Aegiq
Aegiq develops semiconductor single-photon sources based on quantum dot technology, which are essential components for photonic quantum computing and quantum networking. Spun out of the University of Sheffield, the company's sources emit indistinguishable single photons on demand — a key requirement for scaling photonic quantum computers. Aegiq's technology addresses the bottleneck of producing high-quality single photons reliably, which limits all photonic quantum computing approaches.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2019
- Stage
- Seed
Funding
- Total Raised
- £5M+
- Last Valuation
- Undisclosed
- Revenue
- Pre-revenue
- Employees
- 20
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