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RIKEN Selects ĢƵ System Model H1 for Large-Scale Hybrid Quantum–Supercomputing Platform in Japan

The engagement provides RIKEN and its collaborators with on-premise access to ĢƵ’s world-leading ion-trap quantum computer

January 9, 2024
ĢƵ's System Model H1 Ion-trap Quantum Computer
Accelerates application development for quantum computers and supercomputers by project leaders RIKEN, SoftBank, University of Tokyo, and Osaka University


Broomfield, Colorado and London, UK, January 9th, 2024
ĢƵ, the world’s largest integrated quantum computing company, and RIKEN, Japan's largest comprehensive research institution and home to a world-leading high-performance computing (HPC) center, have announced an agreement in which ĢƵ will provide access to ĢƵ’s highest H1-Series ion-trap quantum computing technology to RIKEN. Under the agreement, ĢƵ will install the hardware at RIKEN’s campus in Wako, Saitama.

The deployment will be part of RIKEN’s project to build a quantum-HPC hybrid platform consisting of high-performance computing systems, such as the supercomputer Fugaku and quantum computers. The integrated hardware platform will support a large-scale software research program in which researchers at RIKEN – together with collaborators Softbank, University of Tokyo, and Osaka University - will develop the software tools and applications required to integrate quantum computers and supercomputers most effectively.

As the project goal, RIKEN and its collaborators aim to demonstrate the advantages of such hybrid computational platforms for deployment as services in the future post-5G era. This project is commissioned by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), a national research and development agency under Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

“We are honored to be selected to be part of this ambitious, advanced project in Japan,” said Dr. Rajeeb Hazra, CEO of ĢƵ. “ĢƵ has a track record as a commercial leader in quantum computing, and we hope to bring our technical and operational know-how and contribute to achieving the project’s objectives. Our H-Series quantum computer is uniquely poised to enable ground-breaking developments by researchers around the world1. We are excited that this engagement will allow researchers in RIKEN and other Japanese institutions to benefit from our H-Series quantum computer’s full power and capability.”

“Advanced quantum computers of NISQ are now moving into the practical stage as the number of qubits is increasing and the fidelity is improved. From the HPC’s point of view, quantum computers are devices that accelerate scientific applications conventionally executed on supercomputers and enable computations that cannot yet be solved by supercomputers. RIKEN is committed to developing system software for quantum-HPC hybrid computing, by leveraging its comprehensive scientific research capabilities and experience in the development and operation of cutting-edge supercomputers, such as Fugaku,” said Dr. Mitsuhisa Sato, Deputy Director, RIKEN Center for Computational Science / Director, Quantum HPC Collaborative Platform Division.

To learn more, please visit: /hardware/h1

  1. Benchmarking the ĢƵ H-Series Ion-Trap Quantum Computers.
About RIKEN

RIKEN, a National Research and Development Agency, is Japan's largest comprehensive research institution renowned for high-quality research in a diverse range of scientific disciplines. Founded in 1917, initially as a private research foundation, RIKEN has grown rapidly in size and scope, today encompassing a network of world-class research centers and institutes across Japan.

About ĢƵ

ĢƵ, the world’s largest integrated quantum company, pioneers powerful quantum computers and advanced software solutions. ĢƵ’s technology drives breakthroughs in materials discovery, cybersecurity, and next-gen quantum AI. With almost 500 employees, including 370+ scientists and engineers, ĢƵ leads the quantum computing revolution across continents.

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About ĢƵ

ĢƵ, the world’s largest integrated quantum company, pioneers powerful quantum computers and advanced software solutions. ĢƵ’s technology drives breakthroughs in materials discovery, cybersecurity, and next-gen quantum AI. With over 500 employees, including 370+ scientists and engineers, ĢƵ leads the quantum computing revolution across continents.

May 21, 2026
ĢƵ Enters into Letter of Intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce for Funding Opportunity to Accelerate U.S. Leadership in Quantum Computing
  • Letter of intent from the U.S. Department of Commerce proposes to provide R&D funding for ĢƵ to address specific technology bottlenecks in the development of fault-tolerant trapped-ion quantum computers
  • ĢƵ expected to partner with leading onshore semiconductor manufacturing and photonics technology suppliers to strengthen U.S. semiconductor supply chain and manufacturing capabilities  

WASHINGTON, D.C. — ĢƵ, a leading quantum computing company, today announced a letter of intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Research and Development Office. The letter of intent proposes that ĢƵ would receive federal funding to enable the development of large-scale, fault-tolerant trapped-ion quantum computers that are of national strategic importance.

“With today’s CHIPS Research and Development investments in quantum computing, the Trump administration is leading the world into a new era of American innovation,” said Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick. “These strategic quantum technology investments will build on our domestic industry, creating thousands of high-paying American jobs while advancing American quantum capabilities.”

