Research cutoff: late September 2026 (sources through ~28 Sep 2026)
Scope: United States (primary), Canada, Mexico
Method: Web search and primary/reputable secondary sources (Quantum.gov / DOE, Canada.ca / ISED, company IR and press, GAO, The Quantum Insider / Quantum Zeitgeist / Entangled Future cross-checks). Unverified claims are marked or omitted.
United States
Strategy & public sector
National Quantum Initiative (NQI)
- Enacted 2018 (National Quantum Initiative Act); remains the coordinating statute through December 2029.
- Coordinates via the National Quantum Coordination Office (NQCO) under OSTP; Subcommittees on Quantum Information Science (SCQIS) and Economic and Security Implications of QIS (ESIX); National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee (NQIAC).
- Public trackers commonly cite ~$1.2B cumulative federal commitment through reauthorization eras; treat exact cumulative totals as approximate—agency budgets shift yearly.
- NSF FY2026: ~$231M requested for Quantum Information Science (NSF budget materials).
- NSF National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NQNI): ~$60–100M anticipated over FY2026–2030 for university user-facility Sites ($0.5–2M/year each).
June 2026 Executive Order — “Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation” (EO 14413)
- Directs update of the National Quantum Strategy within 180 days (commercialization, enabling tech, industry partnerships).
- Establishes QC–ADDS (Quantum Computer for Application Development and Discovery Science): national effort to deliver at least one large-scale scientific quantum computer to a DOE facility.
- Workforce: National Quantum Workforce Development Institutes, apprenticeships/credentials; supply-chain and manufacturing plans.
- White House fact sheet notes ~$625M invested in major national quantum research institutes (industry–academia partnerships).
DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Centers (renewed 2025)
| Center | Lead lab | Director (as listed on DOE site) | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| C2QA — Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage | Brookhaven | Charles Black | Superconducting materials; modular superconducting & neutral-atom; diamond systems |
| Q-NEXT | Argonne | Martin Holt | Quantum networking / interconnects; sensors; chip components |
| QSA — Quantum Systems Accelerator | Lawrence Berkeley (Sandia partner) | Bert de Jong | Error correction across neutral atom, ion, superconducting |
| QSC — Quantum Science Center | Oak Ridge | Travis Humble | Quantum-centric HPC; open-source hybrid workflows |
| SQMS — Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems | Fermilab | Anna Grassellino | Superconducting cavities; multi-QPU linking; cryogenics |
Other federal / national facilities
- NIST (Gaithersburg, MD & Boulder, CO): metrology, atomic clocks, QED-C industry consortium, post-quantum cryptography standards (FIPS 203 ML-KEM, 204 ML-DSA, 205 SLH-DSA finalized Aug 2024; HQC selected as backup KEM Mar 2025).
- Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, NM): trapped-ion, semiconductor, neutral-atom, integrated photonics.
- LANL (Los Alamos, NM): algorithms, sensing, networking.
- LLNL (Livermore, CA): quantum materials / superconducting-related research.
- DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI): multi-stage path toward industrial fault-tolerant QC by ~2033; ~11 Stage B companies reported as of Nov 2025 (includes several Canadian firms—see Canada).
CHIPS Act quantum equity awards (May–Sep 2026)
- Commerce/NIST package reported at ~$2.013B across 9 companies/foundries, with minority non-controlling equity stakes. Reported allocations (secondary sources; verify against Commerce releases): IBM ~$1B; GlobalFoundries ~$375M; ~$100M each to D-Wave, Rigetti, PsiQuantum, Quantinuum, Atom Computing, Infleqtion; up to ~$38M to Diraq (Australian silicon-spin firm with US engagement). Letters of intent May 2026; final awards reported Sep 2026.
