Oracle is adding Quantinuum’s Helios quantum computer to OCI for direct cloud access

Larry Ellison’s company Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) announced on Wednesday that it is bringing Quantinuum’s Helios quantum computer into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, so OCI customers can use commercial quantum hardware through the cloud instead of having to buy and run the machine themselves.

The two companies have signed a deal that will last several years. Helios will sit alongside the GPUs and high-performance computing systems already available through OCI.

Quantinuum (NASDAQ: QNT) claims that Helios is currently the most accurate commercial quantum computer available.

The customers will access it via Oracle’s quantum computing service, with Oracle and Quantinuum managing the physical machine itself in the background. It is designed for companies who wish to experience quantum computing along with their existing AI and computing services.

Oracle opens Helios access to OCI customers while Quantinuum combines quantum, AI, and HPC computing

Helios uses 98 physical trapped-ion qubits. Quantinuum has already run demonstrations on the system using 48 logical qubits. Logical qubits are designed to help control the errors that can make quantum calculations less reliable.

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