Develop a 100+Q ion trap quantum computer! Huayi Quantum financed over 100 million Yuan
Recently, Huayi Boao (Beijing) Quantum Technology Co., Ltd. (Huayi Quantum) announced the completion of an angel round of financing of over 100 million yuan. This round of financing was led by Gaorong Capital, with participation from Orient Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Sequoia Capital China, Qiji Chuangtan and Turing Ventures. The financing will be mainly used to develop and manufacture ion trap quantum computers with a scale of 100 to 200 qubits and develop the corresponding quantum computing cloud platform.
Huayi Quantum is a high-tech enterprise newly established in January 2022 focusing on the technology route of ion trap quantum computing. Professor Duan is an internationally renowned quantum information expert. He was a former Fermi Chair Professor at the University of Michigan. At the invitation of Academician Yao Qizhi, winner of the Turing Award, he returned to China full-time in 2018 to serve as a Chair Professor of Basic Science and a Chair Professor of Yao Qizhi at Tsinghua University. Professor Duan proposed pioneering directions such as the DLCZ quantum relay scheme and the quantum computing scale scheme, which laid the foundation for the realization of long-distance quantum communication and large-scale ion trap quantum computing. The architecture design of IonQ, the first listed quantum computer company in the United States, is based on the large-scale scheme of ion trap quantum computing proposed by Professor Duan. At Tsinghua University, the research team led by Professor Duan has repeatedly set international records in the field of quantum information, achieved stable trapping of 202 ion qubits for the first time, and accomplished a number of related technological breakthroughs, preparing for the realization of large-scale ion trap quantum computers. technical foundation.
The CEO of Huayi Quantum is Dr. Yao Lin. Dr. Yao Lin was a former associate researcher of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Information, Tsinghua University. Dr. Yao Lin said that building a stable and reliable quantum computer is a very challenging scientific and engineering problem with strong technical barriers. Extremely solid technical foundation. The main problem to be solved by the company is to transform advanced technology reserves to realize modular, standardized and large-scale quantum computers, and on this basis, continue to develop and upgrade, and always provide the most advanced ion trap quantum computer systems to meet relevant commercial needs. , research needs. In addition to the complete quantum computer, Huayi Quantum will also provide access to the quantum cloud platform, so that users can easily obtain quantum computing power.
At present, the expansion of quantum computing applications is mainly limited by the level of quantum computer hardware. After the realization of quantum computers with more than 100 qubits and high fidelity and strong connectivity, it is expected to greatly accelerate the development of new energy materials, chemical industry, nuclear energy Heuristic algorithm research in the fields of , biopharmaceuticals, operations research and logistics optimization, and financial engineering has produced significant application acceleration effects. In terms of specific technical route selection, compared with other qubit implementation methods, the ion trap route has the advantages of large quantum volume, strong scalability, convenient parallel operation, and low cost of scale expansion, and is considered to be the most promising implementation at present. One of the routes for large-scale quantum computing. Huayi Quantum's technical team, relying on existing technical reserves, will realize commercial quantum computer hardware with a scale of more than 100 qubits in the near future; and make full use of the team's advantages in advanced architecture design, it will continue to iterate in the next few years, and gradually integrate qubits. The number has increased to the scale of tens of thousands.
After the completion of the first round of financing of Huayi Quantum, the company will gather more outstanding scientists and engineers to accelerate the production and iteration of products, help quantum computing to achieve more application scenarios and empower new drug research and development, scientific research, and industrial production. , big data, financial industry and other fields.
About Gaorong Capital
Gaorong Capital is one of the most active venture capital institutions in China, focusing on early-stage and growth-stage investments, focusing on investment in innovative and entrepreneurial fields such as new consumption, new technologies, and healthcare. Up to now, 20 companies that Gaorong has invested in or invested in have completed IPOs, and more than 30 companies in which Gaorong has invested or invested have been valued at over US$1 billion. Many companies have grown into leaders in their respective industries, including Pinduoduo, Stone Technology, Nuro, Huya Live, BOSS Direct Employment, etc.
About Aurisco
Founded in 1998, Aurisco is a listed company on the Shanghai A-share main board. It focuses on the R&D, production and sales of complex APIs and preparations. It is an international pharmaceutical company with continuous innovation. Aurisco has been persistently strengthening technological innovation, and has established technological platforms for complex synthesis of polychiral centers, synthetic biology, oligonucleotide drug synthesis, fermentation, illumination, crystal research, and micropowder engineering, and continues to devote itself to small molecule drugs , peptide drugs, nucleic acid drugs and the development of innovative drugs.
About MiraclePlus
MiraclePlus was founded by Dr. Lu Qi in 2019, and its predecessor was YC China. The MiraclePlus team has localized the effective investment + acceleration model of YC in the United States. It has invested in more than 200+ start-up companies within two years of its establishment, covering projects including brain-computer interface, nanotechnology, aerospace, autonomous driving, cloud games, 15 frontier areas such as new consumption.
About Turing Ventures
The Turing Ventures team is composed of Tsinghua University professors, graduate alumni and professional investors with rich industry experience. Relying on the first-class technical capabilities, talent reserves, government and industry resources of the Interdisciplinary Information Research Institute of Tsinghua University and Nanjing Turing Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, it focuses on early equity investment in artificial intelligence and information technology-related fields, and promotes artificial intelligence and information technology. rapid application in the field.
