Microsoft Azure Quantum
“Betting on the topological qubit.”
Chasing the holy grail — topological qubits — while offering the broadest cloud marketplace of quantum hardware today.
Microsoft is the only major company chasing topological qubits — inherently protected from noise.
The Story
Microsoft Station Q founded at UC Santa Barbara to pursue topological quantum computing.
Launches Azure Quantum, a cloud marketplace of external quantum hardware.
Publishes evidence of Majorana zero modes — the exotic states underpinning its qubit bet.
Demonstrates 24 logical qubits with Quantinuum, largest at the time.
Unveils Majorana 1, its first topological qubit processor.
What makes them different
Real-world pilots
If they succeed