# QuEra Computing: robotics company

Canonical ID: `504f3b89-bfd9-4505-856f-30b3768cbd90`

## Key facts

- **CEO:** Alex Keesling (transitioned to focus on production, 2025)
- **Founders:** [Mikhail Lukin](/people/mikhail-lukin.md), [Vladan Vuletić](/people/vladan-vuletic.md), [Markus Greiner](/people/markus-greiner.md), Dirk Englund, Nathan Gemelke, John Pena
- **Total funding:** [$230M+ (2025)](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Technology:** Neutral-atom quantum computing
- **Investors:** [Google, Rakuten](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **UK hub:** Harwell Science and Innovation Campus (June 2025)
- **Flagship:** [Aquila](/models/quera-aquila.md) (256 qubits on AWS Braket)

- **Slug:** quera-computing
- **Status:** private (raised 30M+ in Series B)
- **Founded:** 2018
- **HQ:** Boston, Massachusetts, USA

## Models

- [Aquila](/models/quera-aquila.md) (other) (id: `1aa799a6-ec96-47a8-aa91-2d5033944fa2`)

## Current leadership (1)

- [Andy Ory](/people/andy-ory.md) Interim CEO (secondary-verified)

## Former / Previously (6)

- [Mikhail Lukin](/people/mikhail-lukin.md) Chief Scientist (secondary-verified)
- [Vladan Vuletić](/people/vladan-vuletic.md) Co-founder & CTO (secondary-verified)
- [Mikhail Lukin](/people/mikhail-lukin.md) Co-founder & Chief Scientist (secondary-verified)
- [Markus Greiner](/people/markus-greiner.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Nate Gemelke](/people/nathan-gemelke.md) Co-founder & Chief Technology Strategist (secondary-verified)
- [Vladan Vuletić](/people/vladan-vuletic.md) Chief Technology Officer (secondary-verified)

## Partnerships (1)

- [QuEra x AWS Amazon Braket](/partnerships/quera-x-aws-amazon-braket.md) with AWS _technology_

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is QuEra Computing?

QuEra Computing builds [neutral-atom quantum computers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral_atom_quantum_computing) based on reconfigurable arrays of Rubidium atoms, spun off from Harvard and MIT research in 2018. Its 256-qubit Aquila processor became the first publicly accessible neutral-atom quantum computer on [Amazon Braket](https://aws.amazon.com/braket/quantum-computers/quera/) in 2022. The company is developing Libra, a fault-tolerant quantum computer targeting 2028, in expanded strategic collaboration with AWS.

### What does QuEra Computing make?

QuEra Computing has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Aquila (QuEra Computing builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

### Is QuEra Computing publicly traded?

No. QuEra Computing is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

### How can I invest in QuEra Computing?

QuEra Computing is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

### Where is QuEra Computing headquartered?

QuEra Computing is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

### Who owns QuEra Computing?

QuEra Computing is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

### Where does QuEra Computing operate robots?

QuEra Computing is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### When was QuEra Computing founded?

QuEra Computing was founded in 2018.


## Sources (2)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuEra
2. https://www.quera.com/press-releases/harvard-and-mit-scientists-launch-quera-computing-inc-to-build-quantum-computers-for-todays-impossible-problems

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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