Diraq Opens Santa Monica Hub to Expand Silicon Quantum Computing R&D
THE SO WHAT
Diraq planting a 20-person silicon spin qubit team in Santa Monica ties quantum hardware R&D directly into Southern California’s semiconductor and talent base. For US ecosystems, this is another data point that quantum is clustering around existing chip and physics hubs, not spinning up in isolation.
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