JP Morgan Chase leads $500M funding round for Honeywell/Cambridge quantum unicorn

The fundraise was joined by Mitsui & Co. and Amgen at a valuation of approximately $5 billion.

Quantum computing company Quantinuum recently closed a $500 million funding round at a valuation of approximately $5 billion. The round was led by JP Morgan Chase and joined by Mitsui & Co. and Amgen, with a follow-on investment from Honeywell. 

Quantinuum is a merger spinout from Cambridge Quantum Computing and Honeywell Quantum Solutions. It was founded in 2021.

Quantum computers exist today but, for the most part, they’re experimental. The goal of a fully-fault tolerant quantum system capable of quantum advantage — performing useful functions that classical computers can’t — remains out of reach for the time being.

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