OptQC and NTT Strengthen Collaboration on Large-Scale Optical Quantum Computing

OptQC and NTT have signed a capital and business alliance agreement to accelerate the development and commercialization of a fault-tolerant, one-million-qubit-class optical quantum computer. The partnership will cover joint research, commercialization activities, supply chain development, use case exploration, and system design for scalable optical quantum computing technologies. The companies aim to advance optical quantum computing toward real-world applications in areas including finance, manufacturing, medicine development, materials science, energy optimization, and AI. Press release – OptQC Corp. (Headquarters: Toshima-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Kan Takase; hereinafter “OptQC“) and NTT, Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Akira Shimada; hereinafter “NTT”) have signed a capital and business alliance agreement toward the practical application of a fault-tolerant, one-million-qubit-class optical quantum computer. Under the alliance, NTT plans to invest in OptQC. The two companies will strengthen a medium- to long-term collaboration framework that covers not only…