Key to this initiative is overcoming specific technical bottlenecks and strengthening domestic supply chains and manufacturing capabilities, consistent with the U.S. government’s goal of growing its leadership in semiconductor technology and accelerating the commercialization of frontier industries, such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing.

“Quantum computing has the potential to unlock new possibilities across science, industry, and national priorities for decades to come,” said Dr. Rajeeb Hazra, President and CEO of ĢƵ. “This collaboration with the Department of Commerce is designed to help ĢƵ’s path to large-scale, fault-tolerant trapped-ion systems while strengthening the U.S. innovation and manufacturing ecosystem.”  

The letter of intent supports ĢƵ’s plan to partner with the CHIPS R&D Office and onshore suppliers GlobalFoundries, for critical semiconductor components, and Monarch Quantum, for integrated photonics, to further optimize key engineering pathways for components within ĢƵ’s future commercial roadmap.

“GlobalFoundries is excited to partner with ĢƵ on their ion-trap quantum technology,” said Tim Breen, CEO of GlobalFoundries. “We believe GF’s differentiated semiconductor platforms in cryo-CMOS, cryo-3D interconnect, and advanced packaging, combined with ĢƵ's deep ion-trap expertise, will help ĢƵ accelerate their quantum system scale-up roadmap to utility-scale quantum computing.”

“Monarch Quantum is proud to partner with ĢƵ to advance U.S. leadership in next-generation computing infrastructure,” said Dr. Timothy Day, Chairman & CEO of Monarch Quantum. “By delivering advanced integrated photonics through a resilient domestic supply chain, we are committed to supporting the secure, scalable manufacturing required for fault-tolerant quantum systems.”

In addition to strengthening domestic semiconductor manufacturing and supply chain resilience, this initiative is expected to support development of a specialized workforce for next-generation quantum computing technologies.

About ĢƵ

ĢƵ is a leading quantum computing company offering a full-stack platform designed to make quantum computing deployable in real-world environments. The company has commercially deployed multiple generations of trapped-ion based quantum systems built on the well-established QCCD architecture, which it has implemented with novel designs and capabilities to achieve the industry’s highest accuracy levels based on average two-qubit gate fidelity.1  ĢƵ has active engagements with market leaders across pharmaceuticals, material science, financial services, and government and industrial markets.

The company has a global workforce of approximately 700 employees, including top scientists and researchers. Over 70% of its technology team holds PhDs or Master’s degrees. ĢƵ’s headquarters is in Broomfield, Colorado, with additional facilities across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Qatar, and Singapore.  

For more information, please visit www.quantinuum.com.

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1As of December 31, 2025.

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May 20, 2026
ĢƵ and bp Collaborate Towards Solving Fundamental Wave Physics Challenges with Quantum Computing

Broomfield, CO, May 20th, 2026 ĢƵ, a leading quantum computing company, today announced the launch of a new quantum project in collaboration with bp, the global integrated energy company, aimed at modernizing how the energy sector maps the Earth’s subsurface to locate oil and gas resources.

Few tasks in today’s oil and gas sector demand as much raw computational power as seismic imaging. Building on a successful pilot that demonstrated feasibility, bp and ĢƵ are now scaling their approach to simulate more complex subsurface properties.

“This has the potential to be a very important industrial use case for quantum computing,” said Dr. Rajeeb Hazra, President and CEO of ĢƵ. “By enabling higher-fidelity data at a lower computational cost than classical computing, we can potentially provide a more efficient path for energy exploration.”

On classical computers, computational requirements, such as memory, scale with spatial resolution, so doubling the resolution of a seismic image can require up to double the computational resources. By contrast, in an ideal scenario, a quantum computer could theoretically achieve the same resolution gains with the addition of a single qubit,1 potentially compressing simulation timelines while also reducing energy consumption.

Hybrid quantum-classical approaches have the potential to further optimize performance, with quantum processors tackling the most demanding calculations while classical systems manage data logic, allowing results to remain grounded in real-world physics.

If successful, this project could demonstrate that quantum computing can help solve real-world bottlenecks in global infrastructure and resource management.

About ĢƵ

ĢƵ is a leading quantum computing company offering a full-stack platform designed to make quantum computing deployable in real-world environments. The company has commercially deployed multiple generations of quantum systems built on the well-established QCCD architecture, which it has implemented with novel designs and capabilities to achieve the industry’s highest accuracy levels based on average two-qubit gate fidelity.2 ĢƵ has active engagements with market leaders across pharmaceuticals, material science, financial services, and government and industrial markets.

