in fault-tolerant hardware architectures, I believe this partnership will help drive progress towards practical fault-tolerant quantum computing.”
Together, A&B and Horizon Quantum aim to accelerate the path to scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computing, with a vision of creating a future where quantum algorithms are accessible, impactful and reliable across industries.
About Horizon QuantumHorizon Quantum’s mission is to unlock broad quantum advantage by building the software infrastructure that empowers developers to use quantum computing to solve the world’s toughest computational problems.
Founded in 2018 by Dr. Joe Fitzsimons, a leading researcher and former professor with more than two decades of experience in quantum computing, the company is bridging the gap between today’s hardware and tomorrow’s applications through the creation of advanced quantum software development tools. Its integrated development environment, Triple Alpha, enables developers to write sophisticated, hardware-agnostic quantum programs at different levels of abstraction.
About Alice & BobAlice & Bob is a quantum computing company based in Paris and Boston whose goal is to create the first universal, fault-tolerant quantum computer. Founded in 2020, Alice & Bob has raised €130 million in funding, hired over 150 employees and demonstrated experimental results surpassing those of technology giants such as Google or IBM.
Advised by Nobel Prize winning researchers, Alice & Bob specializes in cat qubits, a technology developed by the company's founders and later adopted by Amazon. Demonstrating the power of its cat architecture, Alice & Bob recently showed that it could reduce the hardware requirements for building a useful large-scale quantum computer by up to 200 times compared with competing approaches. Follow Alice & Bob on
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Additional Information about Horizon Quantum’s Business Combination and Where to Find ItIn connection with Horizon Quantum’s previously announced business combination (the “Business Combination”) with dMY Squared Technology Group, Inc. (“dMY”), Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd. (“Holdco”) and Horizon Quantum have filed a registration statement on Form F-4 relating to the Business Combination and certain other matters (the “Registration Statement”), which includes a preliminary proxy statement of dMY and a preliminary prospectus of Holdco with respect to the securities to be offered in the Business Combination. After the Registration Statement is declared effective, dMY will mail a definitive proxy statement/prospectus to its shareholders as of a record date to be established for voting on the Business Combination. The Registration Statement, including the proxy statement/prospectus contained therein, contains important information about the Business Combination and the other matters to be voted upon at a special meeting of shareholders of dMY (the “Special Meeting”). This press release does not contain all the information that should be considered concerning the Business Combination and other matters and is not intended to provide the basis for any investment decision or any other decision in respect of such matters. dMY, Holdco and Horizon Quantum may also file other documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) regarding the Business Combination. dMY’s shareholders and other interested persons are advised to read, the Registration Statement, including the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus contained therein, the amendments thereto and the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed in connection with the Business Combination, as these materials will contain important information about dMY, Horizon Quantum, Holdco, and the Business Combination. The documents filed by dMY, Holdco and Horizon Quantum with the SEC also may be obtained free of charge upon written request to dMY at dMY Squared Technology Group, Inc., 1180 North Town Center Drive, Suite 100, Las Vegas, Nevada 89144.
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These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, expectations that Horizon Quantum and A&B will be able to create a full-stack solution for quantum application development and pave the way towards practical fault-tolerant quantum computing, the ability of the partnership to bring Triple Alpha’s resource analysis capabilities to A&B’s backends to optimise the resources used by quantum algorithms at different levels of abstractions and on different hardware platforms by tracking various metrics such as qubit count and gate count.
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