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Rigetti Computing Raises $64 Million for Quantum Computing

posted by on Monday April 03 2017, @05:27PM   Printer-friendly
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takyon writes:

Rigetti Computing, a leading quantum computing start-up, announced it has raised $64 million in Series A and B funding.

[...] The latest round brings the total amount of venture funding raised by Rigetti to $69.2 million.

"Quantum computing will enable people to tackle a whole new set of problems that were previously unsolvable," said Chad Rigetti, founder and chief executive officer of Rigetti Computing. "This is the next generation of advanced computing technology. The potential to make a positive impact on humanity is enormous."

"We will use the funding to expand our business and engineering teams and continue to invest in infrastructure to manufacture and deploy our quantum integrated circuits," Rigetti added.

Source: http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/03/quantum-computer-startup-rigetti.html

Previously mentioned here: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/02/10/181240

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 03 2017, @07:56PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 03 2017, @07:56PM (#488334)

    From the article: "This is the next generation of advanced computing technology. The potential to make a positive impact on humanity is enormous."

    Maybe -- but what of possible negative impacts?