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Quantum Elements makes it easier to build quantum solutions

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Ton van 't Noordende
October 22, 2025

Last week we made our our first US investment announcement, and now here’s our second.

Quantum Elements has emerged from stealth today and announced the launch of its AI-native quantum development platform.

The goal is to make fault-tolerant quantum computing more cost-effective, time-efficient and accessible, accelerating the path to valuable, real-world solutions. 

The Los Angeles startup has built Constellation, the first quantum software development platform on the market built with AI integration at its core. It uses agentic AI, natural language prompts, and a proprietary simulation back-end to develop large scale simulation driven ML models, generate code, debug, and run quantum applications. 

That means users can more easily develop quantum solutions across pharma, energy, finance, and other sectors today.  

The hardware-specific, universal software also supports the largest and most advanced noisy-qubit simulator to date, allowing users to prototype quantum systems prior to purchasing hardware access, removing financial barriers for start-up companies and academics alike. 

In addition, users can pause and analyze errors with the simulator – unlike with physical quantum systems where programs can’t be paused in real time – to optimize their applications to particular hardware.

CEO Izhar Medalsy, Ph.D. explains:

“With our AI-powered platform, what took engineers weeks to calibrate, analyze or program in the past is now doable in mere hours. Paired with our state-of-the-art hardware specific quantum simulator, users can now simulate quantum computer prototypes and applications, gain confidence and then invest in access to quantum hardware.” 

Quantum Elements was co-founded in 2023 by Izhar, a serial entrepreneur with years of technology and business experience; CSO, Prof. Daniel Lidar, University of Southern California (USC), the director and co-founder of the USC Center for Quantum Information Science & Technology; and Prof. Amir Yacoby, Harvard, member of the National Academy of Sciences. 

They’ve already built partnerships with top quantum companies such as Amazon and Rigetti Computing, as well as academic partners like USC and UCLA. 

Led by QDNL Participations, the round includes participation from USC Viterbi School of Engineering.

Our Investment Director Kris Kaczmarek, said: 

“In classical computing, it has become apparent that engineers who don’t use AI-native coding tools like Cursor or Copilot risk being left behind. We expect the same will happen with quantum computers and strongly believe Quantum Elements’ Constellation will become the dominant tool for developing quantum applications.” 

Our portfolio is growing, and I’ll be able to share more investment news with you very soon.

– Ton