INmune Bio and Quantum Computing partner to apply quantum optimization and AI to advance Alzheimer’s drug research and explore new applications for XPro
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A pharma company becoming the first commercial customer for QCi’s Dirac-3S to optimize Alzheimer’s research is an early signal that quantum plus AI is leaving the demo stage. R&D-heavy orgs should start mapping where combinatorial search and optimization could justify small quantum pilots.
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