Hardware / full-stack companies
| Company | HQ / primary US site | Leaders (founders / current) | Tech modality | Stage / notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM Quantum | Yorktown Heights, NY (IBM Research) | Jay Gambetta (Director of Research / IBM Fellow; formerly VP IBM Quantum); Jerry Chow (CTO Quantum-Centric Supercomputing); IBM CEO Arvind Krishna | Superconducting | Public (IBM). Heron (~156Q), Condor (1,121Q reported), Qiskit, Quantum System Two; Starling fault-tolerant roadmap ~2029. Acquired HRL Laboratories (Aug 2026) for silicon-spin track alongside superconducting. |
| Google Quantum AI | Santa Barbara / Goleta, CA | Hartmut Neven (Engineering Director / program lead) | Superconducting | Alphabet subsidiary. Willow processor (Dec 2024) below-threshold error correction milestone; research-first vs. commercial cloud. |
| Microsoft Azure Quantum / Station Q lineage | Redmond, WA (Azure); topological R&D US-consolidated after Sydney closure 2024 | Krysta Svore (longtime quantum software/architecture leader; titles have evolved—confirm current title on Microsoft site); Partner/product leadership on Azure Quantum | Topological (Majorana) + cloud marketplace | Public (MSFT). Majorana 1 chip announced Feb 2025 (claims contested; not yet a verified logical-qubit demo per independent trackers). Azure resells IonQ, Quantinuum, Atom Computing, etc. |
| Amazon Braket / AWS Center for Quantum Computing | Braket: Seattle, WA; CQC: Pasadena, CA (Caltech partnership) | Simone Severini (Director, Quantum Computing, AWS—widely cited); Sebastian Hassinger (BD) | Cloud multi-vendor + own cat-qubit superconducting (Ocelot, 2025) | AWS internal. Braket hosts IonQ, Rigetti, QuEra, IQM, OQC, etc. Ocelot aims to cut QEC overhead (~90% claimed). |
| IonQ | College Park, MD | Founders: Chris Monroe, Jungsang Kim (2015). CEO/Chair: Niccolo de Masi. Christopher Ballance (President, Quantum Computing) | Trapped ion | Public (NYSE: IONQ). Forte / Tempo systems; high two-qubit fidelities claimed; aggressive M&A (e.g. Oxford Ionics ~Sep 2025; Lightsynq, Capella networking; SkyWater/Nexus reported 2026). |
| Quantinuum | Broomfield, CO (US ops; UK Cambridge heritage) | Formed 2021 Honeywell Quantum Solutions + Cambridge Quantum. CEO: Rajeeb (Raj) Hazra | Trapped ion (H-series, Helios) | Public Nasdaq: QNT (IPO ~Jun 2026, ~$1.7B raised reported). Honeywell largest shareholder (~48% voting power reported post-IPO). High-fidelity systems; logical-qubit demos (trackers cite ~48 LQ Nov 2025). |
| Rigetti Computing | Berkeley, CA (Fab-1 foundry) | Founder: Chad Rigetti (2013; left CEO role Dec 2022). CEO: Subodh Kulkarni | Superconducting (chiplet / modular) | Public (Nasdaq: RGTI). Ankaa-3 (~84Q), Cepheus-1 (~108Q GA Apr 2026 reported); Novera on-prem QPU; Amazon Braket + Rigetti QCS. |
| PsiQuantum | Palo Alto, CA (also major fabs/sites in Brisbane AU & Chicago area) | Co-founders: Jeremy O’Brien, Terry Rudolph, Pete Shadbolt, Mark Thompson (2016). Interim CEO: Victor Peng (ex-AMD President, Feb 2026); O’Brien → Executive Chairman | Silicon photonic | Private (~$1B raise Sep 2025 at ~$7B valuation reported). Utility-scale / million-qubit fault-tolerant bet; large AU government anchor historically. |
| QuEra Computing | Boston, MA | Co-founders include Mikhail Lukin, Vladan Vuletić, Markus Greiner, Dirk Englund, Nathan Gemelke, John Pena (2018; Harvard/MIT roots). CEO: Alex Keesling | Neutral atom | Private ($230M+ raised; Google, SoftBank, NVIDIA Ventures cited). Aquila (~256Q) on cloud; 96 logical qubits with [[16,6,4]] code (Jan 2026, Nature-class result reported). DARPA QBI Stage B. |
