In fact, all nine prize-winning teams used IBM quantum computers during their research for the challenge, and six of them relied on IBM quantum computers exclusively.
Two winning teams that used IBM quantum computers have already launched companies based on their work: Q4Health and EntangleTune.
The team applied quantum Krylov learning and quantum state transfer, running its final results entirely on IBM quantum computers.
Running only on IBM quantum computers, its end-to-end pipeline uses shallow circuits and generates a frame in about 30 seconds.
Shionogi tested its approach on IBM quantum computers during the challenge, though its final results were produced by simulation.