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Qnami

Qnami builds quantum sensing systems that exploit nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond for nanoscale magnetometry. Its commercial scanning NV microscope is used in materials and biological research. The company emerged from the University of Basel and is among the providers of NV-center sensing tools.

AI-written profile · not yet reviewed · 20 August 2026

Headquarters
Basel, Switzerland
Founded
2017
Status
Private
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Coverage

arXiv quant-ph

Automating Variational Quantum Sensing through Reinforcement-Learned Circuit Structures

On 19 August 2026, a preprint posted to arXiv quant-ph introduced a method that uses reinforcement-learned circuit structures to automate variational quantum sensing, replacing manually designed ansätze with RL-discovered parameterized circuits.

OutlookPlausible

The RL-generated circuits outperform standard manually designed variational sensing ansätze in simulation benchmarks, prompting adoption in pre-experimental design workflows.

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arXiv quant-ph

Exponential quantum advantage for learning signals with a single qubit

A preprint on arXiv claims an exponential quantum advantage for learning a classical signal using only a single qubit. The authors show that a single-qubit system, interrogated with a suitable sequence of operations, can identify or estimate an unknown signal with exponentially fewer resources than any classical learner. The result appears to be theoretical, with no experimental demonstration reported.

OutlookPlausible

Experimental groups could reproduce the learning task on existing single-qubit platforms (e.g., NV centres, trapped ions, superconducting qubits) within two years, providing the first experimental demonstration of exponential quantum advantage for a learning problem.

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