| Atom Computing | Berkeley, CA | Founder/CEO: Ben Bloom (2018) | Neutral atom | Private. 1,000+ physical qubits platform announced ~2023; 24 LQ Bacon-Shor demo Nov 2024; Microsoft co-development / Azure path. CHIPS award recipient (reported). |
| Infleqtion (formerly ColdQuanta) | Louisville / Boulder area, CO | Founded 2007 Dana Anderson (CU Boulder). CEO: Matt Kinsella | Neutral atom + sensing/clocks | Public NYSE: INFQ (SPAC Feb 2026, ~$550M gross proceeds reported). Sqale computing; commercial sensing products. |
| SEEQC | Elmsford, NY | Founders: John Levy, Oleg Mukhanov (2018) | Superconducting + SFQ digital on-chip control | Private. Digital quantum-classical chips; multiplexed control/readout. |
| Quantum Circuits Inc. (QCI) | New Haven, CT (Yale spinout) | Founders include Rob Schoelkopf et al. | Superconducting dual-rail cavity qubits | Acquired by D-Wave Jan 2026 for ~$550M — now under D-Wave (see Canada for D-Wave primary). |
| Intel Labs Quantum | Hillsboro, OR / Santa Clara, CA | Intel Labs program (CEO Pat Gelsinger era → successor leadership—confirm current exec sponsor) | Silicon spin quantum dots (Tunnel Falls 12Q test chip) | Public (INTC). Research/testbed with Argonne et al.; manufacturing-line spin arrays published; not a commercial full-stack product line as of 2026. |
| HRL Laboratories | Malibu, CA | Was majority Boeing/GM lab | Silicon spin + sensing/materials | Acquired by IBM (completed Aug 2026) — second-track spin qubit capability for IBM. |
| Quantum Computing Inc. (QUBT) | US (photonic / TFLN focus; confirm current HQ on IR) | CEO Yuping Huang (verify current) | Photonic / thin-film lithium niobate | Public (Nasdaq: QUBT). Smaller pure-play; treat claims carefully. |
| EeroQ, Atlantic Quantum, Qolab, Logiqal, QC82 | Chicago / Boston / various | Various | Distinct niche hardware bets (e.g. helium electrons, superconducting, Yb neutral atoms, room-temp photonics) | Private early-stage — secondary list. |
Foreign hardware with notable US presence (not US-HQ)
- Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC): UK HQ; Quantum-AI data centre partnership in New York City (Digital Realty / NVIDIA). US commercial office hiring reported.
- Alice & Bob: France HQ (cat qubits); Boston office presence reported.
- QuantWare: Delft HQ (superconducting QPU foundry); no major US HQ—partnership presence only.
- Alpine Quantum Technologies (AQT): Innsbruck, Austria — no US office; cloud/partner access only.
- Diraq: Australia silicon-spin; CHIPS award engagement reported (US equity stake narrative).
Software / middleware / enablers
| Company / platform | City / HQ | Leaders | Focus | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA CUDA-Q | Santa Clara, CA | NVIDIA quantum software org (Tim Costa often cited for CUDA-Q—verify title) | Hybrid quantum–classical SDK; CUDA-Q Logical (Sep 2026) for FTQC resource estimation | Open-source; integrates with Braket, Classiq, etc. |
| Q-CTRL | Australia HQ; US offices LA & San Francisco | Founder/CEO Michael Biercuk | Quantum control / error-suppression software (Fire Opal, Boulder Opal) | Australian company with material US commercial presence. |
| Zapata Quantum (ex-Zapata Computing / Zapata AI) | Boston, MA | Co-founders Yudong Cao, Christopher Savoie et al. | Hardware-agnostic apps; Quantum Pilot / agentic AI (2026) | Restructured 2024–26; OTCQB ZPTA; patent portfolio cited; not the scale of 2021 SPAC peak. |
| QC Ware | Palo Alto / Bay Area | — | Quantum-inspired chemistry (Promethium); enterprise algorithms | Software-first. |
| Classiq | Israel HQ; US commercial presence | Co-founder/CEO Nir Minerbi | Algorithm design / synthesis platform; CUDA-Q integration | Note as US-office/commercial, not US-HQ. |
