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Quantum Elements

Category: AI Infrastructure

An AI-native quantum development platform (Constellation) that integrates agentic AI, natural language prompts, and proprietary simulation technology to accelerate quantum application development across hardware platforms. Quantum Elements was founded in 2023. The company is led by Izhar Medalsy. Based in Los Angeles, United States. Team size: 10-20. Total funding raised: $1.52M. Latest round: SAFE round (Feb 2026). Key investors include QDNL Participations, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Quantacet, R-Squared Ventures, Firgun Ventures.

Founded
2023
Headquarters
Los Angeles, United States
Team size
10-20
Total funding
$1.52M

Value proposition

Reduces quantum application development time from weeks to hours through AI-powered code generation and debugging; provides largest and most advanced noisy-qubit simulator for hardware-free prototyping; enables 10×–20× reduction in R&D cycles with orders-of-magnitude cost savings per project

Products and solutions

Constellation AI-Native Development Platform, Agentic AI Code Generation & Debugging System, Proprietary Large-Scale Noisy-Qubit Simulator, Natural Language Quantum Programming Interface, Hardware-Specific Optimization Tools, Simulation-Driven Machine Learning Model Development

Unique value

First quantum software development platform built with AI integration at its core; combines agentic AI, natural language processing, and proprietary simulation engine in unified environment; features advanced noisy-qubit simulator that allows users to pause, analyze, and optimize quantum programs in real-time (impossible with physical quantum hardware); bridges gap between abstract circuit design and physical hardware implementation

Target customer

Quantum software developers, R&D teams in pharmaceutical and chemical companies, financial services firms, energy sector researchers, quantum hardware engineers, academic researchers, and quantum computing startups

Industries served

Quantum Computing Software, Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences, Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Academic Research, Aerospace & Defense

Technology advantage

Integrates three critical capabilities: (1) AI-powered development tools that reduce programming time from weeks to hours, (2) world's largest and most advanced noisy-qubit simulator enabling hardware-free prototyping and testing, (3) hardware-agnostic platform supporting multiple quantum modalities (superconducting, trapped ion, etc.); enables users to develop, test, and optimize quantum applications before investing in expensive hardware access; supports large-scale simulation-driven machine learning model development

How they differentiate

First AI-native quantum development platform (Constellation) with agentic AI, natural language processing, and proprietary large-scale noisy-qubit simulator enabling pause-analyze-optimize capabilities impossible with physical hardware; delivers 10-20x reduction in R&D cycles and weeks-to-hours development time acceleration

Main competitors

Classiq Technologies, Strangeworks, Amazon Braket/Microsoft Azure Quantum

Key partnerships

IBM (quantum hardware integration), Amazon Web Services (cloud infrastructure), Rigetti Computing (Novera QPU Partner Program), Quantum Machines (OPX1000 controller integration), Nvidia (computing infrastructure), USC Viterbi School of Engineering (research collaboration), UCLA (academic partnership), National University of Singapore (research collaboration), QuTiP/Professor Franco Nori (software ecosystem collaboration), MIT Professor Seth Lloyd (technical advisory)

Notable customers

Rigetti Computing, IBM, Quantum Machines

Major milestones

Company founded in 2023 in Los Angeles, Launched Constellation platform from stealth in October 2025, Established partnerships with IBM, Rigetti, Quantum Machines, AWS, Additional SAFE funding round completed February 2026, Dr. Chad Rigetti (Rigetti Computing founder) joined board in November 2025

Growth metrics

Early-stage pre-revenue startup with platform launched from stealth in October 2025; currently in early access phase

Market positioning

Early-stage seed-funded quantum software startup (2023) with AI-first approach to quantum application development

Geographic focus

Headquartered in Los Angeles, California with partnerships spanning North America (USC, UCLA, IBM, AWS) and Asia-Pacific (National University of Singapore)

Patents and IP

No registered patents publicly disclosed as of February 2026; platform leverages proprietary simulation back-end and AI algorithms

About Izhar Medalsy

Serial entrepreneur with extensive technology and business experience. Formerly served as CTO/COO at NEXA3D (ultrafast 3D printing company) where he led development of the NXE400 3D printer. Previously Director of Business Development and Product Management at Wyatt Technology, a world leader in light scattering technology. Completed Post-Doctoral research in Biophysics at ETH Zurich (2010-2013). Holds Ph.D. in Physics from Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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