The verified answer
As of Aug 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.
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 2026-08-26
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-26
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.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
Video
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Reality vs attention
PsiQuantum draws attention at the 21st percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Well-capitalized with $1.4B raised. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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: Aug 28, 2026