QuEra Computing Inc.
To build and deploy the world's most scalable, high-performance quantum computers based on neutral-atom technology for industrial-scale problem solving.
Founding Story
QuEra was founded in 2018 by physicists from Harvard and MIT to commercialize decades of research in neutral-atom quantum computing, aiming to overcome the scaling limitations of other quantum modalities.
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Leadership
Founders
Mikhail Lukin
George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Physics at Harvard University; co-director of the Harvard Quantum Initiative. Expert in quantum optics and quantum information.
Markus Greiner
Isaac Newton Professor of Physics at Harvard University. Recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship; pioneer in ultracold atom research.
Vladan Vuletić
Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics at MIT. Specialist in atom-photon interactions and many-body systems.
Dirk Englund
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. Lead of the Quantum Photonics Laboratory.
Nathan Gemelke
QuEra CTO and Chief Technology Strategist. PhD from Stanford University; former Assistant Professor of Physics at Penn State University; Research Associate at Harvard.
John Pena
Part of the founding team; entrepreneurial background in the quantum computing space.
Executive Team
Alex Keesling
CEO
PhD in Physics from Harvard University where he was a lead researcher in the Lukin group. Previously served as Chief Science Officer.
Yuval Boger
Chief Commercial Officer
Former CMO at QuEra and Classiq. Previously CEO of Sensics and Oblicore. MBA from Kellogg and MSc in Physics.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Quantum Computing as a Service (QCaaS) via Amazon Braket; on-premises hardware sales and lease agreements; professional services for algorithm co-design.
Pricing Tiers
Publicly accessible pricing for running jobs on Aquila.
Enterprise solutions for HPC center integration.
Target Markets
- Fortune 500 corporations
- Financial institutions
- Pharmaceutical companies
- HPC Centers
- National Laboratories
- Combinatorial optimization
- Many-body physics simulation
- Quantum Machine Learning
- Portfolio optimization in finance
- Materials science discovery
- BMW Group
- Classiq
- Algorithmiq
- Aramco
History & Milestones
Completes a $230 million Series B funding round led by Google Quantum AI and SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
Achieves the first on-premises HPC-integrated quantum computer deployment.
Announces a strategic roadmap for reaching fault-tolerant quantum computing.
Receives strategic investment from Google Quantum AI.
Secures an additional $30 million in funding to accelerate hardware development.
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QuEra Computing builds neutral-atom quantum computers, offering cloud access, on-premise deployment, and algorithm co-design services for enterprises, HPC centers, and national programs.
