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Diraq Advances to Stage C of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative

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3 companies named across 2 categories, one of 5 articles referencing Diraq. Previous coverage: Diraq to Deploy Eight-Qubit Silicon Spin Quantum Computer at Equinix Sydney (Aug 2026).

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Diraq said the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected it to advance to Stage C of the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI). The selection placed Diraq in the final stage of a program that evaluated whether quantum computing approaches could reach utility-scale operation by 2033.

Under Stage C, Diraq planned to work with DARPA’s independent verification and validation team. The effort focused on assessing Diraq’s silicon-based systems, along with the critical capabilities required to deliver a utility-scale quantum computer.

Diraq described utility scale as a point where a quantum computer could solve problems that delivered more value than the machine costs to build and run. It said Stage C included assessment of the design and performance of its systems and related capabilities.

Diraq said DARPA funding would support independent verification and validation, with support of up to US$300 million mentioned for the Stage C effort. Diraq also said it completed Stage B, developed and detailed its research and development plan, and would deliver technical demonstrations, system updates, and design activities over the coming months. “Advancing to Stage C of the QBI program represents a crucial independent validation that our path to utility-scale quantum computing holds up under rigorous technical scrutiny,” said Andrew Dzurak, Diraq Founder and CEO. “Diraq’s silicon spin qubits are built using the same manufacturing processes and infrastructure that already produce the world's conventional computer chips, which is a different starting point than approaches that require entirely new fabrication techniques to reach scale. That gives Diraq a decisive advantage: we are scaling on a manufacturing base that already exists, while others are still working out how to build one.”

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