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Quantum applications · validated on hardware

Quantum-computed inputs your classical stack cannot supply.

Hybrid quantum-classical pipelines for materials, energy, mobility and life sciences. Run on today's hardware across six platforms, forecast in writing before each run, and reproducible from stored data.

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Programmes & platforms
MBRIF · Cohort 5GIC 2026 · dual-track finalistIBM QuantumQuEra AquilaRigettiIQMQCi Dirac-3Amazon BraketqBraid
Solutions

Where the quantum input changes the answer

Each engagement targets one quantity that classical computation approximates and quantum hardware evaluates directly: a spectral gap, a real-frequency response, a hard-distribution sample. Every line below has run on hardware.

Materials & chemistry

Formulation design maps

Ligand and counter-ion screening for advanced materials, with excitation gaps computed on hardware at chemical accuracy.

EUV photoresist: four formulations ranked on 156-qubit-class hardware, every prediction inside 0.3% of the pre-run forecast.
Energy & grid

Certified network optimisation

Degree-5 grid problems solved on annealing-class hardware with a certified optimality bound, not a heuristic score.

Distribution operator: certified solution on QCi Dirac-3 at N=128, with classical parity reported alongside.
Mobility & logistics

Training efficiency and runtime assurance

Quantum hardware inside the training loop of driving policies, plus a certified runtime monitor for fleet operations.

Automotive track: 35% fewer rollouts vs. the GRPO baseline over three seeds; safe episodes 78% → 100% at 22 µs per decision.
Life sciences

Allosteric and folding energetics

Site-resolved binding and folding energy differences on hardware, positioned against the classical floors that matter for a programme decision.

Clinical research partner track: allosteric scanner run on hardware, September 2026.
Finance

Hard-distribution sampling

Training-free generative sampling from constrained sectors at 128 qubits for scenario generation and stress distributions.

Flown: 524,288 samples from a hard-sector conditional distribution, no variational parameters.
Cybersecurity

Post-quantum readiness

Hardware-grounded assessment of cryptographic exposure and migration sequencing for national and enterprise estates.

Programme: readiness assessments offered to UAE government and critical-infrastructure operators.
Technology

Hardware-agnostic, full-stack, validated

One physics framework compiles the same problem to superconducting, neutral-atom and annealing-class machines, so results are benchmarked across modalities rather than tied to one vendor.

Platform

A single operator framework derives the target observable, its protected readout class and a constant-depth circuit for each machine. The quantum processor evaluates the many-body response; the classical stack does everything else.

Validation

Every result is forecast in writing before the run, with tolerance bands fixed in advance, then graded against the measurement. Clients receive the forecast, the grade and the stored counts.

ForecastPrediction and bands written before submission
RunOne task at a time on the selected machine
GradeMeasured result scored against the bands
DeliverReport plus reproducible data
MEASURED RESPONSE · 156-QUBIT TILEPREDICTED ─ · MEASURED ▬
A superconducting chip and a neutral-atom vacuum cell side by side

Hardware record

PlatformModalityLargest runStatus
IBM Heron (fez, kingston, marrakesh)Superconducting156 qubitsvalidated
QuEra AquilaNeutral atom, analogue256 qubits, dynamics to 4 µsvalidated
QCi Dirac-3Entropy computingN = 128, degree 5validated
Rigetti AnkaaSuperconductingDevice atlasvalidated
IQM EmeraldSuperconductingMigration anchorvalidated
Amazon Braket · qBraidAccess layerMulti-vendor routingin use
Proof

Results with their baselines

Each figure names what it measures, what it is measured against and the hardware it ran on. Detailed result notes are available under a technical briefing.

<0.3%
Design-map accuracy
Four photoresist formulations, measured against the pre-run forecast
IBM HERON · 156-QUBIT CLASS · 2026
155×
Beyond expected hardware precision
H₂ excitation gaps at chemical accuracy through the phase channel, against published device expectation
IBM HERON · PHASE-CHANNEL READOUT
8.9σ
Classical-to-quantum crossing
156-qubit crossing adjudicated against the best classical referee, k ≥ 8
IBM HERON · SEPTEMBER 2026
−35%
Policy-training rollouts
Vision-language-action driving model, against the GRPO baseline, three seeds
AUTOMOTIVE TRACK · GIC 2026
100%
Safe episodes under runtime assurance
From 78% unmonitored, checked at 22 µs per decision against a hardware-computed disturbance spectrum
128-QUBIT SPECTRUM · AUTOMOTIVE TRACK
256
Qubits in the largest validated run
Neutral-atom dynamics on QuEra Aquila, forecast before the run; 156 qubits on superconducting hardware
QUERA AQUILA · IBM HERON · 2026

