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PsiQuantum

Building a fault-tolerant photonic quantum computer using semiconductor manufacturing.

PhotonicSeries D+ Pre-IPOIPO 2027IPO tracker & how to invest early →Palo Alto · Founded 2016Website ↗
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65 17.9 since 2026

What they do

PsiQuantum is pursuing large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computing using silicon photonics, aiming to manufacture qubits on standard semiconductor processes at commercial foundry scale. Its thesis is that useful quantum computing requires a million-plus physical qubits, and that photonics is the most manufacturable path there.

The company is heavily funded and partners with foundries and governments, including major utility-scale system projects.

Strengths & weaknesses

Strengths
  • +Manufacturing-first strategy leveraging existing semiconductor foundries
  • +Very well capitalized among private quantum companies
  • +Government-backed utility-scale system commitments
Watch-outs
  • No incremental cloud-accessible product today — a long-horizon bet
  • Photonic fault-tolerance at scale remains unproven
Key risks
  • !Binary, milestone-driven outcome given the all-in fault-tolerant approach
  • !Long time-to-revenue increases financing exposure

Score breakdown

Funding momentum 40%92

€570m Series E, Nov 2025.

Patents 25%50

50th percentile within Photonic.

Talent 20%50

~900 employees.

Research 15%36

36th percentile within Photonic.

Funding history

€1.3bn total raised · rounds below sum to €570m (includes undisclosed rounds)

Series E€570m
Nov 2025 · Led by BlackRock

Signals

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Quote of the day by PsiQuantum CEO Jeremy OBrien : If you think the goal is to get to the top of the Empire State Building , you build longer ladder a challenge to incremental hardware progress in quantum computing
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PsiQuantum lands $179 million DARPA quantum computing deal
2 months ago · GDELT (global news)
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PsiQuantum , DARPA Sign $125M QBI Agreement
2 months ago · GDELT (global news)
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Management

Jeremy O'Brien
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer

Major shareholders

Venture & strategic investors· VCundisclosed

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Links & resources

Company website

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