Atom Computing
Quantum Computing company
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Atom Computing Inc. is a quantum computing company headquartered in Berkeley, California with a commercial operations facility in Boulder, Colorado.[1] The company develops quantum computers based on neutral atom technology.[citation needed]
| Company type | Private company |
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| Industry | Quantum Computing |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Founders |
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| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Ben Bloom, CEO
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| Website | www |
History
Atom Computing was founded by Ben Bloom and Jonathan King in 2018[2] with $5M in seed funding.[3][4]
Rob Hayes served as CEO in 2021.[5]
In 2021 the company secured $15M in Series A funding[6][7] and announced a 100-qubit prototype system.[7][8]
By early 2022 the company secured $60M in Series B funding[9][10] and expanded its activities by opening a commercial operations facility in Boulder, Colorado.[1][11]
In 2023 Atom Computing announced its second-generation quantum computer with over 1,000 qubits.[12][13]
Microsoft and Atom Computing announced in late 2024 that they had been collaborating on a commercial quantum computer that has logical qubits by combining Microsoft's work on quantum error correction with Atom's over-1,000-qubit system.[14][15][16][17][18]
Technology
Atom Computing's technology is based on neutral atoms, specifically alkaline earth(-like) metals such as strontium and ytterbium.[1] By manipulating the atoms in a vacuum chamber with laser beams,[3][19] quantum information can be written into the nuclear spin of the atoms to perform gate operations and execute quantum circuits.[citation needed]
Along with several academic groups, Atom Computing has demonstrated how to use this technology to perform mid-circuit measurements on ancilla qubits, create arrays of over 1,000 qubits, and perform entangling gates.[citation needed]
In November 2024, Atom Computing, together with researchers from Microsoft, demonstrated the entanglement of 24 logical qubits and running a Bernstein–Vazirani algorithm with 28 logical qubits on Atom Computing's hardware.[14][18]
Recognition
In 2024 the Colorado Technology Association recognized Atom Computing as the "Emerging Tech Company of the Year"[20] and Fast Company recognized the company as one of "The 10 most innovative computing companies in 2025".[21]
Atom Computing was selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to participate in Stage B of the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI), joining ten other leading companies in the quantum computing industry.[22] This selection follows Atom Computing’s successful completion of Stage A, which required participants to outline a path to developing utility-scale quantum computers. The QBI program seeks to assess whether a practical, industrially useful quantum computer can be realized by 2033.