Rolls-Royce and Quantinuum Form New Quantum Computing Partnership

Rolls-Royce is betting on the future of quantum computing. Which is exactly why they’ve just partnered up with a publicly traded company.

What’s happening:

• Quantinuum (NASDAQ: QNT) and Rolls-Royce have formed a new collaboration to leverage Quantinuum’s Helios quantum computer to solve design and simulation problems
  

Why it matters:

• This is the first time ever that Quantinuum has entered into a multi-year quantum computing collaboration focused on using hybrid quantum-classical workflows for engine and turbine designs
  

Going deeper:

• Rolls-Royce and Quantinuum have both publicly stated they will collaborate on building quantum-classic algorithms that could potentially accelerate engineering work for both engine and turbine designs
  
• Quantum computing company Riverlane and the University of Edinburgh’s supercomputing centre will also participate in the new research and development partnership between Quantinuum and Rolls-Royce
  

The intrigue:

• Quantinuum just recently made major waves on Wall Street when they successfully raised $1.6B USD in their IPO financing round after being spun out of Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON)