Quantinuum wows the world with Helios launch

Global heavyweights such as NVIDIA, Amgen, SoftBank, JP Morgan Chase, BMW Group and BlueQubit are among Quantinuum's community of collaborators in growing out the venture into a broader tech world.

With the highest fidelity of any commercial system and a first-of-its-kind real-time control engine, Helios is said to enable developers to program a quantum computer in much the same way they programme heterogeneous classical computers.

A new, modern Python-based programming language called Guppy allows developers to seamlessly combine hybrid compute capabilities – quantum and classical – in a single program. Helios is now available to customers through Quantinuum’s cloud service and on-premise offering.

In a separate announcement, Quantinuum also revealed a significant alliance in Singapore which further strengthens its ambitions in Asia.

Ilyas Khan, Founder and Vice Chairman of Quantinuum, said: “Quantum Computing has to operate on a global scale in order to fulfill its potential and Quantinuum is now breaking away from the crowd to lead the industry. Our Helios system moves away from lab into industry and an environment where scientific results, whilst important, are now being enterprise driven. This boosts the entire ecosystem."

Dr. Rajeeb Hazra, President and CEO of Quantinuum, said: “The next computing inflection point starts today. For the first time enterprises can access a highly accurate general purpose quantum computer to drive real world impact, transforming how industries innovate – from drug discovery to finance to advanced materials.”

Helios unlocks the ability to enhance GenAI models with quantum generated data, thereby unlocking AI’s full potential in areas such as data analysis, material design, and quantum chemistry.

To accelerate GenQAI, Quantinuum is expanding its partnership with NVIDIA, integrating NVIDIA GB200 with Helios via NVIDIA NVQLink to create applications for targeted end markets. Quantinuum will switch to NVIDIA accelerated computing for Helios and future systems, using Quantinuum Guppy alongside the NVIDIA CUDA-Q platform to perform real-time error correction critical to its roadmap.

Quantinuum announced a growing community of early users and collaborators, including leaders in life sciences, materials, and energy sectors:

Amgen: an investor and research collaborator, exploring hybrid quantum-machine learning to advance data-driven discovery in biologics.

BlueQubit: AI image recognition using real-world driving video data.

BMW Group: advancing sustainable mobility through materials research on fuel cell catalysts.

JPMorganChase: researching potential capabilities for advanced financial analytics.

SoftBank Corp: exploring organic materials for next-gen batteries, optical switches, and solar cells.

Today, Quantinuum also signed a strategic partnership agreement with Singapore’s National Quantum Office (NQO) and National Quantum Computing Hub (NQCH) that includes access to Helios in country to accelerate commercial applications of quantum computing in the areas of computational biology and bioinformatics, financial modelling and optimisation, advanced materials and chemistry, and combinatorial optimisation.

To support this strategic partnership, Quantinuum is establishing a world-class R & D and Operations Centre in Singapore.

Also, as part of its strategy to expand the commercial reach of quantum computing, Quantinuum is introducing two new ecosystem programs. Q-Net, a new user group, will serve as a forum for customer feedback and collaboration, while a new startup partner program will invite developers to build and scale third party applications on Helios.

The move means that Singapore will become the first country outside the United States to host the Helios system; the installation of Helios in Singapore is expected to be completed in 2026.

It will give researchers direct access to Quantinuum’s Helios computing capabilities, supporting deeper research collaboration and innovation. Effective immediately, researchers will gain cloud access to Helios that enables key research and capability building.

Initial programs under the strategic partnership will target areas such as:

1. Computational biology, bioinformatics and drug discovery

2. Financial modelling and optimisation

3. Advanced materials and chemistry

4. Combinatorial optimisation

Collectively, the initiatives aim to nurture a community of researchers, engineers and developers equipped to advance quantum computing and strengthen collaboration across Singapore’s research and industry ecosystem.