Ed Ludlow

government work.

And that's usually a standard that's accepted very internationally for the Five Eyes, NATO, and our allies.

Nicolo, in the global quantum race, how do you stack the US as a leader in field against the prospects of Europe and what you see being worked on in Asia?

Well, I fancy INQ's chances most and first of all.

I think that beyond INQ, there's a very vibrant ecosystem in the US, and of course there is in Europe.

The geopolitical race is, I think, very much between the US and our allies and what's going on in China, to be honest.

And this is, of course, of paramount strategic importance, not just on the computing side, but also on the quantum security side.

These are all solutions that INQ provides.

We're the only quantum platform company in history.

And as you both know, we already have a strong foothold in Oxford, England, Geneva, Switzerland, and Seoul, Korea, with our offices that continue to expand to ensure that we're able to not just deliver those solutions, but deliver them in the right global and local way across government and commercial needs in every one of our allies.

Well, that was the other big deal that you did, Oxford Ionix, quantum chip technology that you purchased.

And I'm interested in how the relationships, though, going back to Skywater are going to continue, because they also serve other quantum competitors of yours.

Will they continue to do so?

Absolutely.

We are steadfastly dedicated to ensure that the quantum industry prevails.

We respect everyone's pathways to market.

At the same time, as I mentioned a couple of minutes ago, INQ already is a merchant supplier on our own.

We supply atomic clocks and photonic interconnects to the industry and networking equipment.

And so Skywater will be taking our existing merchant supplying business and accentuating, deepening and broadening that with, of course, their chips business.

So rest assured, we see this very much as a bet on U.S.