| Riverlane | UK HQ; US HQ Maryland reported | Founder Steve Brierley | Quantum error-correction stack (Deltaflow) | UK company with US foothold. |
| SandboxAQ | Palo Alto (Alphabet spinout 2022) | — | Quantum + AI software; AQNav sensing; PQC | Well-funded software/security. |
| Strangeworks, BlueQubit, Aliro, Qunnect, Haiqu, Good Chemistry, Icosa | Austin / various / NYC | — | Orchestration, networking, chemistry apps | Secondary software bench. |
| Keysight (owns Quantum Benchmark True-Q since 2021) | Santa Rosa, CA (Keysight); Quantum Benchmark was Kitchener, ON | — | Characterization / error diagnostics | Enabler. |
| Maybell Quantum | Denver, CO | Founder/CEO Corban Tillemann-Dick | Dilution refrigerators / cryo infrastructure | Enabling hardware. |
| FormFactor, Montana Instruments, Lake Shore, Bluefors (US sales), American Magnetics, Quantum Microwave | Various | — | Cryogenics, probing, RF/microwave | Supply chain. |
| Coherent, Lumentum, Thorlabs, Ayar Labs, Lightmatter | Various | — | Lasers, photonics, optical I/O | Enabling photonics (Lightmatter is classical photonic AI—adjacent). |
Cloud access platforms (US)
- IBM Quantum — largest developer footprint; Qiskit.
- Amazon Braket — multi-vendor marketplace (IonQ, Rigetti, QuEra, IQM, OQC, simulators).
- Azure Quantum — IonQ, Quantinuum, Atom Computing + Microsoft tooling.
- Vendor clouds: IonQ, Rigetti QCS, Quantinuum, Infleqtion, etc.
Academia & labs (selected)
| Institution / consortium | City | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Quantum Exchange | Chicago, IL | Argonne, Fermilab, UChicago, Northwestern; Duality accelerator |
| Yale (Schoelkopf, Devoret lineage) | New Haven, CT | C2QA leadership role; QCI spinout |
| MIT Quantum Initiative; Harvard QuEra roots | Cambridge, MA | Neutral-atom / ion / theory |
| UC Berkeley / Berkeley Lab (QSA) | Berkeley, CA | Hardware + DOE center |
| UCSB (Google Quantum AI adjacency) | Santa Barbara, CA | Superconducting |
| University of Maryland / JQI | College Park, MD | IonQ academic roots |
| CU Boulder / JILA / NIST Boulder | Boulder, CO | Cold-atom / clocks; Infleqtion roots |
| Caltech | Pasadena, CA | AWS CQC partnership |
| Duke, Princeton, Stanford, Caltech, UW | Various | Strong QIS groups |
| QED-C | Industry consortium (NIST-affiliated) | Ecosystem coordination |
Landscape summary (United States)
The US remains the world’s deepest commercial quantum ecosystem by company count, public-market access, and federal program breadth. Superconducting (IBM, Google, Rigetti), trapped-ion (IonQ, Quantinuum), neutral-atom (QuEra, Atom, Infleqtion), photonic (PsiQuantum), and topological (Microsoft) modalities all have serious US contenders. 2025–2026 marked a shift from pure research grants toward industrial policy: DARPA QBI Stage B, CHIPS equity stakes, EO 14413 / QC–ADDS, and IBM’s HRL acquisition. Public pure-plays (IonQ, Rigetti, Quantinuum, Infleqtion, QUBT) plus hyperscaler clouds (IBM, Braket, Azure) define global commercial access. Gaps: fault-tolerant utility machines still years away; talent and cryogenic/foundry supply chains remain bottlenecks; Microsoft topological claims and some private roadmaps should be treated as company-asserted pending independent verification.
Canada
Strategy & public sector
National Quantum Strategy (NQS) — launched January 2023
- Original envelope commonly cited at CAD $360M.
- Three missions: (1) quantum computing hardware, (2) cyber / PQC + sovereign quantum communications, (3) quantum sensing.
- Historical: Canada committed >$1B to quantum research 2012–2022 (government figures), with substantial private co-investment.
