A new industry hub founded on microscopic atoms could generate massive returns for the D.C. region.
Greater Washington faces a big opportunity with the nascent technology industry — quantum computing, which could revolutionize everything from pharmaceutical development to national security — are sprouting in the region’s fertile ground for innovation.
Much of it is stemming from university research, with University of Maryland sitting at its nucleus locally, as evidenced by the likes of College Park-based IonQ Inc. and others that have spun out of UMd. But fueling quantum computing and quantum information science will require more than just fancy hardware. It also calls for software applications, cybersecurity programs, university talent, and the highly prized workforce dotting the region that can put it all together.
See how Quantum Xchange is mentioned as one of the technology startups helping shape and define Washington DC’s much anticipated “Quantum Alley.”