JIJ Raises US$5.2 Million in Funding Led by Global Brain
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A $5.2M raise for a quantum- and AI-enabled optimization platform is another small but steady bet that hybrid classical/quantum stacks will matter first in niche optimization problems. If you run logistics, energy, or portfolio optimization, start logging where current solvers are the bottleneck so you know where to pilot these tools when they’re ready.
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