{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Good Tech Companies ","title":"ZuriQ Raises $25.5M Led by Quantonation to Build Quantum Chips That Scale Like Semiconductors","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1093,"description":"\n This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/zuriq-raises-$255m-led-by-quantonation-to-build-quantum-chips-that-scale-like-semiconductors.\nZuriQ raises $25.5M led by Quantonation to build 2D trapped-ion quantum chips where qubits grow with chip area, after demoing the largest 2D ion array yet.\nCheck more stories related to undefined at: https://hackernoon.com/c/undefined.\n You can also check exclusive content about #zuriq, #ai-and-ml, #semiconductors, #quantum-computing, #technology, #good-company, #chip-design, #quantum-computation, and more.\nThis story was written by: @ishanpandey. Learn more about this writer by checking @ishanpandey's about page,\n and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.\nZuriQ, a quantum computing company spun out of ETH Zürich, has raised a $25.5 million seed round led by Quantonation, with participation from Forward.one, Extantia, Firgun Ventures and all previous investors, on top of a $4.2 million pre-seed closed in January 2025. Total funding stands at $29.7 million. The company builds trapped-ion processors that are natively two-dimensional, holding ions with a static magnetic field through Penning micro-traps instead of the oscillating fields that confine every incumbent design to one-dimensional chains. In eighteen months it has grown from four people to eighteen, demonstrated a 3x3 array of nine individually controlled ions, the largest 2D trapped-ion array of its kind, and fabricated the chips behind it with Infineon. The capital funds hiring, research and chip fabrication toward hundreds of qubits on a single chip.\n\nQ: How much did ZuriQ raise? ZuriQ raised $25.5 million in seed funding announced July 28, 2026, taking total funding to $29.7 million including its $4.2 million pre-seed from January 2025.\n\nQ: Who invested in ZuriQ's seed round? Quantonation led the round, joined by Forward.one, Extantia, Firgun Ventures and all previous investors, including...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/HZ9CRzf5js9DK86xzUVMWBRbXYwg4dA8xVXJGVzpL6Y/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMTNl/MjgwMmI0ZmEzNThj/YmJiOWNiN2UyZmRm/MzY3My5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}