2026 Global Quantum + AI Challenge
Awards $40,000 per track to teams solving real quantum problems for five global enterprises.
This is the second time The Quantum Insider and Resonance have run a challenge like this: the current edition builds directly on an earlier global series they piloted with Airbus, BMW and AWS, now expanded to five enterprise sponsors and a fuller proof-of-concept pathway. Quantum device access for finalists runs through AWS Amazon Braket, with Classiq supplying the software layer teams work in, so…
The Challenge invites startups, researchers, universities and industry teams to build practical, enterprise-relevant quantum and quantum-plus-AI solutions. Five sponsor companies -- Airbus, Cleveland Clinic, E.ON, HSBC and Volkswagen Group Innovation -- each pose a real operational problem for teams to solve, from aerodynamic modeling to fraud detection and autonomous driving.
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