--- title: Dirac Labs Raises $1.8M for Quantum Navigation Sensors description: Dirac Labs, a University of Wisconsin-Madison spinout, has raised $1.8 million in pre-seed funding to prototype diamond-based quantum magnetometry sensors that... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/dirac-labs-raises-1-8m-for-quantum-navigation-sensors-xf1pmmj8b twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Dirac Labs Raises $1.8M for Quantum Navigation Sensors | daily.dev og:description: Dirac Labs, a University of Wisconsin-Madison spinout, has raised $1.8 million in pre-seed funding to prototype diamond-based quantum magnetometry sensors that... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/dirac-labs-raises-1-8m-for-quantum-navigation-sensors-xf1pmmj8b og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Xf1pMmJ8b.png og:image:alt: Dirac Labs Raises $1.8M for Quantum Navigation Sensors 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. # Dirac Labs Raises $1.8M for Quantum Navigation Sensors **[The Quantum Insider](https://daily.dev/sources/thequantuminsider)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Dirac Labs, a University of Wisconsin-Madison spinout, has raised $1.8 million in pre-seed funding to prototype diamond-based quantum magnetometry sensors that provide positioning in GPS-denied environments like underwater and underground. The system combines quantum sensing hardware with AI-based signal processing and sensor fusion, and is designed to plug into existing GPS ports on platforms like airplanes and submarines. Investors include TitletownTech, Automotive Ventures, Riceberg Ventures, quantumEDGE Ventures, Jude Gomila and Balaji Srinivasan, alongside earlier non-dilutive public funding from IUSSTF, gener8tor's NOAA-backed accelerator, and the Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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