A consortium of seven partners launched the €11.1 million Quantum Computing in Ireland (QCoIr) initiative, receiving €7.3 million in government funding through the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund. The project was announced by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation with administrative support from Enterprise Ireland, according to a Tyndall National Institute release.
QCoIr partners include Equal1 Labs, IBM, Rockley Photonics, Maynooth University, the Tyndall National Institute, University College Dublin, and Mastercard. The three-year project is developing a software platform that integrates multiple quantum bit technologies being developed in Ireland, with potential applications in financial services, logistics, and drug discovery.
Prof. William Scanlon, CEO of Tyndall, said the partnership would set the foundations for a “national quantum ecosystem,” bringing together hardware and software providers with application users, and multinationals working alongside researchers and SMEs.