The company has a global workforce of approximately 700 employees, including top scientists and researchers. Over 70% of its technology team hold PhDs and Master’s degrees. ĢƵ’s headquarters is in Broomfield, Colorado, with additional facilities across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Qatar, and Singapore.  

For more information, please visit www.quantinuum.com.

Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts. The words “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “future,” “will,” “seek,” “foreseeable,” the negative version of these words, or similar terms and phrases are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on certain assumptions and assessments made by our management in light of their experience and their perception of historical trends, current economic and industry conditions, expected future developments and other factors they believe to be appropriate. The forward-looking statements included in this release are also subject to a number of material risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to economic, competitive, governmental, and technological factors affecting our operations, markets, products, services and prices. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for ĢƵ to predict all such factors. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and, except as required by law, ĢƵ does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

1 Adding one qubit doubles the dimensionality of the quantum state space, as referenced in "Quantum Computation and Quantum Information" by Isaac L. Chuang and Michael A. Nielsen, Cambridge University Press, 2nd Edition (2010)

2 As of December 31, 2025.

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May 19, 2026
ĢƵ Announces Collaboration with Synopsys Toward Advancing Industrial Design with Quantum Computing

Broomfield, CO, May 19th, 2026 — ĢƵ, a leading quantum computing company, today announced a strategic collaboration with Synopsys, a global leader in electronic design automation and engineering simulation, focused on the integration of quantum computing into the modern engineering toolkit to help overcome the “computational wall” believed to be limiting the pace of industrial innovation.

The Challenge: Designing for Accuracy in the Physical World

Modern industrial design depends on high-fidelity simulation to make better decisions earlier — potentially reducing costly prototypes, shortening development cycles, and improving product performance. Across aerospace and advanced electronics, teams rely on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and electromagnetic simulation to predict real-world behavior before build and test.

However, as products become more complex, simulation workloads scale dramatically and can require computational resources that exceed the capabilities of even the most advanced classical supercomputers. As a result, engineers must increasingly balance simulation accuracy against runtime, cost and development speed. The collaboration between ĢƵ and Synopsys seeks to overcome these limitations by integrating quantum computing capabilities directly into advanced engineering workflows.

“Our goal is to turn quantum computing into a practical business advantage for the world’s most innovative companies,” said Dr. Rajeeb Hazra, President and CEO of ĢƵ. “By improving how these core design equations are solved, we aim to help innovators explore more accurate models and accelerate breakthroughs in materials and next-generation technologies.”

Transforming Industrial Design with Quantum Computing

The companies aim to build a scalable, end-to-end workflow that integrates quantum algorithms directly into existing industrial software and libraries. By combining the industry-leading accuracy of ĢƵ’s systems with Synopsys’ deep expertise in engineering simulation and design tools, the partnership aims to make quantum computing a functional part of the modern engineering toolkit.

“This partnership is about giving innovators the tools they need to solve the world’s most difficult design challenges,” said Prith Banerjee, Senior Vice President of Innovation at Synopsys. “By integrating quantum computing into today's engineering workflows, we believe we can accelerate innovation while maintaining the standards and reliability that customers trust.”

The collaboration focuses on three key goals aimed at driving value for the engineering sector:

  • Higher Accuracy for the Physical World: Enabling engineers to model critical physical details that were previously too costly for classical supercomputers to capture accurately.
  • Faster and More Cost-Effective Simulations: Accelerating simulation timelines to help companies move from concept to prototype faster while significantly reducing R&D costs
  • Greater Augmentation and Scale for Existing Workflows: Ensuring new quantum-native solvers maintain the rigorous validation standards and modeling intuition that industrial users demand.  

By building on established CFD and electromagnetic capabilities, this effort aims to allow that as quantum computers scale, industrial engineers can explore future computational advantages without having to reinvent their design process. This approach builds on decades of validated engineering expertise while opening a new potential path alongside the new frontier for computing.  

About ĢƵ

ĢƵ is a leading quantum computing company offering a full-stack platform designed to make quantum computing deployable in real-world environments. The company has commercially deployed multiple generations of quantum systems built on the well-established QCCD architecture, which it has implemented with novel designs and capabilities to achieve the industry’s highest accuracy levels based on average two-qubit gate fidelity. ĢƵ has active engagements with market leaders across pharmaceuticals, material science, financial services, and government and industrial markets.

The company has a global workforce of approximately 700 employees, including top scientists and researchers. Over 70% of its technology team holds PhDs and Master’s degrees. ĢƵ’s headquarters is in Broomfield, Colorado, with additional facilities across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Qatar, and Singapore.  

For more information, please visit .  

Based on average two-qubit gate fidelity of 99.921% as of December 31, 2025.

Based on average two-qubit gate fidelity of 99.921% as of December 31, 2025.

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