Founded by Zhongwei Dai • Affiliations: Brookhaven • Berkeley

Quantum Leap Computing

Quantum Leap is developing a nanometer‑coated carbon‑silicon QPU: an atomically thin rare‑earth metal oxide layer that enables stable quantum behavior at ambient conditions—unlocking practical, scalable quantum inference.

Atomically thin • Rare‑earth oxide • Carbon‑Silicon • Room‑temperature

  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • UC Berkeley
  • Berkeley Lab
  • CMOS Foundry Partners
  • Open Quantum Community
  • Academic Collaborators
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • UC Berkeley
  • Berkeley Lab
  • CMOS Foundry Partners
  • Open Quantum Community
  • Academic Collaborators

Technology

A new quantum processing unit built from an atomically thin rare‑earth oxide on carbon‑silicon, engineered to run at room temperature and integrate with standard fabrication.

Room‑temperature operation
Atomic‑scale interface enables coherent behavior without cryogenics.
Carbon–Silicon hybrid
Nanometer carbon layer on silicon substrate for CMOS compatibility and scaling.
Rare‑earth oxide layer
Atomically thin rare‑earth metal oxide provides stable, tunable quantum states.
High‑density qubit fabric
Planar architecture designed for dense arrays and on‑chip control.
Energy efficient
Ambient operation drastically reduces power and infrastructure cost.
Verifiable execution
Telemetry and proofs for reproducible, trustworthy quantum inference.

Applications

Practical quantum capability at room temperature unlocks new deployment models—from embedded devices to hyperscale clouds.

AI inference at the edge

  • Quantum‑accelerated model evaluation with ambient cooling
  • Lower latency and power for on‑device intelligence

Financial optimization

  • Portfolio and risk optimization
  • Options pricing and Monte Carlo at new scales

Materials & drug discovery

  • Simulation of complex lattices
  • Faster search over molecular states

Secure multiparty analytics

  • Privacy‑preserving compute
  • Verifiable outcomes with audit trails

Cloud‑native HPC

  • CMOS‑friendly design for datacenter deployment
  • Scale with existing fabrication ecosystems

Quantum networking

  • Interconnects for modular QPU clusters
  • Path to distributed quantum systems

Team

Quantum Leap is led by researchers and engineers at the intersection of nanomaterials, device physics, and large‑scale systems.

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Zhongwei Dai
Founder & CEO

Research background spanning nanomaterials and quantum interfaces. Affiliations include Brookhaven and Berkeley.

PRL 127, 086805 — View paper

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Advisors

Experts in condensed matter, device physics, and CMOS manufacturing.

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