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Edmonton startup aims to make quantum equipment portable
Edmonton-based startup Q-Block is developing compact equipment for quantum technology.
Its shoebox-sized units, called Q-modules, combine lasers, optics, detectors and real-time controls.
Similar systems have traditionally been built for laboratories and can take up entire rooms.
Q-Block says making them smaller could help quantum technology work beyond the lab.
The company was founded in 2020 by University of Waterloo professor Kyung Soo Choi, who is now its chief executive.
The available information does not say when the units will be deployed or what happens next.
Edmonton-based Q-Block Inc. is developing compact quantum equipment designed for use outside laboratory settings.
Its shoebox-sized Q-modules combine precision lasers, optics, detectors and real-time control.
The company says this approach could help address a major bottleneck in quantum technology.
Q-Block was founded in 2020 by University of Waterloo professor Kyung Soo Choi, who is now its chief executive.
- Who
- Edmonton-based startup Q-Block Inc.
- What
- It is shrinking quantum laboratory equipment into compact, self-contained Q-modules.
- When
- Q-Block was founded in 2020. The article was published on October 12, 2026.
- Where
- Edmonton, Alberta, and the University of Waterloo, where the company was founded.
- Why
- To make quantum technology practical outside laboratories.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
No direct quotes in the coverage so far.
Kyung Soo Choi founded Q-Block out of the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing.
The Financial Post reported on Q-Block’s effort to make quantum equipment portable.
- Company
- Q-Block Inc.
- Headquarters
- Edmonton
- Product
- Shoebox-sized Q-modules
- Components
- Precision lasers, optics, detectors and real-time control
- Founded
- 2020
- Founder and chief executive
- Kyung Soo Choi
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