Diraq today announced that it was awarded a Stage A contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to work on its recently announced Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI). This initiative, led by the US Government, seeks to determine whether it’s possible to build an industrially useful quantum computer much faster than conventional predictions. It represents a tangible investment by the US Government in progress toward realizing the promise of commercially viable quantum computing systems.

Rigetti Computing, Inc. (“Rigetti” or the “Company”), a pioneer in full-stack quantum-classical computing, announced today that it was selected to participate in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI). The primary goal of QBI is to determine if any approach to quantum computing can achieve utility-scale operation by 2033. QBI will use a multi-stage approach, Stages A, B, and C, to assess the proposed concepts, with each stage representing an increased level of scrutiny. Rigetti will advance to Stage A, a 6-month performance period focused on the Company’s utility-scale quantum computer concept worth up to $1 million upon completion of program milestones.

Xanadu, a leading quantum computing company pioneering photonic-based hardware and the quantum programming software, PennyLane, has been selected to participate in Stage A of the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI), a groundbreaking program launched by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in the United States.

Atom Computing has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to explore how Atom’s highly-scalable neutral atom technology will realize utility-scale quantum computing in the near term.

Alice & Bob, a leader in fault-tolerant quantum computing, today announces its selection as a performer in the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI). Under this program, Alice & Bob will contribute to QBIs mission of verifying and validating whether fault-tolerant quantum computers can achieve utility-scale operation—where computational value exceeds costs—by 2033.

Quantinuum, the industry leader in quantum computing with the world’s most powerful quantum computer, has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense, to participate in the first stage of the agency’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI).

Zapata Computing Holdings Inc. (“Zapata AI” or “the Company”), a leading provider of industrial-grade software for enterprise AI, today announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2024 and provided a business update.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to coordinate efforts to move the needle on quantum computing.

A new report from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) describes the range of groundbreaking applications that quantum computing may realize at the Laboratory.

Zapata Computing Holdings Inc. , the Industrial Generative AI company, today announced that it has published and will present to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) select research findings — alongside its collaborators Rigetti Computing, University of Southern California, HRL Laboratories and L3Harris — from its participation in Phase II of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking program.