Miraex is thrilled to announce its participation in the Innosuisse Startup Innovation Program (SIP).
The program is set to commence on the 1st of July 2023 for a period of three years with a budget of CHF 3.4 million. Miraex aims to develop its quantum interconnects broadband entanglement platform, which aims to overcome two significant challenges faced by the quantum computing and quantum communication industries.
Qubit count scale-up for distributed quantum computing applications and long-haul deployment of quantum resources onto future quantum networks.
Minimum Viable Products and prototypes are expected to be made available by the end of the program.
On July 29th, Miraex SA, subcontracted by business partner Aperio Global, and IBM, was selected to participate as finalist in the NASA Science Mission Directorate Entrepreneurs Challenge 2020. Out of all the product pitches that were evaluated and scored by a panel of the agency’s representatives, Miraex with the Aperio team ranked within the top ten performers. Ultimately, the team solution was selected to support NASA’s efforts in quantum sensing.
The federal agency shed light on its plans to continue working with non-traditional international partners moving forward to accelerate the rate of space innovation. NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is seeking promising ideas trending in the commercial sector – particularly in areas such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, autonomy, robotics and advanced sensors. The Entrepreneurs Challenge aligns with NASA’s goal to foster innovation and develop new technologies at lower costs.
Pioneering commercial applications of quantum sensors, Miraex wants to bring space-level craftsmanship down to earth and is establishing itself into tomorrow’s industry technology market.
Miraex, together with top-notch partners Aperio Global and IBM, now looks forward to competing for an opportunity to receive additional follow-up funding support, live at the NASA Innovation Opportunity Conference (IOC) on October 22nd.
To know more about the NASA Innovation Opportunity Conference (IOC) please visit : https://innovation-opportunity-conference.com
Miraex develops, manufactures and offers photonic and quantum solutions for next generation sensing, networking and computing. Our industrial sensing solutions prevent asset failure before it happens in the most demanding environments, where standard electronic sensors do not work. At Miraex we also build quantum integrated circuits for high sensitivity measurements and distributed quantum computing infrastructures.
For more information about NASA’s science technology activities, please visit: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-is-nasa-58.html
Miraex is founded by an international team of entrepreneurs and located at EPFL’s Innovation Park in Lausanne. The team of experienced quantum scientists and engineers develops photonic and quantum full-stack solutions for next-generation sensing, networking and computing. They are supported by several initiatives in Switzerland (VentureKick, ESA BIC, InnoBooster GRS, IMD,…) and graduated from Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) in Toronto.
“Miraex represents something of an ideal CDL-Quantum company – an international team, working on the frontiers of science and engineering on a technology that will transform and enhance our lives across many verticals from within grain silos to across dilution fridges. We’re also always happy to see our ventures continue to formally collaborate with our technology partners [IBM] after they’ve graduated the program,” says Khalid Kurji, associate director Quantum, AI and Matter at CDL-Toronto.
A key focus of the Miraex team’s quantum roadmap is to build the hardware that solves the challenge of connecting different QPUs (quantum processing units) together. This will enable the realization of a quantum internet, i.e. a distributed network of quantum computers connected via secure optical communication channels. Almost a decade of research made Miraex come up with their quantum converter, which can convert stationary (microwave) qubits into flying (optical) qubits and vice versa.
“This technology has the power to enable the true potential of quantum computing, by connecting different quantum computers together across fridges, finally reaching the critical size to solve commercially relevant challenges. This missing link to scale up the number and connectivity of qubits opens the door to future implementations of large-scale quantum computers, very similar to the evolution of single classical computers into networked data centers”, explains Clément Javerzac-Galy, co-CEO of Miraex. “Connecting different QPUs together will be a natural step in the near future, as it was to connect classical CPUs in the past.”
Using IBM’s state-of-the-art quantum infrastructure and accompanying expertise, Miraex is working on simulation and pulse-level control of quantum hardware. Next to that, “we are also exploring quantum algorithms that are well-suited for NISQ and future networked quantum devices” adds Karel Dumon, CTO of Miraex. The team also has extensive experience in developing quantum software, which they co-design with the hardware. “We are open to collaborate with industrial players who want to investigate the potential of full-stack distributed quantum computing. Being part of the IBM Q Network is definitely a good example of that.”
