THE 30STARTUPS OF KANSAI

Founded in 2018 by CEO Tennin Yan, QunaSys is a quantum software company with offices in Tokyo and Copenhagen. Quantum physics has long worked behind the scenes, supporting the technology we use today. We want to bring it to the foreground, and to achieve what existing technology has not been able to. Our role is to build algorithms and software that draw the most out of fast-evolving hardware, and to stay with our customers until their problems are actually solved.

Better batteries, more efficient catalysts, next-generation semiconductors. Materials that could change society are still developed largely through trial and error. Computation can only take us so far, and most of these problems remain out of reach even for supercomputers. Quantum computing has the potential to break through that wall. Working in chemistry, materials science, CAE and related fields, QunaSys is working to put quantum computing into the hands of research teams, exploring new ways of doing R&D and aiming to create value beyond it.

QSCI, the quantum-supercomputer algorithm we developed, is now one of the most widely used methods in quantum-HPC hybrid computing worldwide. Our strengths start there: the research that produces algorithms like it. Alongside that sits QURI SDK, a development environment that holds steady as hardware architectures change, and QPARC, our community for companies working toward industrial use of quantum computing. Depending on where each customer stands, we stay with them from a first look at quantum computing through to joint research.

Quantum hardware is advancing fast as companies compete worldwide. Yet no one can say today when a given capability will arrive, or what will set off the next breakthrough. That is precisely why we work from next-generation hardware roadmaps, developing algorithms and compilers ahead of time. Our aim is to see quantum computing genuinely used in society. We keep our eyes on the problems that need solving, stay close to how the field moves, and go on building — to be among those who set change in motion.