A first-of-its-kind research and development company has been launched by the University of Sydney quantum technology team that worked closely with Microsoft Quantum for the best part of a decade.

Illinois, Australia, United Kingdom Meet to Boost Collaboration Across Business and Technology Sectors.

Gerard Milburn, a pioneer in quantum technologies, was the founding Director of EQuS in 2011, and is now Assistant Professor in Quantum Optics and Quantum Technologies at University of Sussex and first Quantum Fellow at the National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC).

This week, RMIT Centre for Applied Quantum Technologies (RAQT), led by Professor Jared Cole, was launched by the University. The Centre will bring together key researchers in both the School of Science and Engineering to focus on quantum breakthroughs.

The hardware side of quantum computers often gets the attention, but at UTS researchers are working away at the programs and algorithms that will power these machines – and transform computing as we know it.

Two local quantum computing startups have secured contracts with US defence research agency DARPA for a coveted benchmarking program designed to find the companies capable of achieving utility-scale within the next decade.

The NRFC has made a $15 million equity investment in QuintessenceLabs, which the company will use to establish a manufacturing site in Canberra and undertake further technological development.

Australia’s deeptech fund Main Sequence and the ATP Fund in Austin invested the pre-seed funds into The University of Sydney quantum computing spin-out.

Iceberg Quantum, founded by three University of Sydney PhD alumni, has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding led by Blackbird and partnered with PsiQuantum to develop low-overhead fault-tolerant architectures for photonic quantum computing.

Distinguished innovation leader to accelerate Australia’s position as a global quantum leader.

A quantum computing innovation developed by researchers at the University of Sydney is being used in Google’s latest quantum chip, called Willow.

Australia is set to become a global quantum powerhouse, with substantial federal and state government investment directed towards research and commercialisation, according to the 2024 State of Australian Quantum report.