The company’s technology sprang from the laboratories of Harvard and MIT scientists and is already one of the country’s most advanced quantum computers.

Quantum computers are able to solve problems that would take a supercomputer septillions of years to untangle, and Google’s quantum chip Willow, for example, has already done so.

Post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is designed to replace standard encryption and keep data safe from post-quantum cyberattacks.

Quantum computers use qubits, which can be both a one and a zero at the same time.

The technology is developing faster than many developers expected, pushing the timeline for quantum security up significantly.