Amaravati to Pioneer India’s First Homegrown 8-Qubit Computer

In a landmark move for India’s quantum ambitions, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu announced that Amaravati will deploy the country’s first indigenously built 8-qubit quantum computer this November. The initiative is being spearheaded by Bengaluru-based quantum startup QpiAI, with strategic support from the National Quantum Mission (NQM).

The announcement followed high-level discussions between Naidu and Dr. Nagendra Nagaraja, founder of QpiAI, who will play a pivotal role in the state’s ambitious Amaravati Quantum Valley project.

Our initiative, backed by the National Quantum Mission, aims to transform agriculture, water management, and health care,” Naidu said. “I would like to congratulate QpiAI founder Nagendra Nagaraja and express my gratitude to the National Quantum Mission for their support to this project.

Quantum Valley: A First for India

The Amaravati Quantum Valley will be India’s first dedicated hub for quantum innovation, research, and public-benefit applications. QpiAI will establish a center of excellence in the city, focusing on quantum algorithm development, startup incubation, and skill-building for youth.

A QpiAI Quantum system

The 8-qubit quantum computer, developed entirely within India, marks a significant milestone in the country’s push toward self-reliance in advanced technologies. It will be used to tackle complex problems across sectors including:

• Agriculture: Precision farming, pest prediction, and crop advisory systems
• Water Management: Predictive analytics and efficient resource allocation
• Healthcare: Disease diagnostics and quantum simulations for treatment
• Education & Skills: Quantum curriculum integration and youth empowerment

QpiAI’s Strategic Rise

QpiAI recently raised $32 million in Series A funding, co-led by Avataar Ventures and the National Quantum Mission, bringing its total funding to $39 million. The company aims to accelerate product development and global expansion, positioning itself as a frontrunner in the quantum computing space.

National Quantum Mission’s Backing

The National Quantum Mission, launched by India’s Department of Science and Technology (DST), is designed to position the country as a global leader in quantum technologies. Amaravati’s selection as the site for India’s first quantum valley underscores the mission’s commitment to regional innovation and infrastructure development.

With this deployment, Amaravati is set to become a beacon of quantum progress, blending cutting-edge technology with real-world impact across critical sectors.

L&T-Cloudfiniti and QpiAI Partner to Drive Quantum Computing Workloads Including Quantum Computing as a Service (QCAAS)

To revolutionise the quantum computing landscape globally, L&T-Cloudfiniti has forged a strategic partnership with Bengaluru-based deep-tech company QpiAI. The collaboration will focus on driving quantum computing workloads, including Quantum Computing as a Service (QCAAS), enabling scalable deployment of quantum solutions across domains.

L&T-Cloudfiniti and QpiAI will explore collaborative opportunities under India’s National Quantum Mission. QpiAI is the company that has built Indus, India's most powerful 25-qubit quantum computer. Going forward, they will offer 256-qubit quantum computer, followed by a fault-tolerant quantum computer with 100 logical qubits, thus opening up large-scale commercial applications.

Combining L&T’s industry leadership with QpiAI’s technical capabilities, the two companies will initiate and execute joint R&D programmes focussed on next-generation solutions at the intersection of artificial intelligence and quantum computing. This will lead to the development of innovative solutions that address complex challenges across domains, including finance, healthcare, logistics and more.

Commenting on the collaboration, Ms Seema Ambastha, Chief Executive, L&T Cloudfiniti, stated: “We are thrilled to partner with QpiAI to drive quantum computing workloads globally. This collaboration will leverage our cloud infrastructure to host and execute quantum algorithms, enabling scalable deployment of quantum solutions across domains. Together, we aim to deliver innovative and efficient solutions to our customers and enhance operational efficiency.”

Dr Nagendra Nagaraja, CEO, QpiAI, added: “The collaboration with L&T-Cloudfiniti marks a significant milestone in the advancement of quantum computing technology. By combining our technical expertise with L&T’s industry leadership, we are poised to drive innovation and deliver cutting-edge solutions to our customers. We are excited about the opportunities this partnership will bring under India’s National Quantum Mission.”