Budget 2025 / Canadian Quantum Champions Program (CQCP) — Dec 2025
- Broader CAD $334.3M over five years to strengthen the quantum ecosystem (ISED / Solomon announcement).
- CQCP Phase 1: up to CAD $92M — up to CAD $23M each to Xanadu, Photonic Inc, Nord Quantique, Anyon Systems (non-repayable, milestone-based), with Canadian HQ retention conditions (explicit response to D-Wave’s US migration).
- NRC Benchmarking Quantum Platform to assess technologies independently.
- Defence Industrial Strategy linkage: portion framed as anchoring quantum for defence.
Xanadu manufacturing investment (Aug 2026)
- Federal CAD $195M via Strategic Response Fund toward Xanadu’s ~CAD $893M Project OPTIMISM (photonic manufacturing / packaging / wafer test). Completes federal portion of up to CAD $390M support announced Mar 2026. Largest Canadian quantum manufacturing investment to date (company/government press).
Provincial / institutional
- Quebec: multi-year investments into Institut quantique / DistriQ (~CAD $131M cited for Sherbrooke Quantum Innovation Institute in secondary sources).
- Ontario / FedDev: Quantum Valley / IQC support historically.
- DRDC: early customer for Anyon Yukon system (2021).
- Calcul Québec: operates MonarQ (Anyon 24-qubit public-access machine).
Hardware / full-stack companies
| Company | City | Leaders | Tech | Stage / notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D-Wave Quantum | Founded Burnaby, BC (1999); corporate HQ migrated to Palo Alto then Boca Raton, FL (announced 2026); Quantum Engineering Center of Excellence remains Burnaby | CEO: Alan Baratz | Quantum annealing (Advantage 5000+ qubits) + expanding gate-model via QCI acquisition | Public NYSE: QBTS. Leap cloud. Acquired Quantum Circuits Inc. Jan 2026 (~$550M). Primary profile under Canada by heritage/ops; now dual US–Canada. CHIPS award recipient (reported). |
| Xanadu Quantum Technologies | Toronto, ON | Founder/CEO: Christian Weedbrook | Photonic (CV / fault-tolerant roadmap); PennyLane ML framework | Public Nasdaq/TSX: XNDU (SPAC close ~27 Mar 2026, ~$302M gross). CQCP + CAD $195M manufacturing. DARPA QBI Stage B. |
| Photonic Inc. | Coquitlam, BC | Founder/CQO: Stephanie Simmons (SFU); CEO: Don Mattrick (appointed Mar 2026) | Silicon T-centre spin qubits + telecom-wavelength photon networking | Private (CAD $180M first close reported; Microsoft, BCI, UK gov backers cited). CQCP; DARPA QBI Stage B. |
| Nord Quantique | Sherbrooke, QC | Co-founders Julien Camirand Lemyre (CEO), Philippe St-Jean | Bosonic superconducting cavity qubits | Private; DARPA QBI Stage B; CQCP; valuation ~$1.4B cited in 2026 secondary coverage—treat as reported. |
| Anyon Systems | Montréal / Bromont (C2MI), QC | Founder: Alireza Najafi-Yazdi (with Mohsen Najafi-Yazdi) | Full-stack superconducting (Yukon, MonarQ 24Q) | Private; largely non-VC historically; CQCP CAD $23M; DRDC customer. |
| Open Quantum Design (OQD) | Waterloo, ON | Crystal Senko, Rajibul Islam, Roger Melko; CEO Greg Dick | Open-source trapped-ion full stack (non-profit) | Non-profit / open hardware. |
Software / middleware / security / sensing
| Company | City | Leaders | Focus | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1QBit | Vancouver, BC | Co-founders Andrew Fursman, Landon Downs (2012) | Hardware-agnostic algorithms / quantum-inspired optimization | Often cited as first dedicated quantum software co.; spun out Good Chemistry. |
| SoftwareQ | Waterloo, ON | Vlad Gheorghiu, Michele Mosca | Compilers, circuit optimization, simulators | IQC spinout; DARPA / NRC work. |
| ProteinQure | Toronto, ON | Lucas Siow, Christopher Ing | Peptide design / quantum+MD | Series A 2025. |
