UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley is a public research university whose physics and electrical engineering departments carry out quantum information research rather than operating a commercial quantum computing program. Experimental groups there work on superconducting qubits (Irfan Siddiqi), trapped-ion systems (Hartmut Häffner), and neutral-atom and cavity-QED physics (Dan Stamper-Kurn), while the theory group is known for foundational work on quantum algorithms (Umesh Vazirani) and complexity. The campus participates in the Q-FARM initiative with Stanford, SLAC and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and several quantum hardware and software companies have been founded by Berkeley alumni.

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Headquarters: Berkeley, California, USA
Status: Private

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California Signs Fusion Legislation and Announces $30 Million Quantum Investment

California enacted fusion-related legislation and announced a $30 million state investment in quantum information science. The allocation will feed into the state's existing quantum research hubs at UC Berkeley and UCLA, workforce programs, and industry collaborations with Google Quantum AI and the AWS Center for Quantum Computing.

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Within two years, the $30 million could fund a coordinated quantum technician certification pipeline across UC Berkeley, UCLA, Google Quantum AI, and the AWS Center for Quantum Computing, producing California's first formal cohort of industry-ready quantum support engineers.

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