Israel Seeks $33.3 Million Quantum R&D Hub as First Center Serves 30-Plus Customers
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Updated · CTech · Aug 18
Israel Seeks $33.3 Million Quantum R&D Hub as First Center Serves 30-Plus Customers
1 articles · Updated · CTech · Aug 18
Summary
NIS 100 million ($33.3 million) in new funding has been put out for bids to build Israel’s next national quantum computing R&D infrastructure, aimed at strengthening domestic capability and cutting reliance on foreign technology.
The planned facility would give Israeli companies and universities access to an advanced shared lab spanning several quantum-computing technologies—equipment too costly or complex for many groups to build alone.
More than 30 customers already use the first government-backed Israeli Quantum Computing Center, launched in 2024 at Tel Aviv University, including over 10 Israeli organizations and all of the country’s leading research universities.
That center has also drawn startups such as QuamCore and international partners including Nvidia, while becoming the first site to deploy Qolab superconducting processors.
Israel’s multi-architecture model is now being exported: Quantum Machines is helping build a similar center in Chicago using know-how and control systems developed through the Israeli project.