QCi Roadmap

Building the future of quantum for everyone

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Our vision: bringing quantum into the hands of people

We are leading the forthcoming technology revolution by combining quantum science, nonlinear nanophotonics, and scalable photonics manufacturing to deliver room-temperature, chip-integrated, drop-in compatible quantum hardware.

Our mission is simple and bold:

We are making quantum technology practical, accessible, and available to everyone.

Capture. Compute. Communicate. These three core capabilities define our platforms and products, enabling practical, scalable , real-world deployment of quantum solutions.

We are evolving from a technology innovator into a full-scale manufacturer capable of delivering quantum-enabled systems at industrial scale. Through our innovations in quantum computing, sensing, communications, and photonic-AI, we are moving quantum out of the laboratory and into homes, businesses, government agencies, and critical infrastructure, where it can make an immediate impact.

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What sets us apart

Quantum optics & integrated photonics foundation. We are combining quantum optics and integrated photonics to build components, devices, systems, and turn-key solutions that operate at room-temperature, with low power requirements and practical form factors. This foundation enables affordable and deployable quantum hardware.

Room-temperature quantum performance. Unlike many quantum technologies that require cryogenic cooling, our photonic architecture is delivering quantum functionality at room-temperature. This dramatically reduces system complexity, cost, and power requirements, enabling practical deployment in real-world environments and accelerating adoption across commercial and industrial markets.

Manufacturing built for scale. In 2025, we completed our Quantum Photonic Chip Foundry (Fab 1) in Tempe, Arizona. This facility is capable of producing thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic chips and puts us in a strong position to scale fabrication, meet demand, and support broad deployment. 

Commercial traction across markets. We are seeing strong market validation, including a steady year-over-year revenue increase and our first U.S. commercial deployment of quantum security solutions with a top-five U.S. bank.

Strategic partnerships and government collaboration. We are working closely with government agencies and strategic partners, including an ongoing project with NASA, to apply quantum optimization to real-world challenges like satellite-based LiDAR data processing, demonstrating the utility of quantum systems beyond research environments. These efforts demonstrate the practical value of quantum systems beyond research environments.

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Manufacturing built for scale

From innovation to production

Fab 1: Laying the Foundations

We are building the world’s first scalable quantum photonics supply chain. With Fab 1 now operational in Tempe, AZ, we are one of the only companies that can vertically integrate thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic chip manufacturing with quantum-focused device engineering and packaged hardware systems. This infrastructure is the foundation of our next decade of growth.

Fab 1 Capabilities:

  • Producing TFLN photonic chips for initial commercial components

  • Delivering early hardware systems, including quantum optimization units, photonic-AI modules, random number generators and early quantum sensors

  • Supporting enterprise, financial, government and research sectors

  • Expanding engineering and manufacturing capacity to support early commercialization

Fab 2: The Future of Quantum Photonics Manufacturing

Fab 2 will expand our production capacity from specialty fabrication to scalable volume manufacturing, enabling widespread deployment of quantum-powered hardware across telecom, defense, data centers, space, advanced AI systems and consumer applications.

Fab 2 Capabilities:

  • Producing 10,000+ wafers annually, with expansion capabilities

  • Supporting integration with III-V devices

  • Delivering photonic integrated circuit (PIC) modules for room-temperature quantum hardware

  • Maintaining compliance with ISO 9001, ITAR, DoD and CE standards

  • Performing fully automated testing, screening, and reliability validation

  • Operating a stable, domestic and allied-shore supply chain for TFLN wafers

Fab 2 is where quantum manufacturing becomes scalable, repeatable, and accessible.

Guiding principles

Practicality First:

We are designing room-temperature, robust, and deployable solutions for quantum hardware built for real-world use.

Scalable by Design:

Manufacturability is central to our roadmap. Every device is engineered to be fabricated, packaged, and deployed at scale.

Accessible to All:

Our mission is to move quantum out of the lab and into the hands of people everywhere.

Innovation with Purpose:

We are focusing on real-world needs including AI acceleration, secure communication, sensing, and computing that solve pressing global challenges.

The road ahead

We are building more than quantum hardware. We are building the infrastructure for the forthcoming technology revolution.

From today’s photonic devices to tomorrow’s quantum-enabled networks, our roadmap leads to a world where quantum technology is scalable, accessible, and commercially available for everyone. A unified photonic platform powers four breakthrough verticals, each translating quantum capabilities into real-world products and practical innovation.

Our four unique verticals are:

Quantum Processing Unit (QPU):

  • NP-hard problem solver for optimization, simulation & differential equations

  • Quantum open systems, gate-based machines

Quantum Cyber Module (QCM):

  • Quantum authentication & encryption, quantum PUF & quantum random number generation

  • One module. Many utilities. Reconfigured in real time.

Photonic Intelligent Unit (PIU):

  • Offload computation-intensive tasks to photonics, optical signal processing

  • Reconfigurable, analog, hybrid, offers native optical processing superior to GPU and DSP

Quantum intelligent Sensing Module (QiSM):

  • Quantum sensing and data processing onboard

  • Single photon lidar & vibrometer, quantum-enhanced & noise-resilient sensing and spectroscopy

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Key

QPUF: Quantum Physically Unclonable Function

OSP: Optical Signal Processor

QNN: Quantum Neural Network

QRW: Quantum Random Walks

QKD: Quantum Key Distribution

QRNG: Quantum Random Number Generator

QC: Quantum Computer