The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies PsiQuantum: 1 model. 3 sources back the record.
Overview
PsiQuantum is building the world's first utility-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers using photonic qubits and silicon photonics. Founded in 2016, the company has raised nearly USD 2 billion in private capital and is constructing datacenter-sized Quantum Compute Centers in Brisbane, Australia and Chicago, Illinois, with utility-scale systems targeted for 2027. PsiQuantum collaborates with NVIDIA on GPU-QPU integration and has a USD 125 million agreement with DARPA under the Utility-Scale Quantum Computing program.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
Company-claimedPriced roundSeries E post-money
Key facts
CEO
Founders
Total fundingsee investors →
Latest round
Technology
Goal
Data & sources
Web sources
3
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company PsiQuantum has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1DARPA1× joint
- 2NVIDIA1× joint
Most recent
- PsiQuantum x NVIDIA2025-09-10with NVIDIAjust announced
- with DARPAoperating
PsiQuantum on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (4)
- Jeremy O'Brien Co-founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Pete Shadbolt Co-founder & CSOsecondary-verified
- Terry Rudolph Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Mark Thompson Co-foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for PsiQuantum.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
PsiQuantum on the data-center map
Every verified data center PsiQuantum operates that has a mapped coordinate (2 total). Filled circles are Tier-2 facilities and Tier-1 campuses under this operator; click any pin to open its record.
PsiQuantum data centers (2)
- PsiQuantum Chicago Quantum Campus at IQMPChicago, Illinois, USA · under construction
- PsiQuantum Moreton Bay Quantum FacilityPetrie, Queensland, Australia · under construction
AI data centers PsiQuantum operates or is a party to, from the DEPLOY data center registry.
Recent coverage
PsiQuantum in third-party press
Peer companies
- Google21 models
- Roborock20 models
- ST Telemedia Global Data Centres11 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- Teraco Data Environments8 models
- AirTrunk7 models
Mentioned on (5)
Registry pages whose text names PsiQuantum.
Robots and products (1)
People (4)
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 1 operating · 1 just announced
Every company PsiQuantum has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- PsiQuantum x NVIDIA2025-09-10with NVIDIAjust announced
- with DARPAoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1DARPA1× joint
- 2NVIDIA1× joint
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- PsiQuantum x NVIDIAwithNVIDIAdevelopment2025-09-10just announced
- development2025-02-26operating
Funding rounds (2)
PsiQuantum’s 2 disclosed rounds, $1.4B in total, oldest to newest.
- Series E2025-09-10
$1.0B(reported) · $7.0B post
Investors: BlackRock (lead), Temasek (co_lead), Baillie Gifford (co_lead), Barclays (strategic)
- Series D2021-07-20
$450M(reported)
Investors: BlackRock (lead)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 25, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-10
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for PsiQuantum.Peer companies
- Google21 models
- Roborock20 models
- ST Telemedia Global Data Centres11 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- Teraco Data Environments8 models
- AirTrunk7 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning PsiQuantum from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Pentagon’s $350 Million Quantum Package Backs DARPA Testing and PsiQuantum Manufacturing
The Pentagon’s $350 million quantum package combines DARPA verification funding with conditional manufacturing finance for PsiQuantum. A parallel applications effort will bring…
DARPA Advances Four More Quantum Companies to Stage C
Six quantum companies have reached DARPA’s final evaluation stage. As Atom Computing, Diraq, IBM and IonQ join Microsoft and PsiQuantum, we examine the funding, hardware evidence…
Pentagon offers PsiQuantum a conditional loan of up to $150m
PsiQuantum has received a conditional commitment for a loan of up to $150 million from the US Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital. The quantum computing company…
PsiQuantum Receives Conditional $150M Loan Commitment From U.S. Department of War
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — PsiQuantum announced today that the company has received a conditional commitment for a loan of up to $150 million from the U.S. Department of War’s…
Washington Took Its Quantum Stakes Up Front and Tied the Cash to Milestones
Commerce finalized equity-linked CHIPS awards with D-Wave, Rigetti, Quantinuum and PsiQuantum on September 8. The public filings show shares issued for each full award at signing,…
Blackbird nails 2nd $1 billion fund
PsiQuantum Signs $125M Agreement with DARPA
The Download: NASA’s new space telescope and OpenAI’s autonomous hacker
Trump’s sons invest heavily in defense tech as father’s administration pours money in
JB Pritzker Says Illinois Has 'A Right To Win' Quantum Computing Race, Builds Chicago Hub With PsiQuantum
Exclusive: Playground Global raises $475 million VC fund
The future tenants of South Chicago’s quantum computing campus
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/psiquantum.md
- RSS feed: /companies/psiquantum/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/efeb13d1-defb-4dfb-a64d-f131fdd82f85
- Revision history: /companies/psiquantum/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Google21 models
- Roborock20 models
- ST Telemedia Global Data Centres11 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- Teraco Data Environments8 models
- AirTrunk7 models
Video
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Reality vs attention
PsiQuantum draws attention at the 90th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Well-capitalized with $1.4B raised.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 10, 2026