IQM

IQM Quantum Computers is a Finnish company that designs and builds superconducting transmon quantum processors along with the rest of the system stack: cryostats, control electronics and software. Rather than selling only cloud access, it delivers on-premises machines, including a 5-qubit system aimed at universities and a 150-qubit processor for larger installations, and it co-designs application-specific chips with partners. Founded in 2018 as a spin-out of Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, it is one of Europe's better-funded quantum hardware firms and has supplied systems to several European national supercomputing and research centres.

AI-written profile · not yet reviewed · 13 September 2026

Headquarters: Espoo, Finland
Founded: 2018
Status: Private

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Investors MIG Capital, Tencent, World Fund, EIC Fund, OpenOcean, Tesi

Coverage

Quantum Zeitgeist11 September 2026

Distinguishability loss function optimizes quantum encoding circuits

Researchers describe a new objective function for quantum error correction called a distinguishability loss function. It works by maximizing the distinguishability of quantum states after a noise channel has acted on them. The approach is reported to discover encoding circuits that are resource-efficient and optimized for specific noise characteristics.

OutlookPlausible

This loss function could be folded into quantum compilation tools to automatically design hardware-specific encoding circuits that improve state fidelity on near-term processors within two years.

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