ColdQuanta in the News
US Dept of Energy: ColdQuanta, an SBIR/STTR Success Story
March 25, 2020
“ColdQuanta, a world-leader in commercial cold atom systems, developed its core technology with the support of SBIR, STTR and other funding from several Government agencies. The company has achieved important breakthroughs that will contribute to…
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Fact Based Insight: Quantum Outlook 2020
December 18, 2019
Research firm Fact Based Insight writes about the outlook for quantum technologies across the information chain, and notes that while “The chill winds of a quantum winter may threaten some…Quantum spring is already coming to…
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ColdQuanta’s Latest Ultracold Technology Heads to the International Space Station
December 2, 2019
Will be on board the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for NASA’s CRS 19 mission BOULDER, Colorado – December 02, 2019 – ColdQuanta, the quantum atomics company, is pleased to announce that its newest Quantum Core™…
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ColdQuanta Closes Additional $10M in Seed Financing
November 22, 2019
Brings total investment from private and public sources to approximately $24M over the past 18 months ColdQuanta, Inc., the quantum atomics company, today announced it has closed $10M in additional seed round equity financing from its…
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ColdQuanta’s Chief Scientist for Quantum Information receives WARF Innovation Award
November 11, 2019
“MADISON, Wis. – Two technical breakthroughs, from the realms of experimental physics and microscopic communities, have claimed top honors from WARF this year. The 2019 WARF Innovation Award winners are: Mark Saffman (physics) and Ophelia…
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ColdQuanta Awarded $2.8M from the U.S. Government to Advance its Quantum Core Technology
October 29, 2019
Awards from DARPA, NASA, and the U.S. military to drive further development of quantum sensors, atomic clocks, and quantum communications systems BOULDER, Colorado – October 29, 2019 – ColdQuanta, Inc., the quantum atomics company, today…
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ColdQuanta Wins Photonics Innovator of the Year
October 23, 2019
Boulder, Colorado, October 22, 2019: The Colorado Photonics Industry Association (CPIA) named ColdQuanta as the 2019 Colorado Innovator of the Year. The award was presented to ColdQuanta on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at the CPIA Annual…
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Optics.org: NASA backs Cold Quanta to shrink quantum apparatus
October 17, 2019
“$1M award intended to accelerate commercial deployment of laser-cooled atomic systems. Colorado-based ColdQuanta, which specializes in quantum technology systems based around laser-cooled atoms, has been awarded $1 million from NASA’s Civilian Commercialization Readiness Pilot Program…
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Inside Quantum Technologies: Interview with Bo Ewald
October 16, 2019
“Welcome to the first of IQT’s new interview series in which we speak with the individuals leading what today’s interviewee calls “The Quantum Wave.” We launch our series with Bo Ewald, CEO of ColdQuanta.” Read…
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NASA Awards $1M to ColdQuanta to Accelerate Commercial Deployment of Quantum Atomic Systems
October 15, 2019
Funding will help ColdQuanta advance its Quantum Core™ technology platform, leading to quantum signal processing systems, quantum positioning systems, and quantum computers BOULDER, Colorado – October 15, 2019 – ColdQuanta, Inc., the quantum atomics company,…
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ColdQuanta announced as member of new Quantum Exchange partnership
July 9, 2019
The Chicago Quantum Exchange, a growing intellectual hub for the research and development of quantum technology, has expanded its community to include new industry partners working at the forefront of quantum technology and research. These…
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ColdQuanta Announces Appointment of Bo Ewald as CEO
March 27, 2019
ColdQuanta, Inc., the leading developer of ultracold-atom quantum technology, today announced that its board of directors has appointed Robert “Bo” Ewald as president and chief executive officer. Bo is a frequent spokesperson about quantum computing…
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ColdQuanta Sponsors Research at University of Wisconsin to Accelerate Neutral Atom Quantum Computer Commercialization
January 30, 2019
BOULDER, Colorado – January 30, 2019 – ColdQuanta, a pioneer in the development of commercial products used in ultracold-atom quantum devices and research efforts, announced today that it is making a strategic investment in quantum…
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Tim Day, Executive Chairman of ColdQuanta at Photonics West Marketplace Seminar
January 23, 2019
The Emerging Markets Panel will discuss the role of Photonics in scaling quantum information systems. Panelists will also describe their contributions to the quantum systems sectos. https://www.marketplaceseminar.com/event-information/speakers.html#Day
ColdQuanta UK at National Technologies Showcase
November 9, 2018
ColdQuanta UK presented a live demonstration of a recently completed project under IUK auspices.#QTshowcase2018
Arrays of atoms emerge as dark horse candidate to power quantum computers
October 1, 2018
ColdQuanta was featured in Science Magazine for its role in neutral atom quantum computing: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/arrays-atoms-emerge-dark-horse-candidate-power-quantum-computers.
ColdQuanta Closes on $6.75M Equity Investment
August 13, 2018
ColdQuanta Inc. has closed on $6.75M in Seed financing led by Maverick Ventures, with participation from Global Frontier Investments. The funding will be used to commercialize ColdQuanta’s foundational ultracold neutral atom technology in the areas…
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ColdQuanta in Space Station Milestone
July 30, 2018
Bose Einstein Condensate was achieved in ColdQuanta’s system at the heart of NASA’s Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL). It is the first time BECs have been produced in orbit. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7202
ColdQuanta in Oxford, UK
November 21, 2017
ColdQuanta is thrilled to announce that we have secured new office and lab space at the Oxford Centre for Innovation. We have engaged our first full-time employee. ColdQuanta UK Ltd was founded as a subsidiary in…
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Upcoming Events
November 21, 2017
Look for ColdQuanta at the following events: National Quantum Technologies Showcase in London 22nd November, 2017. http://http://uknqt.epsrc.ac.uk/.
miniMOT Experiment Contest Winners
November 21, 2017
ColdQuanta’s Cool MOT Experiment competition winners! Congratulations to Constantin Lang, Janik Wolters, Lucas Beguin, Andrew Horsley and Phillip Treutlein from the University of Basel for their winning entry: An EIT based quantum memory for light…
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National Quantum Technologies Showcase
November 21, 2017
Visit ColdQuanta at the showcase 22nd November in London: https://nqit.ox.ac.uk/event/national-quantum-technologies-showcase-2017
ColdQuanta Photo Challenge Answer
June 1, 2017
This is one of ColdQuanta’s earlier generation ion pumps. It was built to test performance tolerances to asymmetry and alignment of electric and magnetic fields. The results of the tests were used to influence…
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