Industry Landscape

From research to commercialization — how quantum computing technologies are moving from the lab to the market.

Research → Market Pipeline

4,690

Research Papers

5 companies

Research Stage

11 companies

Prototype

10 companies

Cloud Access

Technologies

Photonic

Qubits encoded in photons. Room-temperature operation, natural for networking.

1,629

Papers (all)

1,536

Last 12 mo

3

Companies

Private

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1 Cloud Access2 Prototype

Superconducting

Circuits cooled near absolute zero. Most mature platform — IBM, Google, Rigetti all use it.

779

Papers (all)

710

Last 12 mo

8

Companies

$4.3T

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6 Cloud Access2 Prototype

Topological

Qubits based on exotic quasiparticles. Theoretically most error-resistant, still early.

697

Papers (all)

648

Last 12 mo

1

Companies

$3.1T

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1 Research

Cat/Bosonic

Photon states in microwave cavities with built-in error protection.

458

Papers (all)

413

Last 12 mo

2

Companies

Private

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1 Prototype1 Research

Silicon Spin

Electron spins in silicon chips. Leverages existing semiconductor manufacturing.

405

Papers (all)

369

Last 12 mo

4

Companies

$125B

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1 Prototype3 Research

Neutral Atom

Arrays of atoms held by laser tweezers. Rapidly scaling to 1,000+ qubits.

333

Papers (all)

316

Last 12 mo

4

Companies

Private

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1 Cloud Access3 Prototype

Trapped Ion

Individual ions held in electromagnetic traps. Highest gate fidelity today.

250

Papers (all)

234

Last 12 mo

4

Companies

$8B

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2 Cloud Access2 Prototype

NV Center

Nitrogen-vacancy defects in diamond. Strong for sensing, explored for computing.

139

Papers (all)

137

Last 12 mo

0

Companies

Private

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Companies

CompanyStageValuation
Research$3.1Tmkt cap
Prototype$2.1Tmkt cap
Cloud Access$2.0Tmkt cap
Cloud Access$220Bmkt cap
Prototype$125Bmkt cap
IonQIONQ
Cloud Access$8Bmkt cap
Cloud Access$3Bmkt cap
Cloud Access$2Bmkt cap
Prototype$620Mlast round
Cloud Access$300Mlast round
Cloud Access$230Mlast round
Cloud Access$150Mlast round
Prototype$128Mlast round
Prototype$110Mlast round
Cloud Access$100Mlast round
Cloud Access$100Mlast round
Prototype$100Mlast round
Prototype$75Mlast round
Research$60Mlast round
Prototype$50Mlast round
Research$42Mlast round
Prototype$30Mlast round
Prototype$30Mlast round
Research$15Mlast round
Prototype$10Mlast round
Research$9Mlast round