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This is a small but meaningful funding milestone for open-source quantum compiler infrastructure. The NSF Phase I award is for scoping and planning rather than building, so the near-term output is a roadmap and community survey, not a released tool. Readers tracking the move toward fault-tolerant quantum computing should watch whether the Unitary Compiler Collection's resource-estimation and hardware-translation features become shared standards.
Unitary Foundation wins NSF award to build open quantum software

Unitary Foundation received an POSE Phase I award to scope and plan an open-source ecosystem around the Unitary Compiler Collection (UCC). This support will help Unitary Foundation work with the community to ensure that quantum computing’s open-source foundation continues to grow through the fault-tolerant era and beyond.
Unitary Foundation received a National Science Foundation Phase I award to build an open-source software ecosystem around its Unitary Compiler Collection. The funding will support collaboration with the quantum computing community to address growing demands on classical software as the field advances toward fault tolerance.…
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