DIGITAL, Canada’s Global Innovation Cluster for digital technologies, announced $5M in co-investments to accelerate quantum technology commercialization. Supported by Canada’s National Quantum Strategy and industry partners, the initiative will leverage $7M in additional contributions.
Projects include Verge Ag’s collaboration with D-Wave to create real-time agricultural decision tools, Quantum Bridge Technologies’ quantum-resistant cryptography solution for critical infrastructure, and Xanadu Quantum’s open-source quantum computing platform.
DIGITAL CEO Sue Paish highlighted quantum’s transformative potential across key sectors, while Minister François-Philippe Champagne emphasized its societal and economic benefits. DIGITAL has driven 185 products and 730 patents since 2018.
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