--- title: Diffraqtion Raises More Than $10M for Quantum Camera... description: Diffraqtion, an MIT and University of Maryland spinout, has raised over $10 million in a pre-seed round backed by Lockheed Martin Ventures and Presidio... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/diffraqtion-raises-more-than-10m-for-quantum-camera-development-aukodlpfi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Diffraqtion Raises More Than $10M for Quantum Camera Development | daily.dev og:description: Diffraqtion, an MIT and University of Maryland spinout, has raised over $10 million in a pre-seed round backed by Lockheed Martin Ventures and Presidio... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/diffraqtion-raises-more-than-10m-for-quantum-camera-development-aukodlpfi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aUkODlPFI.png og:image:alt: Diffraqtion Raises More Than $10M for Quantum Camera Development og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Diffraqtion Raises More Than $10M for Quantum Camera Development **[The Quantum Insider](https://daily.dev/sources/thequantuminsider)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Diffraqtion, an MIT and University of Maryland spinout, has raised over $10 million in a pre-seed round backed by Lockheed Martin Ventures and Presidio Ventures (Sumitomo Corporation's venture arm), along with other investors. The company builds quantum camera platforms for defense and space sensing that resolve detail below the diffraction limit by sorting light by shape rather than brightness, without using qubits or cryogenics. It has completed on-sky demonstrations, advanced through DARPA's SBIR program, and won NASA contracts including a $100,000 Space to Soil Challenge. The new funding will go toward building its first fielded camera, with flight heritage planned via a hosted payload on a partner spacecraft. Peter Kazlas, formerly of E Ink and QD Vision, has joined as Head of Engineering to lead the effort. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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