Analysis

September 10, 2021

Is quantum-as-a-service about to go mainstream?

OQC is part of a wave of widening access to the technology.


Kevin Poireault

4 min read

This summer Oxford Quantum Circuits became the latest quantum computing company to make their quantum hardware available to users over the cloud — the first UK company to offer quantum-as-a-service. 

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