QpiAI Closes $6.5 Mill Pre-Series A Funding Led by Yournest and SIDBI Venture Capital to Enable Intelligence Modelling and Intelligence Compute Using Quantum Computers
QpiAI closed first ever external investment with the pre-series A funding of $6.5 million led by Yournest and SVCL.
WFC, an angel group; Ramesh Radhakrishnan, a successful serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist; Ramaswamy Prabhakar, a Technologist and angel investor from Silicon Valley; Quick Heal Security founders Kailash Katkar and Sanjay Katkar and their family office; Lakshmeenarayanan, Former Chairman and CEO of Cognizant; Bhupinder Singh, former CPO of Bentley; Pratap Reddy, Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur and angel investor: Sahasra capital; and other angels also participated in the round.
With this funding, QpiAI will be implementing full stack 25 qubit Quantum computers that are scalable from 25 to 1000 physical superconducting qubits with the same infrastructure.
QpiAI will be aiming to increase revenues from software licensing of 7 software platforms: QpiAI-pro, QpiAI-explorer, QpiAI-opt, QpiAI-pharma, QpiAI-ML QpiAI-logistics and QpiAI-matter, which are based on Quantum computing and Generative AI technologies.
QpiAI is a revenue generating, enterprise focused technology startup and counts Fortune 500 companies globally as its customers in pharma, materials, chemical, cosmetics, automotive, financials and manufacturing.
Debraj Banerjee from SIDBI ventures will be joining the board of QpiAI as nominee of SIDBI venture capital.
Ramesh Radhakrishnan, the first external investor in QpiAI, joined the board as a nominee director of Qpi Technology, holding company of QpiAI
Dr Nagendra Nagaraja, Founder, CEO and Chairman of QpiAI (Photo: Business Wire)
QpiAI Top management (Left to Right): Dr Manjunath R V, VP and General Manager, Quantum hardware; Swati Kumari VP of Operations; Dr Nagendra Nagaraja, Founder, CEO and Chairman; Sachin Kumar, VP of AI solutions; Aswanth Krishnan, VP of Software products; Chandan Kar Sharma, VP Finance; Lakshya Priyadarshi, VP of Quantum software; Dr Arpit Jain, Director, AI projects and education (Photo: Business Wire)
Dr Nagendra further added, “There is also tremendous traction in the B2G segment with QpiAI thought leadership in Quantum and AI that has helped shape technology and infrastructure roadmaps. QpiAI is a Global company with its HQ in Bangalore, India and subsidiaries in US and Finland. As we work with Global enterprises and Governments including the US, Europe, Japan, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, we will be expanding our presence in these regions to create value to our customers and partners.”
Dr Manjunath R.V., Vice President for Quantum computers QpiAI, further added, “Building Scalable Quantum computers that can solve real world problems and bolster our industry verticals is a very key technology development. At QpiAI, we are very excited to have our own Quantum computers to further build Quantum and AI data centers. Our team is really happy to have multiple QPUs in our dilution refrigerator to make sure we achieve high quality quantum compute infrastructure. We can’t wait to see the next steps in our roadmap to advance Quantum computers scaling 25 qubits to 1000 qubits.”
Sachin Kumar, Lakshya Priyadarshi and Aswanth Krishnan, who leads software products and solutions on Generative AI and Quantum software, suggested, “In the last 4 years, we were able to commercialize our software platforms and achieve traction across large bluechip enterprise customers. With this funding and with all our 7 software products ready to scale, we envision scaling our software platforms globally. We anticipate a great time ahead for us. There is lot of customer interest to see QpiAI Quantum and AI software platform working on QpiAI Quantum-AI HPC datacenters to implement their next gen applications in pharma, materials, fintech, automotive and manufacturing.”
Sunil Goyal MD, Yournest who led the funding round, further added, “By investing in QpiAI, we‘re helping to propel India to the leading edge of quantum computing. This technology has the potential to revolutionize fields like materials science, drug discovery, automotive, and manufacturing. QpiAI’s innovative approach makes them a key player in unlocking this potential, and we're thrilled to join Dr. Nagendra and the QpiAI team on this exciting journey.”
Debraj Banerjee, President at SIDBI Venture capital and Board of Director of QpiAI who led the funding round from SIDBI ventures, further added, “SVCL is very excited to be part of this very important deeptech journey of national importance. Quantum computers will change the world when we commercialize it. The technology is of immense importance for national security and advance computation. Having a home-grown Quantum computer will be very important for our national institutes to further our progress in computation technologies. We are eagerly looking forward to a working 25 qubit machine from QpiAI by Q4 of CY24 /Q1 CY25.”
Ramesh Radhakrishnan, a very successful serial entrepreneur, a veteran VC and Board of Director at QpiAI, further added, “Quantum computers and AI are the future for all applied technologies in many different market segments including pharma, transport, cybersecurity, and financial among others. Integrating Application software with Quantum System software and hardware to make AI and Quantum computing work together is a fundamental innovation whose significance is going to be enormous. With centers in the US and Finland, QpiAI is well positioned to scale Quantum and AI technologies and address markets globally. I am very excited to be a part of this wonderful journey.”
About QpiAI
QpiAI (https://www.qpiai.tech) is a world leader in AI and Quantum computing. QpiAI is integrating Quantum computing and AI vertically to offer solutions to areas like manufacturing, industrial, transportation, finance, pharma and materials. It has various software platforms and products including QpiAI-pro, QpiAI-explorer, QpiAI-logistics, QpiAIopt, QpiAIML, QpiAI-pharma and QpiAI-Matter. With its innovation in commercial grade Quantum computing technology, QpiAI is providing impactful advances to generative AI and various industry verticals.
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