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The partnership, the first of several anticipated engagements, will evaluate Zapata’s Orquestra® as the platform of choice for developing future quantum astrophysics applications
BOSTON, October 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Zapata Computing, Inc., a leader in business quantum software, today announced a partnership agreement with the UK University of Hull. The partnership will support research to evaluate Orquestra, Zapata’s quantum workflow platform to enhance a quantum application designed to recognize signatures of life in space.
The evaluation takes eight weeks before the team publishes an analysis of the research. It is expected to be the first of several collaborations between Zapata and the University of Hull for quantum astrophysics applications.
In 2016, MIT researchers did recommended a list of over 14,000 molecules that could indicate signs of life in the atmosphere of exoplanets. However, little is currently known about how these molecules vibrate and rotate in response to infrared radiation generated by nearby stars. The EA Milne Center for Astrophysics at the University of Hull has set out to create a database of detectable biological signatures using new computational models of molecular rotations and vibrations, including models that use quantum computing.
Quantum computers enable extremely accurate calculations of the key variables that define atom-atom interactions – electronic correlation – and could thus improve scientists’ ability to see the building blocks of life in space. This is especially important because even simple molecules like oxygen or nitrogen have complex interactions that require very precise calculations.
“With Zapata’s support, we have come one step closer to discovering life beyond Earth,” said Dr. David Benoit, lecturer in molecular physics and astrochemistry at the University of Hull. “Although quantum computers are still in their infancy and cannot yet surpass classical hardware, Zapata has made it possible to gain valuable knowledge from the currently available Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices. With Orquestra we can develop applications today that use these NISQ devices with the ability to use the more powerful quantum devices of the future. “
Zapata’s Orquestra platform enables companies and research institutions to create quantum-enabled workflows®, run them across the full range of quantum and classical devices, and then collect and analyze the resulting data. Orquestra enables companies to leverage quantum capabilities to generate advanced data sets, accelerate data analysis, and build better data models for a range of use cases. What is important is that it provides companies with the most flexible, interoperable, and most upwardly compatible toolset for building quantum functions without being tied to a single vendor or architecture in the years to come.
“The research of Dr. Benoit and his colleagues have the potential to redefine our place in the universe and we are proud that Orquestra will play a supporting role, ”said Christopher Savoie, CEO and Co-Founder of Zapata Computing. “We hope that our joint research will clearly demonstrate the potential of quantum computing to answer some of our biggest questions today, while also providing insight into the transformative impact quantum computing will have on our society in the future.”
About Zapata Computing
Zapata Computing, Inc. uses our flagship product Orquestra to create quantum-capable applications ™ for use in companies® – the only workflow-based toolset for enterprise quantum computing. Zapata pioneered a new quantum classical development and deployment paradigm that focuses on a number of use cases including ML, optimization, and simulation. Orquestra integrates best-in-class classical and quantum technologies, including Zapata’s cutting edge algorithms, open source libraries in Python, and more. Zapata works closely with hardware providers across the quantum ecosystem such as Amazon, Google, Honeywell, IBM, IonQ, Microsoft and Rigetti. Investors include BASF Venture Capital, Honeywell Ventures, Itochu Corporation and Merck Global Health.
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