Quantinuum and Oracle Partner to Bring Helios Quantum Computer to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for Hybrid Quantum-AI Workloads

Multi-Year Strategic Partnership: Quantinuum and Oracle will host the Helios system inside a U.S.-based OCI AI data center and deliver it as a managed OCI quantum service.High-Fidelity Hardware Access: OCI customers gain direct access to the 98-physical-qubit trapped-ion Helios system, which has demonstrated 48 logical qubits and 99.921% average two-qubit gate fidelity.Hybrid Quantum-AI Focus: The collaboration targets enterprise and research workloads in drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, and large-scale optimization alongside OCI HPC and GPU resources.On August 11, 2026, Quantinuum and Oracle announced a multi-year strategic partnership to bring quantum computing to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Under the agreement, Quantinuum’s Helios quantum computer will be deployed in a U.S.-based OCI AI data center and made available to OCI customers as a managed quantum service alongside the platform’s high-performance computing and GPU infrastructure.Helios, commercially launched in November, 2025, is Quantinuum’s third-generation trapped-ion quantum computer. The system features 98 physical qubits with all-to-all connectivity based on the quantum charge-coupled device (QCCD) architecture and has been used in demonstrations involving 48 logical qubits. It achieves an average two-qubit gate fidelity of 99.921%, exceeding the widely cited three-nines threshold, according to performance data reported as of December 31, 2025. Single-qubit gate fidelity is listed at 99.9975%. Helios is designed for hybrid integration with classical HPC and AI environments and includes an NVIDIA Grace Hopper system for real-time control and decoding.By operating on-premises within OCI infrastructure, Helios is intended to operate alongside OCI’s existing compute, networking, storage, and other cloud resources, giving customers a more integrated environment for hybrid workloads under familiar governance and access controls. Oracle plans to preview its OCI quantum service in the coming months. The planned service is expected to combine Quantinuum’s development stack with support for open-source hybrid-programming frameworks, enabling developers to build, test, and refine quantum-classical applications. Customers will obtain managed, secure access to cloud-hosted quantum computing without having to procure, install, or operate dedicated hardware or specialized facilities.According to Quantinuum, a single Helios system has an estimated power draw of less than one percent of the draw reported for leading supercomputers, positioning the platform as a lower-power complementary resource for suitable hybrid workloads. Technical details of the Helios architecture, including barium-ion qubits, junction transport for all-to-all connectivity, and parallel gate zones, are documented in the accompanying technical paper available via arXiv.The partnership aims to support enterprise, AI laboratory, academic, and research applications spanning drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, and large-scale optimization, including AI workloads. Both companies frame the collaboration around the convergence of AI, classical supercomputing, and quantum computing as the next phase of enterprise computing architecture. We believe the next phase of enterprise computing will be shaped by bringing quantum, AI, and high-performance computing together. Deploying Helios inside OCI gives Quantinuum and Oracle an opportunity to create a unique deeply integrated environment for hybrid workloads, explore enterprise use cases with customers, and accelerate commercial adoption. Dr. Rajeeb Hazra, President and CEO of Quantinuum, stated the deploying of Helios inside OCI creates an opportunity for a deeply integrated environment for hybrid workloads, exploration of enterprise use cases, and accelerated commercial adoption. Mahesh Thiagarajan, Executive Vice President of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, said the companies want to give developers a practical and secure way to explore how quantum computing could complement existing AI and HPC workloads on OCI while improving compute efficiency and energy use.Johannes Blaschke, Head of Scientific Computing, GBI at the Ellison Institute of Technology, noted having both GPUs and quantum processing units available within OCI would provide an all-in-one platform, simplify operation of novel hardware, and help researchers move from concept to execution. Heather West, PhD, Global Quantum Research Lead at IDC, observed the deploying of quantum systems within private cloud environments enables organizations to integrate quantum computing into existing AI and HPC workflows through familiar cloud infrastructure and development tools, reducing barriers to adoption.Financial terms of the partnership and a specific deployment timeline beyond the planned preview of the OCI quantum service were not disclosed. Quantinuum maintains active engagements across pharmaceuticals, materials science, financial services, government, and industrial markets, as well as academic and research institutions globally.Quantinuum and Oracle will deploy Helios within an OCI AI data center to deliver managed hybrid quantum-AI compute access.Find out more here.—Further articles, reports, and the latest quantum computing news may be found at The Qubit Report.Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox signed an executive order on August 10, 2026, formalizing the Utah Quantum Initiative and establishing a Quantum Coordination Council. The BTQ Technologies and ITRI have completed a key milestone in developing a new chip designed to protect digital systems from future quantum computer attacks.

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