Delft-based Orange Quantum Systems has successfully raised €12 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round, marking a significant milestone in the Netherlands' quantum computing landscape. Led by Icecat Capital, this investment will be allocated towards developing advanced testing machines that expedite quantum chip assessments from weeks to days. By addressing challenges in testing scalability and accuracy, OrangeQS aims to enhance the development cycle of qubits, potentially ushering in a quantum Moore's Law through their innovative OrangeQS MAX system, which automates testing and reduces time requirements significantly.
According to Alberts, the performance of a quantum chip can only be assessed in an extremely controlled environment and through the execution of complicated test protocols.
At the moment, testing of quantum chips is slow, it takes days or weeks, making it expensive and blocking fast iteration in quantum chip development.
To address this issue, the team has developed the OrangeQS MAX, a turnkey, fully automated system capable of testing utility-scale quantum chips twice as quickly.
This marks the largest seed investment round thus far in the Netherlands' quantum computing sector.
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