The partnership marks a significant milestone in the advancement of quantum computing technology and its application across industries.

Govt-backed QpiAI Launches One of India’s Most Powerful Quantum Computers

Bengaluru-based QpiAI, one of the eight startups selected under the National Quantum Mission (NQM), has launched QpiAI-Indus, a 25-qubit superconducting quantum computer. This marks India's first full-stack quantum computing system, integrating advanced quantum processors, scalable control systems, and optimized software for hybrid computing.

The launch, which coincided with World Quantum Day (April 14), positions QpiAI at the forefront of India's quantum ecosystem, driving innovation across life sciences, drug discovery, materials sciences, mobility, logistics, sustainability, and climate action. Since its founding in 2019, QpiAI has filed 11 patent applications and generated revenue of around ₹1 million per annum, with additional funding from SIDBI.

 

QpiAI-Indus

This milestone aligns with India's broader quantum ambitions, reinforcing its position in deep-science and deep-tech innovation. Given your interest in quantum computing's role in AI model fine-tuning, this development could have exciting implications for hybrid AI-quantum optimization.

Notably, India ranks 6th globally in quantum startups, with 53 startups working in the field. However, private investment in quantum computing in India is significantly lower compared to countries like the US and UK.

To recall, Physicist Rajamani Vijayaraghavan led TIFR Quantum Computing Lab at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is working on a 6-qubit quantum system, aiming to develop indigenous quantum computing technology.

India's National Mission for Quantum Technology and Applications (NMQTA) was launches five years ago, but public investment remains lower than global leaders like China and the US.

While India is making strides, there's still a long way to go in terms of funding and infrastructure.

DST Selects 8 Quantum & Cyber-Physical Systems Startups for Support under NQM and NM-ICPS

On 26 November 2024, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh announced the selection of eight pioneering startups for support under the National Quantum Mission (NQM) and the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS). 

These startups are at the forefront of innovation in quantum technology and cyber-physical systems, and they represent significant strides in fields such as quantum communication, quantum computing, quantum sensing, and quantum materials.

These startups were chosen through a rigorous evaluation process and are expected to make significant contributions to their respective fields.

Here are the eight pioneering startups selected for support under the National Quantum Mission and the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems:

1. QNu Labs (Bengaluru) - Quantum communication
2. QPIAI India Private Ltd (Bengaluru) Quantum computing
3. Dimira Technologies (IIT Mumbai) Indigenous cryogenic cables essential for quantum computing
4. Prenishq (IIT Delhi) - Precision diode-laser systems
5. QuPrayog (Pune) - Optical atomic clocks
6. Quanastra (Delhi) - Advanced cryogenics and superconducting detectors
7. Pristine Diamonds (Ahmedabad) - Creating Diamond materials for quantum sensing
8. Quan2D Technologies (Bengaluru) - Superconducting Nanowire Single-photon Detectors

These startups are poised to make significant contributions to their respective fields in quantum technology and cyber-physical systems.

Dr. Jitendra Singh

The DST will support the selected startups through a structured framework that includes: Funding Opportunities, Mentorship and Guidance, Infrastructure Support, and facilities to aid in the development and testing of new technologies, among other things.

Categorised by Cities and Institutes:

By Cities:

• Bengaluru:
• QNu Labs
• QPIAI India Private Ltd
• Quan2D Technologies
• Pune:
• QuPrayog
• Ahmedabad:
• Pristine Diamonds
• Delhi:
• Quanastra

By Institutes:

• IIT Mumbai:
• Dimira Technologies
• IIT Delhi:
• Prenishq

These startups represent a diverse range of innovations and specializations in quantum technology and cyber-physical systems.

With this initiative, the Minister remarked, the selected startups are not just participants in a technological mission but torchbearers of India’s ambition to emerge as a global leader in quantum science.

