Programme · North America

DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative

DARPA programme to verify whether any quantum-computing approach can reach utility-scale operation — computational value exceeding cost — by 2033. It is separate from the earlier, now-complete Quantum Benchmarking (QB) programme. DARPA’s Stage B page (6 November 2025) lists 11 companies: Atom Computing, Diraq, IBM, IonQ, Nord Quantique, Photonic Inc., Quantinuum, Quantum Motion, QuEra, Silicon Quantum Computing, and Xanadu. The same page says Microsoft and PsiQuantum were in the final phase of the precursor US2QC effort, and that Google Quantum AI joined Stage A in September 2025.