QuantrolOx works closely with UC Berkeley physics professor Irfan Siddiqi’s lab to accelerate quantum research and development. The partnership spans research through commercialization, centered on the end-to-end industrialization of quantum processing units (QPUs) — bringing software-defined quantum control from the laboratory toward scalable, real-world deployment.
“UC Berkeley excels in the fundamental and translational aspects of quantum information science,” said Siddiqi. “By formalizing this close-knit partnership, we are primed to harness QuantrolOx’s commercial expertise and automation breakthroughs to advance quantum computing toward its next era of information processing.”
“No physicists want to waste time tuning qubits, they want to use them,” said Vishal Chatrath, the co-founder and CEO of QuantrolOx. “In any case, there aren’t enough physicists qualified to tune all the qubits this industry is about to build, and with $12.6 billion pouring into quantum technologies last year alone, that shortage is about to get a lot more expensive to ignore. Berkeley is where more of tomorrow’s quantum hardware is being built than almost anywhere else. That’s exactly where we need to be standing to close the gap.”
Chancellor Rich Lyons welcomed the new tenant with remarks that focused on UC Berkeley’s role as a hub of innovation and entrepreneurship.
“I am thrilled to welcome QuantrolOx into our advanced quantum ecosystem,” said Lyons. “This is the latest example of how UC Berkeley fuels the open exchange of ideas between academia, industry, and the government to revolutionize technology and advance society.”