Editing by Xin Lanhua

Shanghai-based startup TuringQ announced that it obtained pre-A round of investment for its programmable photonic quantum chips and the commercialization of quantum algorithms.  

TuringQ (图灵量子) is the first in China to commercialize photonic quantum chips and computers.

The major investors in this latest round are Legend Capital, China Fortune-Tech Capital, Ambrum Capital, and Jiaotong University Hanyuan Fund.

Six months ago, it completed the angel investment of almost RMB100 million ($15.7 million).

According to a tech media 36Kr report, the company is planning the first photonic chip pilot production line in China. It is expected to build a frontier research and industrialization support platform for photonic chips that focuses on the requirement of new-generation information technology within two years.

Founded in 2021, TuringQ originated from Shanghai Jiaotong University’s Integrated Quantum Information Technology (IQIT) research center with over ten years of experience and achievements in the field.

The company founder is Jin Xianmin with a  Ph.D. from the University of Science and Technology of China. Other company members are scholars and engineers from universities at home and abroad, such as Oxford University, University of Sheffield, Imperial College London, University of California, Berkeley, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Tsinghua University, and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The company's founding team boasts core technology and processes for 3D and ultra-high-speed photonic quantum computing chips with independent intellectual property rights. It can conduct the research and development process from chip design, tape out, packaging, testing, system integration, and quantum algorithm implementation.