Research & technical notes

  • Sep 2026Adjudicated classical-to-quantum crossing at 156 qubits on superconducting hardware
  • Sep 2026Absolute molecular energies from trace-anchored, measured-gap readout on hardware
  • Aug 2026Block-exact constant-depth compilation for spectral observables
  • 2026Quantum hardware inside the reinforcement-learning loop of driving policies (GIC automotive track)
  • 2026Certified degree-5 optimisation on entropy-computing hardware with classical parity

Case studies

  • MaterialsEUV photoresist formulation map for a global materials group (GIC 2026 track)
  • EnergyCertified grid optimisation for a European utility track
  • MobilityTraining efficiency and runtime assurance for an automotive track
  • Life sciencesAllosteric site scanner with a clinical research partner
  • AerospaceLattice-gas flow solver on quantum hardware for an aerospace track
Engage

Three ways to work with Merlin Quantum

Structured engagements with a fixed scope, a written forecast and an agreed grading protocol, so a pilot can be judged the day it finishes.

Pilot

Answer one industrial question on hardware
  • Six to ten weeks, fixed price
  • Written forecast and tolerance bands before the first run
  • Graded report with reproducible data
  • Option to extend into a programme

Programme

A standing quantum capability for your R&D
  • Quarterly problem intake and prioritisation
  • Multi-platform access managed by Merlin
  • Roadmap aligned to your product cycles
  • Co-development and staff enablement

Readiness

Know where quantum changes your answer
  • Two-week assessment of candidate problems
  • Classical-floor analysis for each
  • Post-quantum cryptography exposure review
  • Written recommendation and sequencing
Company

The quantum applications division of Merlin Digital

Merlin Quantum is a division of Merlin Digital, a Dubai technology group. It builds and runs hybrid quantum-classical pipelines for industrial clients, and validates every result on hardware.

HeadquartersDubai, United Arab Emirates
FocusQuantum applications, hybrid pipelines, validation
PlatformsSix, across three modalities
ProgrammesMBRIF Cohort 5 · GIC 2026 dual-track finalist
Largest run256 qubits, QuEra Aquila
Merlin Digital group
Merlin DigitalParent group, Dubai HexaGeneGenomics and longevity intelligence HexaMindApplied AI systems Merlin TechnologyEnterprise technology services
Hexagonal glass atom cell with copper feedthroughs

Milestones

  • Sep 2026156-qubit classical-to-quantum crossing adjudicated on IBM Heron.
  • Sep 2026Photoresist formulation map delivered on hardware, all four predictions inside band.
  • 2026Named dual-track finalist, GIC 2026 international quantum challenge; results 24 September.
  • 2026Selected for the Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund accelerator, Cohort 5.
  • Aug 2026Capability ledger published internally: 33 validated hardware capabilities across six platforms.
United Arab Emirates

Sovereign delivery from Dubai

Merlin Quantum is headquartered in the UAE and delivers to government and critical-infrastructure clients under the region's data-residency requirements.

Data residency

Client data stays in the UAE

Problem data, forecasts and results are processed and stored in-country. Only abstracted circuit descriptions reach hardware providers.

Local team

Delivery and support in Dubai

Engagements are run by the Dubai team, with Arabic-language documentation on request.

Priorities

Aligned to national programmes

Energy and water, materials and advanced manufacturing, mobility, health, and post-quantum cyber readiness.

News

Latest

Press enquiries: quantum@merlin-digital.com

  • Sep 2026Merlin Quantum to present at the Quantum Innovation Summit, Dubai, 28–30 September, and at the Technology Innovation Institute, Abu Dhabi, 1 October.
  • Sep 2026Merlin Quantum adjudicates a 156-qubit classical-to-quantum crossing on IBM Heron hardware.
  • 2026Merlin Quantum named a dual-track finalist in the GIC 2026 international quantum challenge. Final results announced 24 September.
  • 2026Merlin Quantum joins the Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund accelerator, Cohort 5.
A single row of trapped atoms with a measurement pulse
Contact

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Describe the question you want answered. Merlin Quantum returns a written assessment of whether a quantum input changes the answer, and a proposed pilot if it does.