Quantum Dice, a University of Oxford spinout, develops photonics-powered Probabilistic Processing Units and DISC-certified quantum random number generators for optimisation, energy-based AI and cybersecurity.
Quantum Dice builds a scalable probabilistic computing platform, based on photonics-powered Probabilistic Processing Units (PPUs) and quantum random number generators. Founded in 2020, the company is a spinout of the University of Oxford's quantum optics laboratory and is venture-backed. Its work spans photonics, quantum optics, probabilistic computing and hardware processor design, with an emphasis on miniaturisation.
The company's ORBIT™ Probabilistic Processing Unit is a photonics-powered processor designed for energy-based AI models and complex optimisation problems. Quantum Dice reports orders-of-magnitude gains in speed and energy efficiency over electronic approaches. Alongside it, the company's quantum random number generators (QRNGs) use a patented optical randomness source that is DISC-certified and deployed in high-assurance cybersecurity applications.
The technology is aimed at problems in cybersecurity, logistics, telecommunications, finance, supply chain optimisation and artificial intelligence. The company describes itself as backed by world-leading photonics IP, with a team holding a track record of miniaturisation and a global customer and problem scope.