| evolutionQ | Waterloo, ON | Michele Mosca (co-founder) | Quantum-safe cybersecurity / BasejumpQDN | PQC migration tooling. |
| Crypto4A | Ottawa, ON | CEO Bruno Couillard | Quantum-safe HSMs (QxHSM) | FIPS post-quantum HSM path. |
| Quantropi | Ottawa, ON | James Nguyen (CEO), Randy Kuang (CTO) | QiSpace quantum-secure communications | Software over classical networks. |
| Quantum Bridge, QEYnet | Toronto / Maple, ON | — | DSKE / satellite QKD | NQS Mission 2 / CSA links. |
| Quantum eMotion | Montréal, QC | CEO Francis Bellido | QRNG / cybersecurity | NYSE American: QNC (2026 uplist reported). |
| High Q Technologies, Foqus, Phantom Photonics, WaveRyde, SBQuantum, Qoherent | Waterloo / Toronto / Sherbrooke | Various | Quantum sensing (EPR, MRI, LiDAR, Rydberg RF, magnetometry) | Near-term commercial sensing layer. |
| Zero Point Cryogenics | Edmonton, AB | — | Dilution refrigerators | Canadian cryogenics maker. |
| Quantum Benchmark | Was Kitchener, ON | — | True-Q error diagnostics | Acquired by Keysight (2021) — no longer independent Canadian co. |
Academia & labs
| Name | City | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC), University of Waterloo | Waterloo, ON | Founded 2002 (Lazaridis / Mosca et al.); Quantum Valley anchor; 20+ spinouts |
| Perimeter Institute (+ PIQuIL) | Waterloo, ON | Theoretical physics; quantum–ML lab |
| Institut quantique, Université de Sherbrooke | Sherbrooke, QC | Superconducting / bosonic research; Nord Quantique roots; DistriQ zone |
| CIFAR | Toronto (national) | Quantum information science programs historically |
| Quantum Valley Investments / Ideas Lab | Waterloo, ON | Lazaridis capital & applied sensing lab |
| Creative Destruction Lab — Quantum Stream | Toronto / Montréal | Accelerator |
| Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, BC | Photonic / Simmons T-centre research |
| NRC | National | Benchmarking under CQCP; facilities |
Landscape summary (Canada)
Canada punches above its weight: early commercial firsts (D-Wave annealing, 1QBit software), world-class Quantum Valley (Waterloo) and Quebec superconducting clusters, and a 2025–26 industrial policy pivot (CQCP + Xanadu manufacturing) aimed at sovereign HQ retention. Hardware diversity—photonic (Xanadu), silicon T-centre (Photonic), bosonic (Nord), superconducting (Anyon), annealing (D-Wave)—is a national strength. Constraint: smaller private-capital market vs. the US, pushing listings and HQ gravity south (D-Wave). Three Canadian firms advanced in US DARPA QBI Stage B (Xanadu, Nord, Photonic), underscoring technical competitiveness.
Mexico
Strategy & public sector
Honest assessment: commercial quantum industry is minimal. No venture-scale quantum hardware or software vendors comparable to US/Canada peers. Online directories listing “dozens of Mexican quantum companies” mostly misclassify ordinary IT consultancies.
Government / science policy
- SECIHTI (Secretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación) — successor science ministry under the Sheinbaum administration — collaborates with UNAM, CINVESTAV, INAOE on broader semiconductor design capacity (Plan México / Proyecto Kutsari design centers in Puebla, Jalisco, Sonora). Semiconductor work is adjacent to—but not the same as—a quantum computing industry.
- International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025: UNAM hosted QUANTUM@UNAM 2025 programming; interest in applying quantum science to national challenges stated by institutional leaders.
- No public equivalent of NQI/NQS-scale dedicated quantum computing industrial strategy with large company awards was identified as of Sep 2026. Treat any claimed large “Mexico quantum company funding” as unverified unless primary SECIHTI/CONACYT-successor documents are cited.
