At a glance
| Booth | I3000 |
| Country | GB |
| Website | www.aegiq.com |
Company profile
AEGIQ LTD is building scalable, fault-tolerant photonic quantum computers for commercial deployment, combining deterministic photon sources and silicon photonics in compact systems designed to operate with existing HPC infrastructure. The company was founded in Sheffield in 2019 and builds on more than 20 years of pioneering quantum-photonics research at the University of Sheffield. AEGIQ LTD has developed from semiconductor quantum photonics into a full-stack quantum-computing company working across hardware, system architecture and quantum-ready applications. Its architecture is based on deterministic photon sources intended to require 10,000 fewer components and millions fewer detectors than probabilistic approaches, reducing deployment from stadium scale to rack scale. The systems are designed to integrate with existing HPC, data-centre or on-premises infrastructure, with fewer supporting components and lower system complexity enabling rack-based deployment. In 2025, AEGIQ LTD deployed its first photonic quantum-computing system at the UK National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC), and the company is developing the technologies required to scale toward fault-tolerant commercially deployable systems. The company uses a fabless approach based on the standard telecom C-band and leverages investment in photonics and compound semiconductors associated with data-centre AI infrastructure. AEGIQ LTD names NVIDIA, BAE Systems, MBDA, Oak Ridge National Labs, Fraunhofer CAP and IQE among its partners. Its quantum-ready algorithm work is described as delivering value on GPU today with 100 million x compression while providing a transition path to future Fault Tolerant Quantum Computers (FTQC). The company focuses with partners on complex simulation problems in advanced manufacturing, aerospace, energy, fusion, defence and life sciences. AEGIQ LTD’s leadership is described as combining decades of quantum expertise with semiconductor, computing and commercial experience needed to scale quantum technology. The leadership team includes backgrounds in quantum optics, advanced computing, aerospace, high-end manufacturing, investment banking, product management, silicon photonics, integrated photonics, advanced semiconductor technologies and practical quantum-algorithm development. The company’s engineering experience includes work connected with MIT and Samsung Semiconductors, as well as development of co-packaged optics and optical interconnect technologies for AI and data-centre applications. Its applications organization also draws on research spanning practical quantum algorithms and the quantum physics underlying quantum computers, together with project experience for government research agencies and aerospace end users.
Exhibits
AEGIQ LTD offers networked photonic quantum systems designed for practical deployment at scale, including a first-generation photonic quantum computer that is available now. The first-generation system is reconfigurable for photonic quantum computing in analog and gate-based modes and uses a rack-deployable form factor with simple environmental needs. Deterministic sources and high-speed optics are intended to shorten time-to-result, while fibre connectivity and foundry-aligned processes support system scaling. The first-generation system has been deployed with the NQCC and supports evaluation trials with strategic partners. AEGIQ LTD also provides deterministic quantum light sources with single-photon and entangled-state sources in the C-band and single-mode fibre output. These light sources use AEGIQ LTD’s epitaxial quantum-dot technology and are available as turn-key 19" rack systems with an integrated mild-cryo module or as fibre-packaged chips. SPS1550 provides high indistinguishability and high single-photon purities for photonic qubits, quantum communication, multi-photon imaging and microscopy. EPS1550 creates deterministic entangled photon pairs through a bi-exciton cascade in quantum dots for quantum-networking distribution using entanglement and for quantum metrology. On-demand deterministic emission is described as reducing the component count in photonic quantum computers by 1000x by cutting heralding requirements and shrinking system complexity. The light-source platform uses the telecom C-band for low loss, single-mode fibre and compatibility with standard optics. Its turn-key rack system integrates controls, support modules, mild cryo, pulse shaping, filtering and a pump laser. The Quantum Link Assurance System, QLAS, is an easily deployable system for highly accurate real-time detection of sophisticated tamper attacks on optical fibre. LightWorks SDK provides APIs and tools for building workflows, combining classical and quantum steps, and running jobs on AEGIQ LTD systems and emulators. Together, the product set spans deployable photonic quantum computing, deterministic light generation, optical-fibre link assurance, and software tools for orchestrating classical and quantum workflows.
Capabilities and products
- fault-tolerant photonic quantum computers
- rack-deployable photonic quantum computing systems
- C-band single-photon sources
- C-band entangled-state sources
- real-time optical-fibre tamper detection
- classical/quantum hybrid workflow SDK