QCi Demonstrates Quantum Photonics at CES 2026, Pitching Room-Temperature Systems and a $110 Million Foundry Buildout
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Updated · Quantum Zeitgeist · Jun 21
QCi Demonstrates Quantum Photonics at CES 2026, Pitching Room-Temperature Systems and a $110 Million Foundry Buildout
1 articles · Updated · Quantum Zeitgeist · Jun 21
Summary
CES 2026 gave Quantum Computing Inc. a mainstream stage to show its quantum photonics technology, part of an effort to bolster credibility with customers and investors.
QCi’s pitch centers on room-temperature optical machines and the photonic chips behind them, using thin-film lithium niobate instead of cryogenic superconducting or trapped-ion hardware.
Tempe, Arizona is central to that strategy: QCi owns a foundry that makes chips for its own products and for outside customers, and it has expanded the business with a roughly $110 million photonics and semiconductor acquisition.
Its lineup spans Dirac optimization machines, reservoir-computing products such as EmuCore and NeuraWave, plus sensing, imaging and quantum-networking hardware—broadening revenue paths beyond quantum computing alone.
The CES demonstration comes as QCi, traded as QUBT, tries to convert a small revenue base and volatile stock-market attention into repeatable sales and independent proof of performance.