Former CONACYT grant structure has been reorganized under the new science secretariat; program names and budgets for quantum-specific lines should be confirmed from official SECIHTI releases (gap: detailed quantum line-item budgets not clearly published in English secondary sources reviewed).
Companies / commercial activity
| Name | City | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SpinQ LATAM / SpinQ México | Mexico City area | Distributor of SpinQ (China) educational NMR / superconducting teaching systems | Not a domestic hardware developer. |
| BitQ | Mexico | AI / embedded systems SME; mentions quantum algorithms exploration | Early / marketing-stage interest—not a scaled quantum vendor. |
No verified Mexican-founded full-stack quantum computer company, trapped-ion/superconducting fab, or major quantum software platform was found in reputable 2026 guides.
Academia & labs
| Institution | City / region | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| UNAM (Institute of Physics; Institute of Nuclear Sciences; etc.) | Mexico City | Quantum optics / information; teaching; desktop teaching QPUs acquired 2023 (first at a Latin American university—reported) |
| Tecnológico de Monterrey | Monterrey + Campus Estado de México | Quantum algorithms / information processing |
| CINVESTAV | Mexico City, Guadalajara, etc. | Quantum information theory / CS |
| IPN CIC — Quantum Information Sciences Lab | Mexico City | Lab founded 2022; algorithms / QI |
| INAOE | Tonantzintla, Puebla | Quantum optics (long-running conference series) |
| CIO — Quantum Photonics Lab | León, Guanajuato | Integrated quantum photonics / sources |
| CICESE | Ensenada, Baja California | Quantum optics / free-space quantum communication |
| UNAM CNyN | Ensenada, Baja California | Nanoscale photonics |
| BUAP | Puebla | Quantum research group |
| QMexico (QWorld network) | National community | Spanish-language quantum education / outreach |
Cloud access to foreign QPUs (IBM, Braket, etc.) and international collaborations are the practical path for research-grade compute.
Landscape summary (Mexico)
Mexico’s quantum footprint is research- and education-led, with real strength in optics and quantum photonics (INAOE, CIO, CICESE, CNyN) and growing algorithm/theory groups (Tec, CINVESTAV, IPN CIC). Commercial industry is sparse to none. Policy energy in 2025–26 centers on semiconductors (Kutsari / Plan México) and academic quantum outreach rather than funding domestic quantum computer companies. Expect gradual spinouts only if SECIHTI, universities, and FDI deliberately bridge academia to startups—not yet visible at scale.
Cross-cutting notes & gaps
- Date context: Figures and titles reflect sources available through late September 2026. Executive titles (especially Microsoft Azure Quantum product leads, Intel quantum sponsors) change; re-verify before publication-critical use.
- D-Wave dual citizenship: Engineering heart in Burnaby; corporate HQ US (Boca Raton transition 2026)—profiled primarily under Canada per user instruction, with US presence noted.
- Logical-qubit claims: QuEra (96 LQ), Quantinuum (~48 LQ), Google (Willow below-threshold), Atom (24 LQ) are widely reported; methodologies differ—compare like-with-like carefully.
- Gaps explicitly called out: Exact NQI cumulative spend; SECIHTI quantum line-item budgets; some private valuations (Nord Quantique); Alice & Bob / QuantWare US headcount; permanent PsiQuantum CEO (interim Peng as of Feb 2026).
- Sources relied on heavily: DOE NQISRC pages; White House / Federal Register EO 14413 (Jun 2026); Canada.ca / ISED CQCP & Xanadu releases; company IR/press (IonQ, Quantinuum, D-Wave, Xanadu, IBM); GAO-26-107759; secondary aggregators Quantum Zeitgeist, Entangled Future, The Quantum Insider—cross-checked where possible against primary releases.
Sources
Primary pages for the programmes and listings this brief leans on. The note’s own source paragraph names DOE centres, the June 2026 executive order, ISED releases, and company IR; those claims were not re-audited for this revision.
- National Quantum Initiative (quantum.gov)
- Canada’s National Quantum Strategy (ISED)
- DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
- DARPA QBI Stage B selection, 6 November 2025
- IBM Quantum · IonQ investor relations · D-Wave · Xanadu
Companion: Europe.