IBM Quantum is an industry-first initiative to build quantum systems for business and science applications.
For more information about IBM’s quantum computing efforts, please visit www.ibm.com/ibmq
For more information about the IBM Q Network, as well as a full list of all partners, members, and hubs, visit https://www.ibm.com/quantum-computing/network/members
Miraex has been granted to join the ESA – European Space Agency – Business Incubator. This is a major milestone for the company, opening doors to the entire aerospace industry and a validation of the perfect fit of Miraex products for this market.
Indeed, Miraex photonics sensing solution is providing customers access to data that no other can, specifically in harsh environments : extreme temperatures, explosive/ATEX and high electromagnetic field.
Miraex full stack solution is based on a proprietary ultra-small, ultra-sensitive and intrinsically safe MOMS (Micro-Opto-Mechanical System) photonics sensors combined with dedicated machine learning algorithms running in a scalable cloud IoT platform, enabling key benefits for customers in terms of improved predictive maintenance, operation efficiency and smart anomaly detections.
The ESA Business Incubation Centre Switzerland (ESA BIC Switzerland https://www.esabic.ch) is a nationwide initiative that opened in 2016, powered by the European Space Agency – ESA and one of the world’s leading universities: ETH Zürich. ESA BIC Switzerland is collaborating with Venturelab, Impact Hub Zürich, Venture Kick and AP-Swiss
Miraex is proud to announce that it has graduated from Creative Destruction Lab’s Quantum stream. This program is the largest seed stage North America program for companies active in quantum technologies.
Miraex with its quantum transducers for low microwave signal measurement and quantum converters for enabling quantum computer networking provides a breakthrough solution in security, defense and quantum computing fields.
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a seed-stage programme for massively scalable, science-based companies.
The Quantum Stream at CDL-Toronto brings together entrepreneurs, investors, leading scientists in quantum technologies, and quantum hardware vendors (D-Wave Systems, IBM Q, Rigetti Computing, and Xanadu) to build ventures in the nascent domain of quantum computing, machine learning, optimization, sensing and other applications of quantum technologies. Participants are eligible for office space in downtown Toronto, and an intensive 4-week technical quantum bootcamp from industry and academic leaders in quantum computing and machine learning.
Miraex develops, manufactures and delivers Photonic Sensing solutions and Quantum solutions for next generation sensing and quantum computing.
Based on its unique and common technology platform, Miraex develops three product families:
Photonics sensing Solution: Giving customers access to data that no other can, specifically in harsh environments : extreme temperatures, explosive/ATEX, chemical, magnetic field, high voltage…. Miraex full stack solution is based on a proprietary ultra-small, ultra-sensitive and intrinsically safe MOMS (Micro-Opto-Mechanical System) photonics sensors combined with dedicated machine learning algorithms running in a scalable cloud IoT platform, enabling key benefits for customers in terms of improved predictive maintenance, operation efficiency and smart anomaly detections.
Quantum Transducers solution: Provide un-met detection sensitivity for low-energy microwave signal, typically used in MRI and radar applications.
Quantum Converters (so-called “flying qubit”): Enable Quantum Computers networking, which is the capability to connect distant Quantum computers and share their calculation power to exponentially increase their process-solving capabilities. Ultimately leading to the Quantum internet.
May 1st 2020 – Miraex has been nominated as part of the top 10 Swiss startup in the “Industrial and Engineering” section. Venture 2020 is the biggest national startup competition that selects the most promising startups since more than 20 years, where many of those have performed tremendously over the last two decades through strong growth, successful acquisition or IPO.
>>venture>> is the leading competition for up-and-coming entrepreneurs in Switzerland. Founded by Dr. Thomas Knecht in 1997, the competition empowers young innovators to develop their business ideas into startup companies. A joint initiative of ETH Zürich, McKinsey & Company, Knecht Holding, Innosuisse and EPFL >>venture>> has been led by the >>venture foundation>> since 2013.
https://www.venture.ch/2020-industrials-engineering-finalists