Tencent backs Singapore’s Horizon Quantum Computing in $18M round

Tencent backs Singapore’s Horizon Quantum Computing in $18M round

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https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/03/tencent-horizon-quantum-computing/

Quantum computers have the potential to carry out highly complicated calculations in minutes that would have taken classical computers thousands of years to work out. But much of the industry is still in its infancy, partly because of a lack of domain experts and software tools that match the progress of quantum hardware.

Now companies are working to simplify the process of developing quantum software applications so programmers don’t actually need to understand the underlying quantum mechanics. One of the early-stage startups making such an effort is Singapore-based Horizon Quantum Computing, whose tools can automatically construct quantum algorithms based on programs written in classical languages.