During the event, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh proposed that such initiatives and programs should be held beyond Delhi to ensure broader participation and engagement across the country. He emphasized that taking these events to smaller towns and other regions would provide the youth with a valuable opportunity to witness the advancements in quantum technologies and related fields firsthand.

QpiAI Announces AI Enabled QpiAISense™ Platform for Worldwide Deployment for Controlling Superconducting, Spin and Ion-Trap Qubits

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QpiAI, a leader in quantum computing and AI today announced QpiAISense™ platform for room temperature qubit control. QpiAISense™ accelerates ML library using discrete FPGA DSPs currently. But in future it would support massive ML compute capability as much as 8000 trillion operations per second per watt (8000 Tops/watt ) using Qpisemi’s (https://www.qpisemi.tech) silicon photonics based AI20P001 to be integrated on QpiAISense™ platform. Qubit control and high-fidelity operation of Quantum computer, requires ML based technology, which QpiAI provides readily.
 
Further to accelerate optimization workload on the quantum computers, QpiAI will be integrating the Trion SoC onto QpiAISense™ platform. Trion will be gateway for hybrid Classical-Quantum compute software development and application. Current applications which will be run on QpiAISense™ will be running smoothly with both AI20P001 and Trion integration of QpiAISense™.
 

• QpiAI begins deployment of QpiAISense™ room temperature Qubit controller platform, which has native ML acceleration capability to control various qubits types including Superconducting, Spin and Ion-traps. 
• QpiAISense™ platform is thoroughly tested with Real world application like logistics, Finance, materials discovery, AI/ML applications via interfacing with QpiAI-Quantum software libraries
• Along with number of channels of 16, which is highest in Industry, ML acceleration is the key differentiator to tune the Qubits continuously to make sure high performance and lower operations error of the qubits
• QpiAISense™ Single unit box can control 16 channels. But it can be modularly stacked to control as many qubits as possible. QpiAISense™ platform can control 25, 50, 124, 256, 512 ,1024 and 2048 qubits
• QpiAIsense™ hardware platform and QpiAI-Quantum software platform have roadmap with integration of hybrid classical-Quantum compute chipset solution that QpiAI is working on to vertically integrate AI and Quantum processing to accelerate Quantum application adoption
• In near term future, QPIAIsense™ integrates Optimization processor (QpiAI Trion) and AI processor based on silicon photonics (QpiSemi AI20P001) that offers up to 8000 ToPs/W of ML acceleration capability for tuning and analytics on 1024+ logical qubits (millions of physical Qubits) and support AI and quantum applications

 
 QpiAISense™ Product Details

• High speed Integrated control and readout electronics for quantum processors.
• Control and readout of up to 16 qubits.
• Trigger to AWG pulse <40ns.
• Feedback Latency <100ns.
• Capability for Quantum Error Correction and Error mitigation.
• Available for Shipping Q4 2022

QpiAISense™ unit block Performance parameters
 

Parameter	RF Output Module	RF Input Module
Resolution	14 bit DAC	14 bit ADC
No of Channel	16	16
Sampling Rate	9.85GS/s	2.5GS/s
Bandwidth	6 GHz	4 Ghz

Dr Nagendra Nagaraja CEO and Founder of QpiAI suggested, "This is a very important milestone for QpiAI. We got our Quantum compute platform correct and it is scalable. QpiAISense™ will be base platform on which we will deploy future hardware technologies, as well as software development. As we evolve into logical 1024 qubits (millions of physical qubits), we have all components to accelerate Quantum adoptions and enable our customers to really reap benefits of Quantum advancement. Our customers will be well supported with our technology roadmap to provide them with technology security to solve their domain problems confidently. QpiAI will be shipping QpiAISense™ starting September-2022 to key customers and partners globally and will provide them with all updates we will come up with related to AI and Quantum technologies in coming years."
 
