Leveraging optical quantum technology and market insights for industrial use TOKYO, September 15, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that its ME Innovation Fund has invested in OptQC Corp., a Japanese startup that develops and provides optical quantum computer hardware.
These applications require hardware equipped with a large number of qubits, and among the various approaches, optical quantum computing offers superior qubit scalability and energy efficiency.
It was established based on technologies developed by the university's Furusawa Laboratory, a world leader in optical quantum computing.
The company's optical quantum computer features proprietary architecture designed to limit increases in system size as the number of qubits grows.
Through this investment, Mitsubishi Electric expects to gain early insights into the company's optical quantum computer hardware development technologies, related components, customers and market trends.