$1.5 million in DOE Genesis Mission grants will fund BlueQubit and research partners developing fault-tolerant quantum computing systems aimed at application-scale performance.
BlueQubit plans to use AI and machine learning to improve quantum error correction, with a focus on cutting physical qubit needs and reducing real-time decoding latency.
Microsoft, Argonne, Sandia and five universities are joining the effort to design AI-generated error-correction codes and physics-informed decoders that tackle noise, reliability and stability limits in current hardware.
The project targets a key bottleneck in commercializing quantum computing, with potential applications in drug discovery, advanced materials, defense and financial risk modeling.