AQ Forge is Applied Quantum’s deep-tech innovation lab, operating as a dedicated R&D venture focused on building practical hardware and software at the intersection of quantum technologies, AI, and other advanced technologies. The lab exists to bridge the gap between research breakthroughs and real-world deployment - co-developing solutions with industry and government partners, and moving fast from concept to prototype to production.
Why it exists
Quantum and AI are moving from “promising” to “strategic,” but most organizations struggle with the same bottleneck: how to convert early ideas into something testable, measurable, and operational. AQ Forge was created to solve that bottleneck – providing the environment, talent mix, and engineering discipline to turn deep-tech possibilities into tools that can be piloted, validated, and scaled.
How AQ Forge complements Applied Quantum
Applied Quantum helps clients define strategy, assess risk, and execute quantum readiness and adoption programs. AQ Forge is where the “build” happens: prototypes, pilots, product incubation, and commercialization support – especially when the right answer is not a slide deck, but a working solution. Together, they form a full pathway from advisory and readiness to experimentation and delivery.
What AQ Forge Does
Co-innovation and Joint R&D
We partner with enterprises, startups, and research institutions to co-develop new capabilities - aligning on outcomes, setting clear IP frameworks, and using agile delivery to get from ambition to evidence quickly.
Tech transfer and commercialization
We help translate deep-tech R&D into viable products - de-risking the path from lab results to something that can be deployed, procured, and supported.
Industry pilots
We design pilots that answer the hard questions early: does it work on your data, in your constraints, under your governance, with your operational reality?
Prototype-to-production
We mature prototypes into production-grade solutions - engineering for scalability, manufacturability, security, reliability, etc.
Product incubation and spin-outs
When a technology shows strong potential, AQ Forge can incubate it, validate it, and help structure the pathway to commercial success.
Focus Areas
AQ Forge works across quantum computing, quantum sensing, quantum communications, and the converging layer where AI and quantum capabilities reinforce each other. In practice, that means building prototypes and pilots around quantum algorithms, quantum+AI workflows, and quantum-enabled security and resilience use cases - always with an emphasis on what can be tested now, not what merely sounds impressive.
Bring us your hardest problem - If you’re ready to move from interest to experiments = or from experiments to deployable outcomes - AQ Forge can help.
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