Dr Manjunath R.V, a PhD from TU-Delft Netherlands who led QpiAI-Sense architecture and development and he is also General manager for Quantum hardware suggested, "QpiAI is the first Indian quantum computing company developing full-stack quantum computer with integrated quantum & AI solutions. QpiAISense™ offers a scalable integrated software-hardware solution for control and readout of superconducting and semiconducting qubits. The platform allows direct generation of microwave signals for control of transmon qubits without the need for additional mixers. The platform provides modules for pulse-level optimization, auto calibration with integrated machine learning accelerators and optimizer unit for execution of hybrid-quantum classical algorithms on quantum processors via a GUI based development environment."
 
Mr Lakshya Priyadarshi, Director of Quantum software suggested, "Quantum software developers write code at gate-level abstractions but the quantum machine executes those instructions at the pulse level. With its optimized pulse-level synthesizer, QpiAISense™ plays an important role in adding system-level optimizations to quantum software and enhances the quantum compiler modules. This development significantly improves our hardware-software co-design approach and accelerates the journey toward full-stack quantum computing solutions. The on-chip optimizer unit on QpiAISense™ board enables faster execution of hybrid quantum-classical algorithms that will be crucial in deploying near-term applications in chemistry, logistics, and financial services."
 
Dr Amlan Mukherjee, Senior Director of Quantum research added, "More the qubits merrier it is! Any practical quantum computer will require scalable control readout electronics for successful operation. That's why we have come up with QpiAISense™, a plug and play control and readout hardware with built-in scalability."
 
Emerging market for QpiAISense™ is huge and Market price per unit of similar product will cost at least a million USD per unit to current users. QpiAI not only integrated high end features, but also promises to lower TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) for its customers.

QpiAI and QuantrolOx Sign a MoU to Jointly Develop India’s First 25-Qubit Quantum Computing Testbed and Offerings for the European and Indian Markets

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• QpiAI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Anglo-Finnish quantum control software company QuantrolOx
• QpiAI is opening an office in Finland
• QpiAI and QuantrolOx will jointly develop 25-qubit quantum computing testbeds, accelerating the Indian quantum ecosystem and enable commercialization of Quantum computing with 2048 commercial grade qubits
• Vishal Chathrath, CEO of QuantrolOx and Prof. Andrew Briggs, Executive Chair of QuantrolOx, Professor at Oxford University and one of the major names in quantum computing, are joining advisory board of QpiAI

QpiAI, a leader in quantum computing and AI today announced a MoU with Finland based, Oxford University spinout QuantrolOx. The two companies will work together to provide complete quantum solutions to customers in Europe, India and Asia.
 
Dr Nagendra Nagaraja CEO and Founder of QpiAI suggested “India and Finland have had a close working relationship in telecom technologies. Both countries have now worked out a detailed plan for establishment of the Indo-Finnish Virtual Network Center on Quantum Computing. The MoU between QpiAI and QuantrolOx will further add to this momentum by providing advanced quantum computing testbeds for Indian and Finnish quantum companies and research labs to test and develop their quantum technologies.
 
QpiAI is also working on semiconductor-based spin qubit technology, which is highly scalable and uses the mature semiconductor fabrication process. QpiAI has software and platform products in the market. It will transition its software platforms which currently run on the GPU and CPUs to its 3-chip solution of hybrid classical-Quantum compute by providing 20x -100x performance improvements in optimization workloads.
 
There is a massive market opportunity in India, Asia and Europe for quantum computing technologies including quantum processors, quantum communication, quantum cloud computing and superconductors. Central to these opportunities is a scalable quantum computing technology that has the potential to automatically tune qubits and characterize quantum processors. While QpiAI is developing hardware including control board, RF and microwave-based quantum control chip and quantum processors and software applications software platforms and quantum algorithms, QuantrolOx is working on automated tuning and characterisation software.”
 
