Strangeworks is developing SaaS tools to help software developers, IT system managers and researchers take advantage of advances in quantum computing. As with a few other startups in this roundup, Strangeworks is inking a number of partnerships with the likes of IBM and Stack Overflow with the hopes that it can carve out its own niche in this market early. Other partners include Rigetti and CERN.
According to a company representative, Strangeworks’ mission is to “humanize quantum computing in order to demystify and democratize the technology”. This looks similar to the go-to-market strategy of the many SaaS players in Big Data, cloud, AI, etc. that seek to abstract away complexity in order to deliver benefits to a broader market.
Strangeworks’ mission is to “humanize quantum computing in order to demystify and democratize the technology. Click To TweetThis may sound like typical marketing spin, but the partnership with IBM, which grants access to IBM’s quantum-computing resources, and its partnership with Stack Overflow, which gives Strangeworks a foothold in the developer community, are the kind of steps a startup should take to transform its mission statement into reality.
CEO William Hurley, COO David Cardona, and CTO Justin Youens were all involved in the sale of Honest Dollar, a digital retirement-account platform, to Goldman Sachs. Hurley also founded Chaotic Moon Studios, which was acquired by Accenture.
In a market as new as quantum computing, inking partnerships with the likes of IBM, CERN and Stack Overflow will help Strangeworks position itself in the middle of this evolving ecosystem.
The Strangeworks Quantum Computing Platform is a hardware-agnostic, software inclusive, collaborative development environment that brings the latest advancements, frameworks, opensource, and tools into a single user interface.
While many startups in the quantum space are busy with entangling qubits, adding qubits and otherwise wrangling qubits, Strangeworks is intensely focused on what they consider the real power behind quantum computers: creating the tools that will tap the brainpower of millions of software developers, hackers and engineers worldwide who will one day create real-world applications out of the bizarre world of quantum mechanics.
Strangeworks has started to do just that. The startup has created QuantumComputing.com, which is a platform-agnostic hub currently in beta that will connect programmers with quantum tools and platforms. Because there are so many different software languages for quantum computing, various types of quantum technologies and platforms, and a myriad of ways to connect with the devices, Strangeworks is sorting this out for programmers by creating the ultimate QC hub.
Currently, www.QuantumComputing.com can connect with seven platforms, but that’s just the start. Whurley envisions an array of quantum technologies right at the programmer’s fingertips.
The site also features a huge library of content and experiments that developers can reference, everything from Bell’s entanglement to Grover’s search algorithm to quantum teleportation that can work across platforms. Developers can also investigate how to tailor machines to ensure the best performance.