Diraq opens U.S. technology hub in Santa Monica

Diraq opened a new technology hub in Santa Monica, California, on August 25, 2026, to expand its silicon quantum engineering team and deepen access to Southern California’s quantum talent base. The move strengthens the company’s U.S. footprint as it works toward a first product launch in 2029 and utility-scale quantum computing.

Why it matters: - Diraq is expanding the engineering capacity behind its silicon quantum computing roadmap. - The Santa Monica hub gives the company closer access to Southern California’s quantum, semiconductor, aerospace and tech ecosystem. - Diraq plans to grow the hub as it races toward utility-scale quantum computing and a first product in 2029.

What happened: - Diraq opened its U.S. Technology Hub in Santa Monica, California, on August 25, 2026. - The new hub starts with a 20-person, multidisciplinary team focused on silicon spin qubits. - The Santa Monica team covers integrated circuit design and architecture, software, device modeling and machine learning. - Diraq said it plans to double the size of the hub over the next 12 months. - The Santa Monica site will work closely with Diraq’s Australian headquarters and center of excellence in Sydney.

The details: - Diraq’s U.S. footprint now includes Palo Alto, Santa Monica and Chicago. - Palo Alto serves as Diraq’s U.S. headquarters and base for product development and ecosystem partnerships. - Chicago is Diraq’s first U.S. quantum laboratory, with infrastructure for qubit measurement, cryogenic CMOS testing, and component testing and verification. - The company said the U.S. sites, together with Sydney, expand its engineering, experimental and commercial capabilities. - Diraq builds quantum processors using silicon spin qubits and CMOS-compatible manufacturing processes. - The company says that approach is designed to use existing semiconductor manufacturing infrastructure and could ultimately enable millions of qubits on a single chip. - Diraq’s broader mission is to become a leading global provider of quantum computing hardware. - The company also said its approach uses the same CMOS fabrication technology that produces today’s computer chips. - Diraq said it is developing a path to millions of qubits on a single chip at a fraction of the cost by leveraging existing semiconductor foundries. - Diraq partners with NVIDIA, Dell Technologies, GlobalFoundries and imec. - Diraq is one of 11 companies globally selected for Stage B of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative. - More information is available at diraq.com.

Between the lines: - The Santa Monica hub signals that Diraq is pushing beyond lab-scale progress and into the engineering and systems work needed for commercial quantum hardware. - Southern California gives Diraq a talent pool that complements its Sydney base, while Palo Alto keeps the company close to Silicon Valley partners. - The company’s spread across the U.S. and Australia suggests a two-continent operating model aimed at speeding development across research, hardware engineering and commercialization.

What's next: - Diraq will build out the Santa Monica team over the next year. - The company is targeting a first product launch in 2029. - Diraq will continue pairing the Santa Monica hub with experimental work in Sydney and Chicago as it advances toward fault-tolerant, commercially useful systems.