Vishal Chatrath CEO of QuantrolOx and Prof. Andrew Briggs Executive Chairman of QuantrolOx, Professor at University of Oxford, are joining the advisory board of QpiAI to enable strategic alignment between the two companies. QpiAI Advisory board also has industry stalwarts like Dr Madhusudan Atre - former India head and Managing Director of AMD, Applied Materials, LSI, Lucent Microelectronics; and also advisor to startups and incubators. QpiAI board also has Dr Navakant Bhat who is former Chair of CeNSE and currently Dean of IISc.
 
“With the Indian government’s commitment of $1 Billion to the Indian quantum industry, we see India as a major market. We are excited to provide QuantrolOx technology to India’s first 25-qubit quantum computing testbed. This is just the beginning of our partnership with QpiAI to develop joint products and solutions for the global marketplace,” added Vishal Chatrath, CEO and co-founder of QuantrolOx.
 
“Ultimately, the challenge going forward for the industry to scale will be to create a supply chain in which specialist companies can focus on their core strengths. Such ecosystems will lead innovation and drive down costs so that in the next 5-10 years the world will have not 10s of quantum computers but thousands and possibly even 10s of thousands of quantum computers. I am excited at the prospect of a new quantum ecosystem developing between Oxford, Finland and India,” added Prof Andrew Briggs, Executive Chair of QuantrolOx.

“Having Quantum technology development in India will create next generation high-technology jobs in cutting edge research and technology development. This also builds ecosystem for leading inter-disciplinary R&D. I am very glad to see QpiAI forge partnership with QuantrolOx and lay the foundation for India-Finland partnership in the area of Quantum technology. We are glad that we will be working with Dr Andrew and Vishal to make Quantum computing commercially available across India, Europe and southeast Asia for industrial sectors," Dr Atre suggested.
 
"When we were first discussing Quantum hardware in India in 2020, that was before pandemic, Dr Nagendra was suggesting 20 qubit setup by 2024 in Bangalore. Now with this partnership it looks like we will be having multiple 25 Qubit testbeds right here in Bangalore by the end of 2022. This should enable a thriving Quantum ecosystem. Currently 25 qubits is based on superconductors and eventually 2048 qubits based on CMOS spin qubits will be very exciting. 2048 logical qubits can enable a lot of commercial applications. We would like to use all our expertise in CMOS fabrication to make this technology breakthrough happen. That would be a major technology breakthrough from India. We would like to see Dr Nagendra and team achieve the same as soon as possible with a lot of collaboration with Quantum ecosystems including QuantrolOx, Oxford and the IISc community. QpiAI has an excellent team and building commercial grade Quantum computers right here in Bangalore is very exciting. It is great to see collaboration between India and Finland to form this thriving Quantum ecosystem. The association of QpiAI with Dr Andrew and Vishal is a major step forward in achieving this goal," added Dr Navakant.
 
This partnership will create revenue generation opportunities for both the companies, QpiAI has QpiAISense hardware platform for controlling qubits ready to be shipped, on which QuantrolOx will develop control software for both superconducting and semiconductor-based spin qubits.
 
QpiAI is building its own quantum computing lab to house cryogenic electronics and is in process to acquire land for India’s first private quantum computing lab facility. The QpiAI quantum lab will be part of bigger Qpi Technology Quantum Park, which houses the labs and manufacturing facility for its subsidiaries like super conductor based single photon detector, single photon source, HTS tapes and HTS cables for SuperQ, solid state battery prototyping facility for Qpivolta using Quantum and AI technologies and labs for Qpivolta-ET for Energy transition experiments using material discovery and carbon capture, Silicon photonics testing lab for Qpisemi for its AI20P AI processors and lab scale model Quantum data center designed by Qpicloud. Currently Qpicloud which is incubated in DSCI (Data security Council of India) NCoE (National Center of Excellence) for cybersecurity, is also working on Quantum security for data centers and cloud computing, whose lab will be enabled in Qpi Technology Quantum Park
 
QpiAI is expanding in Finland to enable partnership with European quantum ecosystems. QpiAI already has a subsidiary in the US QpiAI Inc. QpiAI also intends to open an office in Japan for customer support and after sales support for Japanese customers.
 
