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Horizon Quantum Computing to Establish First-of-a-Kind Hardware Testbed
Horizon Quantum Computing, a company building software development tools for quantum computers, today announced that it is establishing a first-of-a-kind testbed for integrating quantum computing hardware with its software stack, Triple Alpha. The testbed, which will be set up at Horizon’s Singapore headquarters, will have the capacity to host multiple quantum computers.
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How Horizon Plans to Bring Quantum Computing Out of the Shadows
Breakthroughs in quantum computing keep coming, but there aren’t many people with the expertise to make use of it. CEO Dr Joe Fitzsimons talks about how Horizon is making quantum computing accessible by building the tools necessary for real-life applications.
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What’s Next for Quantum Computing
In an MIT Technology Review article, key quantum computing industry players are reflecting on the trends in the field. Among them, our CEO Joe Fitzsimons who gives his predictions on moving beyond the NISQ era and the need for Turing completeness.
Read on MIT Technology Review
Singapore Investing Sgd 23.5 Million to Boost Quantum Technology Capabilities
Horizon’s CSO Dr Si-Hui Tan was on CNA to explain key concepts of the technology, talk about its potential for industries, and highlight Singapore’s position in the quantum computing race.
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Joe Fitzsimons Caring About Probabilities & Amplitudes in QC
In this article, our CEO, Dr Joe Fitzsimons discusses the complexities of amplitudes and how quantum systems require intuition that we don't naturally have, making it a central challenge to quantum computing today.
Read on The Quantum Insider
Quantum Computing May Boost AI Capabilities
Quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI) are converging, promising to push computing boundaries to transform industries and accelerate discoveries. In this article, our CEO Joe Fitzsimons gives his perspective on the approaches to applying quantum computing to AI.
Read on PYMNTS
Software Specialist Horizon Quantum To Build First-of-a-Kind Hardware Testbed
Horizon Quantum Computing, a Singapore-based quantum software start-up, announced today it would build its own testbed of quantum computers, starting with use of Rigetti’s Novera 9-qubit QPU. The approach by a quantum software specialist to build-its-own testbed is new. The idea is to be able to develop and integrate its software stack — Triple Alpha — more thoroughly into various types of quantum computers.
Read on HPCwire
Keys to Becoming Quantum-safe
Quantum computers can solve business problems beyond the reach and speed of conventional and classical computers, thus several countries globally have taken steps to encourage the development and adoption of quantum-safe technologies. Horizon’s CEO Joe Fitzsimons discusses quantum-resistant encryption algorithms and quantum cryptography schemes in this article.
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Singapore's Monetary Authority Advises Banks to Get Busy Protecting Against Quantum Decryption
MAS warned that the security of financial transactions and sensitive data at financial institutions could be at risk, thanks to quantum computers that can break some of the commonly used encryption and digital signature algorithms. Horizon’s CEO Joe Fitzsimons talks about the importance for financial institutions to start paying attention to encryption protocols given the research results that have emerged for cryptographically relevant quantum computers.
Read on The Register
Is Quantum Computing the Next Technology on the EU's Regulation Agenda?
At the end of 2023, the European Commission announced its new Declaration on Quantum Technologies in a bid to put the advanced technology firmly on the bloc's agenda. Horizon’s CEO Dr Joe Fitzsimons was interviewed about his decision to establish our EU HQ in Dublin and his thoughts on the growth of the sector.
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Europe’s Precarious Path to Quantum Computing Supremacy
Ahead of the TNW Conference in Amsterdam where our CEO Dr Joe Fitzsimons will be a speaker, he sat with Thomas Macaulay to discuss the tremendous potential of quantum computing and our industry’s current challenges, from talent shortage to the need for patient capital.
Read more on The Next Web
Academics, Software Developers First to Use Software Tools Developed by Singapore Quantum Computing Firm
Quantum computing faces two main challenges to widespread adoption: the development of hardware capable of supporting quantum computation at scale and the creation of software tools that allow programmers to harness this hardware to solve real-world problems. Founded in 2018, Horizon is focused on the second challenge, that is, building a system for quantum software development that enables developers to bridge the gap between classical code and quantum accelerated applications.
