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Trapped Ion
national lab
United States Founded 1901 3400 employees Website
Total Funding
$1000M
Valuation: $0M

Business Overview

United States government agency (Department of Commerce) responsible for setting standards and metrics for quantum computing.

Leadership

Laurie Locascio (Director), Charles Romine (IT Lab Director), Each lab has quantum research programs

Products & Services

PQC Standards (ML-KEM, etc.), Quantum Benchmarking Suite, Time & Frequency standards.

Customers

US Government, standards community, scientific community

Partners

JILA (University of Colorado), NQI, DOE, NSA

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