With partnerships and global presence, QpiAI which is a revenue generating and profitable Quantum compute and AI company, which is vertically integrating AI and Quantum compute and has customers across the world, is scaling its business to next level to become major global player in AI and Quantum compute. 

QpiAI Takes up World’s Largest AI and Quantum Upskilling Effort with Rs 499 Plan Module Based Learning

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QpiAI has announced new mode of certification for AI and Quantum compute (https://www.qpiai-explorer.tech/certification/) with Rs 499 module based self-paced study for AI and Quantum certification. India has totally 3500 engineering colleges, 3400 polytechnics and 200 schools of planning and architecture and around 10000 science colleges. There are close to 1 million engineering graduates and students. We have totally 3 million studying science and maths. We have 4.3 million IT employees in India. We have close to 8 million STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) graduates across the world. 2.6 million are in India and 4.3 million in China. QpiAI is providing platform to address all-important high-quality AI and Quantum education, training and upskilling targeted to STEM students and working professionals.

QpiAI made AI and Quantum courses affordable, convenient, self-paced, fun and easy-learning with its QpiAI-explorer software and global to address around 12 million prospect students to help them upskill to AI and Quantum compute knowledge.
 
QpiAI also provides these 12 million students to potentially use most advanced technology from Qpi technology subsidiaries in its marketplace to provide solutions to enterprises. The technology and tools included in marketplace in near future is QpiAI-pro automl platform, Qpicloud CPs (Collaborative Platforms) on Qpicloud, QpiAI-quantum, QpiAI-logistics and in medium to long term future, marketplace members will have full access to world’s largest AI and Quantum data centre situated across different continents to deliver projects from marketplace. This can be one of the world’s largest AI and Quantum upskilling with expectation of 250k registration in 6-12 months’ time globally from its current level of 10k registration in its term-based plan. While it continues its existing 3 months and 6 months term-based study for certification. It expects students and working professional require longer time and financial flexibility to gain advanced knowledge in AI and Quantum computing.  QpiAI expects larger registration through module based self-paced study, which is more convenient for students and working professional. QpiAI offers QpiAI-explorer software with Rs 499 membership, which comes with in module-based learning. QpiAI-explorer has integrated basic AutoML engine and one of the world’s most advanced Quantum simulator that can run on laptops without need of costly cloud computing for learning. Unlike most learning programs, QpiAI-IISc joint certification is based on QpiAI-explorer software, which include hands-on projects to provide real AI and Quantum computing skills
 
QpiAI have taken this unprecedented move to address skill shortage in AI and Quantum compute with joint certification with IISc. Also, it has bigger objective to create World’s largest ecosystem through its global AI and Quantum marketplace (https://qpiai-market.tech) using QpiAI’s AI and quantum technology as advanced platforms available for QpiAI community. There is a larger demand for skilled AI and Quantum computing professionals. This effort from QpiAI should fill the gap to large extent. Qpi technology which is the parent company of 5 subsidiaries including QpiAI is investing heavily in advanced research to enable ecosystem in AI, Quantum compute and materials research.

Students, working professionals, enterprises, schools and colleges can enroll for certification at https://www.qpiai-explorer.tech/certification or write to certification@qpiai.tech

QpiAI in Partnership With IISc Launches Joint Certification for AI and Quantum Computing to Upskill Enterprises, Schools and Colleges

QpiAI and IISc launched Joint certification of AI and Quantum Computing to upskill enterprises, schools and colleges across Asia and Europe. Certification courses are starting from May 1st 2021. Details of the certification program can be found at https://www.qpiai-explorer.tech/certification

