Quanfluence : Making General-Purpose Quantum Computer

Founded in 2021 by a team of scientists—Sujoy Chakravarty, Ravi Mehta, Biman Chattopadhyay, Anil Prabhakar, Aditi Vaidya, and Sandeep Goyal—Quanfluence is a quantum computing startup based in Bengaluru. 

The company leverages photonic quantum technology to build scalable computing systems. Incubated at the IITM Incubation Centre, Quanfluence aims to develop India’s first general-purpose quantum computer capable of solving complex problems beyond the reach of classical computers.

At the heart of Quanfluence’s innovation is an optical Ising machine, which uses light waves as computational units. 

This system can process hundreds of interconnected variables simultaneously, making it 100 times faster than traditional optimisation methods. 

Currently, the startup’s system can handle 128 interconnected variables, processing approximately 10,000 permutations. 

Quanfluence is now testing an advanced version capable of processing 10 to 25 Mn permutations, with plans to release it next quarter. It recently bagged $2 Mn (around INR 16.65 Cr) in a seed funding round led by pi Ventures to further its mission.