Q/C Technologies Moves HQ to San Francisco, Builds 4,800-Square-Foot Lab for Optical AI Chips
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Updated · citybiz · Jul 1
Q/C Technologies Moves HQ to San Francisco, Builds 4,800-Square-Foot Lab for Optical AI Chips
3 articles · Updated · citybiz · Jul 1
Summary
Q/C Technologies shifted its headquarters from New York to San Francisco as it ramps development of its optical processing unit for AI inference and expands engineering operations.
A 4,800-square-foot integrated photonics lab will become the company’s main R&D site, supporting work on optical chips meant to boost speed, bandwidth and energy efficiency.
The Bay Area move is aimed at hiring specialized optics, semiconductor and systems engineers; Q/C has enlisted Lumicity and says recent recruits came from IPG Photonics, Neurophos and IonQ.
The relocation advances Q/C’s broader photonic-computing push, which targets a key AI infrastructure bottleneck: moving data faster and with less power than conventional GPU-based inference systems.