Partnerships

Beyond its potential to create wealth and drive economic mobility, quantum technology holds promise for enhancing national and individual security, and helping solve complex global challenges like optimization in industries ranging from logistics to energy to advanced manufacturing. These quantum-powered breakthroughs aren’t just theoretical possibilities. They are inevitable, waiting for people with vision to make them happen.

The Chattanooga Quantum Collaborative (CQC) is bringing these people together.

EPB offers fiber-optic technology, the latest and fastest connection from the communications industry. With fiber-optic Internet in your home, you can easily use multiple devices at one time without slowing down your connection. You can watch videos on your computer while your kids play Internet games on their tablets and your friends catch up on their social media. Fi-Speed NextNet promises no buffering pauses, even with multiple devices on one network.

With over 25 years of research, IONQ has brought quantum computing out of the lab and into the real world. Their mission is to build the world’s best quantum computers to solve the world’s most complex problems, transforming business, society, and the planet for the better. Their latest systems are built for performance and practicality, enabling partners to solve their largest and most complex real-world business problems.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the world’s premier research institution, empowering leaders and teams to pursue breakthroughs in an environment marked by operational excellence and engagement with the communities where we live and work.

More than 6,000 scientists, engineers, technicians, and support staff representing more than 60 nations form a dynamic culture of innovation at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Its focus is on community, collaboration, and the environment, which shape who we are and are integral to our success.

The Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) is a consortium of stakeholders that aims to enable and grow the quantum industry. QED-C was established with support from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as part of the Federal strategy for advancing quantum information science and as called for by the National Quantum Initiative Act enacted in 2018.

Today, QED-C is managed by SRI International and has support from multiple agencies and a diverse set of industry, academic, and other stakeholders. QED-C participants are working together to identify gaps in technology, standards, and workforce and to address those gaps through collaboration.

Terra Quantum is a leading global independent full-tack quantum technology company. They deliver end-to-end capabilities in quantum algorithm design, quantum computing and quantum security. They provide Quantum as a Service (QaaS) platform where users can access breakthrough algorithms, build, tune and run quantum models and unlock business value.