QuamCore raises $9 million in Seed funding to build scalable 1 million qubit quantum computer
The Israeli startup's developments in superconducting digital logic aim to remove quantum scaling barriers, paving the way for large-scale quantum computing.
The quantum computing revolution in Israel continues to gain momentum with the launch of QuamCore, a startup founded by two professors and a technology leader from Mobileye. This marks the company's exit from stealth mode after two years of developing groundbreaking technology in quantum computing. For a quantum computer to solve real-world problems, it must have the computing power of at least one million qubits, which are the fundamental units of quantum calculation. To reach this scale using the currently market-leading technology from IBM and Google, the equipment would need to cover an area the size of a football field, costing billions of dollars and consuming 12 megawatts of energy.
QuamCore states that it has developed a technology that enables the implementation of a million-qubit computer in a 50 cm cube. According to the company, its technology drastically reduces both power consumption and costs—from billions and hundreds of millions of dollars to just one million dollars. This is made possible by a quantum processor architecture developed by the company, which is protected by numerous patents.
Today, QuamCore announces the completion of a $9 million Seed round, including approximately $1 million from an investment by the Israel Innovation Authority. The round was led by Viola Ventures, with participation from Earth & Beyond, which invested in the company from the outset, as well as Surround Ventures and international strategic investors.
QuamCore’s leadership team brings together deep expertise in quantum physics, superconducting systems, and large-scale semiconductor development.
CEO Alon Cohen, co-founder of the EyeC Radar Group at Mobileye (Intel), served as the chief architect and head of the EyeC Radar algorithm group, shaping it into a core technology for autonomous vehicle perception. He holds over 40 patents in radar, communication, and signal processing and was awarded Intel’s highest innovation honor, the Intel Oscar Prize, for his contributions.
CTO Prof. Shay Hacohen-Gourgy, a leading expert in superconducting quantum computing, has spent over 15 years pioneering experimental research in quantum information and solid-state physics. A professor at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, his groundbreaking work in superconducting circuits and quantum measurement has been published in top-tier journals, including Nature.
Chief scientist Prof. Serge Rosenblum, a leading researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science, brings over 15 years of experience across various quantum technologies, with multiple breakthrough papers published in top-tier journals, including Science.
Prof. Hacohen-Gourgy and Prof. Rosenblum conducted their postdoctoral research at UC Berkeley and Yale before returning to Israel seven years ago. They built Israel’s leading superconducting quantum laboratories at the Weizmann Institute and the Technion, respectively.
Senior Advisor Prof. Eby G. Friedman, a world-renowned expert in superconducting digital circuits from the University of Rochester, has contributed to over 600 publications and patents, with his work laying the foundation for advances in high-performance digital superconducting logic.
"The challenge in quantum computing isn’t just adding more qubits - it’s how you scale without hitting fundamental barriers," said Alon Cohen, CEO of QuamCore. "From the outset, we understood that reaching 1 million qubits was the threshold for unlocking real-world value. But we also saw that this required a radical rethinking of quantum processor architecture. We explored multiple approaches and found a path that actually works - one that eliminates the core bottleneck preventing quantum computing from scaling.
"To achieve this, we rethought everything - from transitioning to digital control, developing new superconducting devices, and redesigning the processor architecture from the ground up,” Cohen added. “The result is a breakthrough in power efficiency, overcoming a fundamental gap that has long prevented large-scale quantum computing. Today, we have a detailed blueprint for a 1-million-qubit quantum computer in a single cryostat, marking a clear, viable path toward practical large-scale quantum computing. Our design also incorporates built-in error correction, paving the way for fault-tolerant quantum systems."