Dr. Nagendra Nagaraja, CEO and Founder of Qpi Technology holdings which is the parent company of QpiAI, QpiCloud and SuperQ suggested-

QpiAI is an AI modelling and Quantum Computing company. We have deployed our flagship platform QpiAI-Pro in large enterprises. QpiAI-Pro, QpiAI-Enterprise and QpiAI-Quantum are the most advanced AI and Quantum modelling platforms in the world, with Quantum inspired compute and Quantum compute backend for generating high performance models. When working with large enterprises across Asia and Europe and talking to universities across the world, we found out that there is a huge need to upskill the workforce and the students to operate these advanced technologies. We have now launched QpiAI-Explorer to bridge this gap. QpiAI-Explorer is an entry level AI modelling and Quantum Computing platform that can run on a laptop without the use of expensive cloud resources. QpiAI along with IISc intends to offer 3 certifications currently: AI-level 1, AI-level 2 and a joint AI & Quantum Computing Certifications to help train the workforce in large enterprises, schools and colleges. This would accelerate adoption and aid in democratization of AI and Quantum Computing technologies.

QpiAI has a very strong technical team of 30 bright engineers. Some of them have an outstanding track record in AI and Quantum Computing. Dr. Amlan Mukherjee, has a PhD from TIFR and previously a post-doctoral researcher from Stuttgart University, Germany, returned to India, to take up the challenging role as the Director of Quantum Hardware and Research at QpiAI suggested- “Our initiative of collaborations with various universities like IISc, IISER and TIFR have met with great enthusiasm and optimism. We also want to reach out to grass-root enterprises, schools and colleges to proliferate AI and Quantum Computing. We would also like to bring these certification courses in Hindi, to have a wider reach and truly democratize AI and Quantum.” Dr. Amlan Mukherjee is an expert in various Quantum Systems and has done multiple successful tape-outs of Quantum Control Chips in the past.

Another brilliant engineer Ir. Pinakin M. Padalia also returned to India from TU Delft, Netherlands, where he was a researcher, to join as a Director of Quantum Circuits at QpiAI said: “I have a dream. I always wanted to build great technologies in India. To realize this dream and fully develop Quantum Computing in India, we need to upskill our workforce and students to be ready for the Quantum world. QpiAI-Explorer is the first step towards realizing this magnificent dream.” Ir. Pinakin M. Padalia has proven track record in designing and testing Cryogenic Quantum Control Chips.

Another talented Quantum Software Engineer Mr. Lakshya Priyadarshi suggested that “It is really exciting to have great people on our advisory board like Dr. Madhu Atre, Prof. Navakanta Bhat and Prof. Ujjwal Sen. We are fortunate to have their guidance, which is crucial for the success of this program. IISc supporting this cause is really great for our ecosystem. This should accelerate the adoption of Quantum Computing technologies in India.”

Mr. Sachin Kumar, who is a Senior Data Scientist at QpiAI suggested- “Hands-on AI modelling experience is absolutely crucial to accelerate Intelligent Digital Transformation. QpiAI-Explorer is designed to achieve the same. Furthermore, this would catalyse upgradation towards QpiAI-Pro, QpiAI-Enterprise and QpiAI-Quantum for converting data to intelligence at scale, while enhancing productivity in our enterprises.”

Further QpiAI is scheduled to tape-out 128-qubit Quantum Control Chip codenamed “BumbleBee” this September/October of 2021. It will be a state-of-the-art quantum control chip intended to work at 4 Kelvin (-269 oC) designed using 22 nm TSMC CMOS process. QpiAI intends to jointly deploy this chip with various institutes, combining it with semi-conductor and super-conductor qubits. QpiAI-Explorer which is intended to be used for these certification courses in the future will also be installed on real Quantum Hardware and eventually help enterprises and institutional customers to move to QpiAI-Quantum platform.
 
Enterprises, schools and colleges can enrol for certification at https://www.qpiai-explorer.tech/certification or reach us at certification@qpiai.tech