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Our vision is to unite the world during the global Quantum revolution, where collaboration fuels advancements that transform daily life, reshape economies, and redefine society.

Elevate your quantum technology and solutions on a global stage by participating in the Solutions Showcase at #qConnect 2024!

Quantum City is hosting its first Quantum Solutions Showcase at #qConnect2024: Connecting quantum creators + users. qConnect is a two-day global summit in Calgary hosted by #QuantumCity that connects quantum technology entrepreneurs with the industries they aim to serve and transform. It is not a scientific conference; many attendees will be early and future quantum adopters from the business sector. 

Apply before Friday, June 28th, 2024!

Learn more about the eligibility, benefits of participating, and format at https://lnkd.in/ddpSZBfh

What a week in #Boston 💥 Building bridges between partners from the #USA and our global Quantum & AI ecosystem was more than exciting.

As a value-add investor we are ramping up to build a new AI Innovation Center that complements our existing quantum activities at QAI Ventures & uptownBasel, I would like to share a few highlights and 4 insights from Boston:

🔵 #Quantum & #AI -> Dario Gil, IBM Global Director of Research, walked us through their strong roadmap on how real AI use cases serve as the launchpad of Quantum adoption in the future. Seeing our portfolio company Phoenix Systems - Florian Noell & Thomas Taroni - playing a critical role in capturing this opportunity is great to see.

🌎 #Geopolitics & #DeepTech -> During my day at MIT and presenting our activities at MIT Murray Lab & MIT Office of Innovation, we deep-dived into geopolitics and the relevance of DeepTech startups to impact the world. Thank you, Fiona Murray (NATO Innovation Fund (NIF), Georgie Skipper, Tim Miano, Dr. Stefan Raff, Constanze Coelsch-Foisner & co. Aligning forces across the US, EU, & Asia will be key to long-term success in investing in Quantum & AI.

🏭 #Corporates & #Startups -> Across industries, but especially in the #Finance sector, corporates start to understand the disruptive risk and upside potential of quantum technologies. Collaborating with #startups can be a key differentiator when moving with speed and expertise. Kudos to our Boston-based friends at Boston Quantum, QuEra Computing Inc., Zapata AI, Atlantic Quantum.

💸 #Public & #Private #Financing -> #Governments are heavily investing in critical infrastructure and support with grants in large funding rounds. However, this year, we will see announcements of larger funding rounds with greater participation from VCs and Corporations as use cases become more tangible. Exciting times to scale impactful innovation.

🚨 What is missing in most well-funded government clusters is the #substance and #talent that is critical to bringing life into these initiatives. With our programs at QAI Ventures, we have proven to unlock value not only for ecosystems like uptownBasel or Quantum City, but are also excited to explore opportunities in the US, SG, KR, JP, and AU. Key to our programs is education on #ethics in culture & diversity. 

Thank you for the great conversations, new insights, and warm welcome! 🙏 

Cc: Alexandra Beckstein, Hans-Jörg Fankhauser, Thomas Weibel, Wolfgang Wendt, Christian Keller, Robert Ashcraft, Martin Kaloudis, Axel Thierauf, Michael Jackson, Matt Puccini, Wolfgang Hildesheim, Ivo Schmid, Craig Dawson, Thomas Staehelin, Dennis Scheuer, Pinar Cilbir, Anca Albu, Beat Hermann, Felix Gähwiler.

🚨 QAI Ventures announced the selection of its second cohort of startups for the QAI Ventures Accelerator program.
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🌐✨ We’re proud to announce the selection of the second cohort for the QAI Ventures Accelerator program! These startups are set to drive significant advancements in quantum computing, sensing, and communications:

	1.	Commutator Studios (Germany) - Boosting quantum application performance.
	2.	MQI - Munich Quantum Instruments (Germany) - Scalable photonic quantum sensors for groundbreaking discoveries.
	3.	QCentroid (Spain) - Revolutionizing enterprise computational solutions with QuantumOps.
	4.	QPerfect (France) - Advanced quantum operating system for high-performance computing.
	5.	Quantized Technologies Inc. Technology (Canada) - Next-gen quantum data encryption for unprecedented security.
	6.	Scenario X (Switzerland) - AI-powered economic forecasting and risk modeling platform.
	7.	ZuriQ (Switzerland) - Scalable quantum computer hardware based on trapped ions.

Starting on June 17th, 2024, these startups will embark on a five-month journey of growth and innovation supported by our comprehensive accelerator program. They will gain access to:
✅ A global mentor network
✅ Valuable industry connections
✅ Guidance to ensure they are investment-ready
✅ State-of-the-art quantum hardware from partners like QuantumBasel, QuEra Computing Inc., Strangeworks, IBM, IonQ, D-Wave, and NVIDIA.

🎉 Join Us for the Launch Event! 🎉
Celebrate with the founders, the QAI Ventures team, and the ecosystem on June 17th at uptownBasel in Arlesheim/Basel, Switzerland, starting at 15:00 CEST. 
RSVP now to reserve your seat! https://lnkd.in/ewqD2GHN 

Read more about the startups and download the press release at: https://lnkd.in/d79QEw_X

/ Alexandra Beckstein, Thomas Landis, James Sanders, Anca Albu, Marius Almstedt, Jürgen Hölscher, Tobias Denzler, Anton Wendeborn, Hans-Jörg Fankhauser, Baschi Dürr, Damir Bogdan, Marco Stutz
/ César Rodríguez Rosario, Andreas Vetter, Carlos Kuchkovsky, Antonio Peris, Sébastien Buffechoux, Guido Masella, Jordan Smith, Achille Yomi, FRM, CQF, Pavel Hrmo, Tobias Sägesser, Daniel Oblak, Gregory Shutko

💯 We're thrilled to welcome Jürgen Hölscher to our team as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO)! Jürgen brings a wealth of experience in financial strategy and management, and we are confident that his leadership will propel us toward new heights. 🚀

Join us in giving Jürgen a warm welcome to the QAI Ventures family! We look forward to achieving great things together.

#QAIVentures #NewCFO #WelcomeJürgen #TeamGrowth #FinanceLeadership

Hans-Jörg Fankhauser, Damir Bogdan, Baschi Dürr, Felix Gähwiler, Thomas Staehelin, uptownBasel, QuantumBasel, Axel Thierauf, Michael Jackson

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