Read on Deeptech Times
Singapore-based Software Startup Horizon Quantum Computing Raises $18.1 Million
Horizon announced a round of $18.1 million to expand its engineering team and speed up product development. The company, founded in 2018, created a programming language called Helium, designed to bridge the gap between classical and quantum computers.
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Implementing a Quantum-Secured Network in a Metropolitan Area
AWS’s Quantum Technologies Blog presents the successful trial of quantum-secured communication between the Centre for Quantum Technologies and Horizon.
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5 Questions With Quantum Scientist Dr Tan Si-Hui
In The Business Times, our CSO Dr Si-Hui Tan talks about the diverse range of expertise that are working together to make quantum computing technology widely accessible.
Read more on The Business Times
10 Quantum Leaders Running Quantum Computing Companies
Quantum Zeitgeist featured Horizon's CEO Joe Fitzsimons in their list of 10 quantum leaders running quantum computing companies: "We love the mission to make Quantum Computing a general-purpose quantum technology. Making quantum computing truly accessible to everyone could be a world-leading quest, and we like it!”
Read more on Quantum Zeitgeist
An AI-Flavoured Set of HPC Predictions for 2023
As the HPC community looks ahead to what may happen in the new year, we look through excerpts from the ones we found most interesting, fresh, insightful — even contrarian. Our CEO Dr Joe Fitzsimons gives his views on the topic of NISQ and a shift to fault tolerance in quantum computing.
Read on Inside HPC
On Newstalk: Horizon Quantum Computing Opening Dublin Office
Our CEO, Joe Fitzsimons was on the Newstalk programme Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam where he talked about Horizon’s expansion in Europe with a new office opening in Ireland along with new job opportunities.
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What Good Is a Newborn Baby? Quantum Tech in Its Infancy, but Industry Watchers See Plenty of Potential
Singapore’s great quantum quest makes the cover story of The Business Times. Our CEO Joe Fitzsimons, who was interviewed for the article, speaks about the fast development of the technology: "Year by year, month by month, even week by week, progress is made in the field."
Code Translation: Maximizing Quantum Computing Applications
In an interview for TechHQ, our CEO Joe Fitzsimons talks about the potential of more structured quantum algorithms over NISQ variational algorithms.
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Horizon Quantum Computing to Open European Office in Ireland
Our CEO Dr Joe Fitzsimons shared in an interview with The Irish Times about the factors that made Horizon choose Ireland for our first overseas office.
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Software Developer Tool for Quantum Computers Launching Soon
Horizon Quantum Computing is building an IDE that will help developers who are proficient in languages like C and C++ to build quantum apps.
Read on The New Stack
Singapore Sets the Pace for Quantum Computing in Southeast Asia
Tech Wire Asia caught up with Dr Si-Hui Tan, Chief Science Officer at Horizon Quantum Computing at the ATxSG summit to get her views on the industry, from the technology to the talent development in the field.
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Blind Quantum Computing: A Possible Solution to the Cloud versus On-Premises Dilemma
Relying on cloud-based hardware presents a number of barriers to industry adoption of quantum computing. A Quantum Computing Report article discusses how blind quantum computing may help overcome these barriers and highlights Horizon’s contribution to this technology.
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Universal and Operational Benchmarking of Quantum Memories
Systematic means of benchmarking the performance of a quantum processor are still mostly missing. Xiao Yuan, Yunchao Liu, Qi Zhao, Bartosz Regula, Jayne Thompson (Horizon’s Technical Product Manager) and Mile Gu studied a practically meaningful, experimentally accessible, and universally relevant quantifier of a memory’s capability to preserve the quantum advantage. This measure applies unilaterally to all platforms, allowing us to benchmark processors across different architectures.
Read on npj Quantum Information
The Quantum Insider: 5 Singapore-Based Quantum Startups Doing the Island City State Proud
Singapore, a skyscraper-laden, tropical paradise known for its business-friendly policies. With the second-highest GDP per capita (PPP) in the world, it’s no wonder this island city-state — one of the Four Asian Tigers — has some of the most innovative startups in the world. This goes for startups in the quantum tech ecosystem, too, with a handful so far founded within the last half a decade.
