MatriQ Atom Matrix announced the completion of its seed round of financing to promote the industrialization of neutral atom quantum computing.
Recently, Hangzhou Atomic Matrix Computing Co., Ltd. (MatriQ, hereinafter referred to as "Atomic Matrix"), a neutral atom quantum computing enterprise deeply incubated by Light Capital's 3i Industrial Innovation Incubator, officially announced the completion of its seed - round financing. This round of financing was jointly participated in by the L2F Light Capital Entrepreneurs Fund, Qiancheng Capital, and Yuanhe Origin. Light Capital also served as the full - process incubator. The funds from this round will be mainly used for the company's core technology R & D and industrial application of quantum computers, with the plan to lead the technological development in the field of neutral atom quantum computing in China.
The core team of Atomic Matrix comes from globally renowned universities and has a profound interdisciplinary background in fields such as quantum physics, optical engineering, precision manufacturing, and quantum algorithms. The company focuses on full - stack solutions for neutral atom quantum computing. Since its establishment, it has continuously delved into the technological implementation and systematic engineering realization of neutral atom quantum computing and has successfully developed a neutral atom quantum computing prototype with independent intellectual property rights. This prototype has reached the international advanced level in key indicators such as the number of qubits, gate operation fidelity, readout accuracy, and system stability.
Neutral atom quantum computing is based on qubits of cooled and manipulated neutral atoms. Usually, laser cooling and magnetic field manipulation technologies are used to bring them to an extremely low - temperature and highly coherent state. Generally, in an ultra - high vacuum chamber, far - detuned optical dipole trap arrays or optical lattices are used to capture and trap ultracold atoms from a magneto - optical trap or a Bose - Einstein condensate (BEC) to form a single - atom array. Then, two magnetic sublevels of the atomic ground - state hyperfine levels are encoded as the 0 and 1 states of a qubit.
The neutral atom quantum computing technology route has made significant progress in recent years: In 2022, the feasibility of its programmable quantum computing was demonstrated for the first time; in 2023, two - qubit operations with a fidelity of 0.999 were achieved, and 48 logical qubits were prepared; in 2024, the number of qubits increased to 6,100, making it the technology route with the largest number of qubits among existing ones; in 2025, a 3,000 - qubit array could run continuously for more than two hours, far exceeding the lifetime of traditional atomic traps. These breakthroughs fully demonstrate the scalability, high fidelity, and reconfigurability of this technology path, making it gradually become one of the most promising general - purpose quantum computing platforms.
Quantum computing is truly reaching the application turning point and is expected to become the core driving force in fields such as artificial intelligence, materials science, drug design, and high - performance computing in the future. Atomic Matrix will continue to focus on the technological industrialization and commercial application layout of neutral atom quantum computing and strive to become a leader in the next - generation quantum computing technology.
Qiancheng Capital said: "We believe that the technological routes of quantum computing are beginning to converge initially. Superconductivity and neutral atoms are two highly promising core paths, both with a clear prospect of practical application. The explosive progress of the neutral atom route in recent years is remarkable. It can operate stably at room temperature and naturally has high scalability - there have been numerous breakthroughs from hundreds to thousands of atomic arrays in recent years, solving the core pain point of 'difficult to scale up' in quantum computing. From an industrial perspective, the ecological cooperation between QuEra and NVIDIA and Pasqal's exploration of industrial optimization scenarios confirm the unique value of neutral atoms in terms of 'high scalability + low cost'. Atomic Matrix's in - depth technological accumulation in this field precisely aligns with the explosive trend of neutral atoms moving from the laboratory to the industry."
Zheng Ding, a partner at Yuanhe Origin, said: "Quantum computing, as the 'Holy Grail' in the computing field, has always been the focus of global technological attention. The neutral atom quantum computing route that Atomic Matrix is deeply involved in not only shows exciting scalability but also builds a very high technological barrier in engineering and system integration. We value the team's profound accumulation in interdisciplinary fields such as quantum physics, optical engineering, and precision manufacturing, as well as their excellent execution ability to transform cutting - edge theories into an independent prototype. Yuanhe Origin will continue to support Atomic Matrix in tackling the underlying core technologies and accelerate the arrival of the general - purpose quantum computing era."
Huang Xinxin, the person - in - charge of the 3i incubation business at Light Capital, said: "Quantum computing is an important cornerstone for moving towards the next computing era and is also a key cornerstone in this wave of international competition. We firmly believe in the industrial application prospects of neutral atom quantum computing. The Atomic Matrix team, with strong perseverance and execution ability, continuously promotes new scientific research breakthroughs and is expected to lead the technological development in this field. This is a long - awaited breakthrough in the entire industry. We believe that Atomic Matrix will become an important force in the development of China's quantum computing industry."