Mitsubishi invests in Japanese optical quantum startup OptQC

Mitsubishi Electric's ME Innovation Fund invested in Japanese startup OptQC, which develops an optical quantum computer. The amount is undisclosed. OptQC spun out of the Furusawa lab at the University of Tokyo and has delivered its first commercial system to a public research institute.

• Investment amount undisclosed
• OptQC builds optical quantum computer with architecture limiting growth as qubits increase
• First commercial system delivered to public research institute
• NTT invested in OptQC a month earlier, targeting 1 million qubits by 2030