Quantum Computing Control and Orchestration Hardware

Quantum Machines, founded in 2018 by three Hebrew University physicists, has developed the OPX+ quantum control hardware platform — effectively the operating system layer between quantum processors and classical computers. The system provides real-time pulse generation, feedback processing, and multi-qubit orchestration that quantum computers require to execute algorithms. In 2025, QM raised $170 million backed by Intel, and operates the Israeli Quantum Computing Center (IQCC).

Quantum Machines occupies a strategically brilliant niche: rather than competing to build qubits (where Google, IBM, and others invest billions), it provides the control infrastructure all quantum computers need regardless of qubit technology. The OPX+ works with superconducting, trapped-ion, photonic, and semiconductor qubits, making QM a platform-agnostic enabler. The IQCC became the world's first facility to deploy Qolab's superconducting qubit device in December 2025.

Israel's quantum ecosystem raised $500 million in 2025 across five companies, with QM leading at $170M. Other notable players include Classiq (quantum software, $110M raised), Quantum Art (trapped-ion hardware), and HEQA Security (post-quantum cryptography). Israel announced its first domestically built 20-qubit quantum computer in December 2024. The country's quantum strategy leverages its traditional strengths — physics talent, systems engineering, and startup speed — to carve defensible positions in quantum's emerging value chain.