The Straits Times: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Dr Si-Hui Tan had already developed a keen interest in mathematics and science in secondary school. From Raffles Girls’ School she went on to pursue advanced mathematics and a degree in physics, and eventually earned herself a post-doctorate degree in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Today, the 40-year-old is the chief science officer at a local start-up, Horizon Quantum Computing. The company aims to make quantum computing more accessible to software developers.
Read on The Straits Times
AsiaTechDaily: How Joe Fitzsimons CEO of Horizon Quantum Computing Raised $3.2M To Build Software-Development Tools To Enable the Next Revolution in Computing?
Driven by the vision of quantum computing as a revolution in computing technology, Joe Fitzsimons quit his tenured faculty position to found Horizon Quantum Computing in 2018. Drawing on over 15 years’ experience in quantum computing and computational complexity theory, today he fully dedicates his time to Horizon with the goal of making quantum computing a general-purpose computing technology capable of addressing some of the world’s most challenging computational problems.
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Identical Quantum Particles Pass Practicality Test
Identical particle entanglement can be coaxed into mediating other forms of entanglement that are already widely used in quantum computing and communications technologies, as recently demonstrated by a team of researchers from the University of Nottingham and University of Basel. Horizon's Technical Product Manager Jayne Thompson offered her opinion as part of a Scientific American article about the study.
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The Short Weird Life—and Potential Afterlife—of Quantum Radar
Science Magazine puts the spot on quantum illumination, often dubbed "quantum radar", and the important role played by work that our Chief Science Officer Si-Hui Tan did during her PhD at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, back in 2008, comparing quantum with entangled photons and coherent states.
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The Edge Singapore: Horizon Quantum Computing Aims To Simplify Quantum Software Development
Late last year, the world of quantum computing achieved a significant milestone. A quantum processor developed by Google was able to solve a complex mathematical calculation in just three minutes and 20 seconds. In comparison, the most advanced supercomputer to date would have taken more than 10,000 years to solve it.
Hybrid Machine Learning Algorithm Optimises Engineering of Quantum Sensors
Quantum technologies can be designed more efficiently if they can be trained in self-improvement. A team of researchers in Singapore and China, including Jayne Thompson, who recently joined Horizon Quantum Computing as a Technical Product Manager after doing research for Centre for Quantum Technologies, have demonstrated this potential through engineering a new method to machine learn quantum-enhanced probes for precision sensing applications.
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The Quantum Daily: Quantum Computing Must Be People-Powered, Not Just Quantum Powered, Says Horizon Quantum Computing’s CEO
No matter how fast. No matter how powerful. No matter how many qubits can be entangled. No matter how long those qubits can remain entangled. The quantum computer industry will never reach its full potential unless people can actually use quantum computers. Horizon Quantum Computing, a Singapore-based quantum startup, was founded with the mission of making quantum computing more people-friendly in mind, according to Joe Fitzsimons, the company’s CEO.
e27: Why This Professor Quit Writing Academic Papers To Start His Own Quantum Computer Company
Quantum computing has gained significant interest over the years because of its potential to solve problems beyond the reach of the most powerful supercomputers. Singapore’s Horizon Quantum Computing is a startup that aims to make quantum computing much easier to access and in turn become a part of a bigger tech revolution.
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TechCrunch: Horizon Quantum Raises $3.23M for Its Quantum Software Development Tools
Horizon Quantum is part of a new crop of startups that focus on building new tools for building software for quantum computers. The Singapore-based company, which is hardware-agnostic but also launched a close partnership with Rigetti Computing in 2018, today announced that it has raised a $3.23 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital India. Previous investors SGInnovate, Abies Ventures, DCVC, Qubit Protocol, Summer Capital and Posa CV also participated.
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NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: The Subatomic Age: Asia’s Quantum Computing Arms Race
“After an academic career at top universities in Ireland, the U.K. and Singapore, Joe Fitzsimons spun off Horizon Quantum Computing, a quantum software company, from CQT in 2018. The tipping point was on the horizon, he said, and he wanted to be established by the time one of the big tech companies announced that they had achieved quantum supremacy.”
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