Haiqu
Category: AI Infrastructure
Agentic Quantum Operating System that combines AI research agents with hardware-aware middleware so enterprise and scientific R&D teams can design and run near-term quantum applications at far lower cost. Haiqu was founded in 2022. The company is led by Richard Givhan. Based in New York, USA. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $15M total. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Primary Venture Partners, MaC Venture Capital, Toyota Ventures, SOMA Capital, Qudit Investments, Alumni Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Silicon Roundabout Ventures, u.ventures, Red Sea Ventures, 7percent Ventures, Unit Investment, Angel One Fund.
- Founded
- 2022
- Headquarters
- New York, USA
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $15M total
Value proposition
Full-stack Agentic Quantum OS that turns research ideas into executable quantum workflows and runs them on today's NISQ hardware with up to 100x more operations and up to 1000x lower QPU execution cost via agentic design, SDK optimization, and runtime orchestration.
Products and solutions
Agentic Quantum Operating System (HaiquOS), Agentic Intelligence / Quantum Research Agents, Haiqu SDK (data loading, circuit compression, error mitigation), Haiqu Runtime (orchestration / cost optimization)
Unique value
Unlike hardware-agnostic software, Haiqu's 'hardware-aware' approach tailors software execution to the specific physical constraints and noise profiles of individual quantum chips.
Target customer
Quantum hardware manufacturers (OEMs), quantum cloud service providers, and enterprise R&D teams in deep-tech sectors.
Industries served
Quantum Computing, Finance (Portfolio Optimization), Pharmaceuticals (Drug Discovery), Materials Science, Logistics & Supply Chain
Technology advantage
Proprietary algorithms that increase the 'effective' number of qubits and circuit depth without requiring physical hardware upgrades.
How they differentiate
Haiqu differentiates through 'hardware-aware' software that optimizes quantum algorithms based on specific physical constraints.
Main competitors
Riverlane, Q-CTRL, Classiq, Horizon Quantum Computing
Key partnerships
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) Quantum Stream, Toyota Ventures, MaC Venture Capital, Primary Venture Partners, Perimeter Institute, IBM, BMO (Bank of Montreal), Capgemini, HSBC, Deloitte, Quanscient, Airbus / BMW Quantum Challenge
Notable customers
BMO (Bank of Montreal), Capgemini, HSBC, Deloitte, Quanscient, Airbus (BMW–Airbus Quantum Challenge finalists), Quantum Hardware OEMs
Major milestones
Founded in 2022, Closed $4M Pre-seed round in June 2023, Selected for CDL Quantum stream, Raised $11M Seed round in January 2026 led by Primary Venture Partners, Demonstrated anomaly detection with IBM (Nov 2025), Quanscient collaboration: first realistic nonlinear CFD on IBM Heron R3 (Apr 2026), HSBC partnership demonstrating scalable quantum data encoding (Apr 2026), Launched Agentic Quantum Operating System (May 6, 2026), Hired Denise Ruffner (ex-IBM Quantum/IonQ) as VP BD & Commercial Ops (Jul 2026)
Growth metrics
Expanded from a founding team in 2023 to a distributed R&D team of 11-50 employees; 2.75x increase in round size from Pre-seed to Seed.
Market positioning
Quantum infrastructure middleware provider bridging the gap between NISQ hardware limitations and enterprise-grade applications.
Geographic focus
North America, Europe, and Eastern Europe
Patents and IP
Proprietary IP focused on circuit optimization and noise suppression techniques.
About Richard Givhan
Richard Givhan is Co-founder and CEO of Haiqu. He holds a Stanford degree in Engineering Physics / Applied Physics and was previously an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (Space Enabled Mobility Systems) at Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America. He co-founded Haiqu out of Creative Destruction Lab's Quantum stream with Mykola Maksymenko.
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Official website: https://www.haiqu.ai/
