SECQAI lead consortium to win Innovate UK Grant to take first steps towards Quantum Artificial General Intelligence (QAGI)
11:00am GMT+1, Wednesday 5 July 2023
SECQAI, Boston Limited, Intelligent Voice and Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) Secure co-funding from Feasibility Studies in Quantum Computing Competition
London, UK – SECQAI, Boston Limited, Intelligent Voice and Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), pioneers in their respective fields, are delighted to announce that they have collectively secured co-funding from the Feasibility Studies in Quantum Computing competition. The co-funding, provided by Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, will contribute to the groundbreaking initiatives of these four organisations in quantum computing research and development.
Aligned with the government's National Quantum Strategy, outlining “a 10-year vision and actions for the UK to be a leading quantum-enabled economy”, the Feasibility Studies in Quantum Computing competition marks a significant milestone in the development of the potential of quantum technologies for the UK's prosperity and security.
Quantum computing is opening up alternative techniques for building AI, which are not necessarily available on classical architectures, including the training of models with less data. Recognising the transformative nature of this technology with its wide range of applications, SECQAI leads the collaboration with Boston Limited, Intelligent Voice and OQC to advance the frontiers of quantum computing. Through their combined efforts, they aim to accelerate the development of innovative quantum computing solutions, taking the first steps towards a Quantum Artificial General Intelligence (QAGI).
"We are thrilled to have secured co-funding from the Feasibility Studies in Quantum Computing competition, which acknowledges the immense potential of quantum technologies in pushing towards QAGI," said Rahul Tyagi, CEO and Co-founder of SECQAI. "As separate organisations, SECQAI, Boston Limited, Intelligent Voice and OQC are committed to working together and pooling our individual strengths to push the boundaries of quantum computing. This co-funding will accelerate our research and innovation, bolstering the UK's position in the quantum computing landscape."
Dr Ilana Wisby, CEO of OQC said, "We are thrilled to be part of this initiative. It is exciting to consider the potential that quantum computing has to fuel beneficial advances in the movement towards an Artificial General Intelligence."
SECQAI Boston Limited, Intelligent Voice and OQC each bring unique expertise and capabilities to the joint effort. By combining their expertise, they foster knowledge exchange, drive innovation and contribute to the economic growth and security of the UK.
"We have always been at the forefront of technological advancements and this collaboration in the quantum computing space not only allows us to develop our ever-expanding talent pool, but further solidifies our commitment to delivering tomorrow's technology today,” commented Manoj Nayee, Co-founder and Managing Director at Boston Limited.
Similarly, Nigel Cannings, CTO of Intelligent Voice, commented, “Working with Boston, Intelligent Voice pioneered GPU-accelerated speech technology almost 10 years ago. We are delighted to work with them again on the next truly transformative technology.”
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About SECQAI
SECQAI is a team of physicists, engineers & developers who are creating leading Quantum Hardware and Algorithms to defend and protect against classical and quantum threats. Visit: www.secqai.com
About Boston Limited
Boston Limited has been synonymous with servers, storage and solutions for 30 years, establishing itself as the early adopter of a wide variety of global technology partners and a leading global provider of tomorrow’s technology today. With offices in the UK, France, Germany, USA, South Africa and Australia, Boston provides consulting and training services in Machine Learning, AI, Security and Storage, across several different industries. Visit: www.boston.co.uk.
About Intelligent Voice
Intelligent Voice Limited provides secure speech and NLP solutions to regulated and privacy-sensitive industries. Pioneers in GPU-processing of speech, Intelligent Voice (“IV”) takes audio, video and text in up to 30 languages and dialects and rapidly transforms it using transcription, NLP and biometric techniques into a structured, normalized format capable of further processing and indexing. IV’s LexiQal module adds in state-of-the-art AI and NLP techniques to define deeper insights, surfacing sentiment, deception and other key markers to help with sales enablement, fraud and other behavioural use cases. For more information visit www.intelligentvoice.com
About Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC)
OQC is a world-leading quantum computing company. We bring quantum to our customers’ fingertips and enable them to make breakthrough discoveries. Our quantum computers are available via data centres, private cloud and on Amazon Braket. For more information: www.oxfordquantumcircuits.com
About Innovate UK and the competition
Innovate UK drives productivity and economic growth by supporting businesses to develop and realise the potential of new ideas. We connect businesses to the partners, customers and investors that can help them turn ideas into commercially successful products and services and business growth. We fund business and research collaborations to accelerate innovation and drive business investment into R&D. Our support is available to businesses across all economic sectors, value chains and UK regions. Innovate UK is part of UK Research and Innovation.
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £8 million in innovation projects. These will be for innovative solutions to industrial problems using quantum computing (QC) and explore the impact and feasibility of such applications.
The aim of this competition is to bring together end-users from many industry sectors, with experts in QC. They will identify and develop use cases in the UK that demonstrate the potential and commercial benefits of this technology. For more information visit www.innovateuk.ukri.org