--- title: Qarakal Quantum And Quantum Elements Receive BIRD... description: Quantum Elements and Qarakal Quantum were selected by the Israel-U.S. BIRD Foundation for a $2.4 million project to build a quantum simulation platform for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/qarakal-quantum-and-quantum-elements-receive-bird-foundation-grant-for-quantum-computing-innovation--ex4gbap6v twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Qarakal Quantum And Quantum Elements Receive BIRD Foundation Grant For Quantum Computing Innovation With a $2.4 Million Budget | daily.dev og:description: Quantum Elements and Qarakal Quantum were selected by the Israel-U.S. BIRD Foundation for a $2.4 million project to build a quantum simulation platform for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/qarakal-quantum-and-quantum-elements-receive-bird-foundation-grant-for-quantum-computing-innovation--ex4gbap6v og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/EX4GbaP6v.png og:image:alt: Qarakal Quantum And Quantum Elements Receive BIRD Foundation Grant For Quantum Computing Innovation With a $2.4 Million Budget 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. # Qarakal Quantum And Quantum Elements Receive BIRD Foundation Grant For Quantum Computing Innovation With a $2.4 Million Budget **[The Quantum Insider](https://daily.dev/sources/thequantuminsider)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Quantum Elements and Qarakal Quantum were selected by the Israel-U.S. BIRD Foundation for a $2.4 million project to build a quantum simulation platform for chemical reactions on material surfaces. The project is one of seven approved by the foundation. It combines Qarakal's modular superconducting quantum hardware with Quantum Elements' digital-twin software, AI-driven co-design and error-correction tools. The goal is a validated prototype that turns catalyst problems into quantum-ready workflows, benchmarking chemistry models and algorithms. Catalytic processes are involved in an estimated 80 to 90% of chemical products. The global chemical processing industry generates between $5 and $6 trillion annually. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the BIRD Foundation grant given to Qarakal Quantum and Quantum Elements for? The BIRD Foundation awarded Qarakal Quantum and Quantum Elements $2.4 million to jointly develop a quantum simulation platform for understanding chemical reactions on material surfaces, particularly catalyst chemistry. The project combines Qarakal's modular superconducting quantum hardware with Quantum Elements' digital-twin software, AI-driven co-design, error suppression and error correction tools, and is one of seven projects approved by the foundation. _Engineers evaluating quantum hardware-software co-design approaches can follow projects like this one on daily.dev._ ### How does Quantum Elements' digital-twin technology help with quantum hardware optimization for catalyst simulation? Quantum Elements' digital-twin technology models the behavior and noise environment of Qarakal's superconducting quantum system, enabling design decisions around compilation, calibration, pulse-level execution, error suppression, and algorithm design before limited quantum hardware time gets used. This lets the two companies jointly optimize hardware and chemistry workflows rather than treating quantum chemistry algorithms as independent of the underlying machine. _Those weighing hardware-software co-design strategies for quantum chemistry can track developments like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [University of Maryland Grant Targets Quantum and AI Tools for Cancer Research](https://daily.dev/posts/university-of-maryland-grant-targets-quantum-and-ai-tools-for-cancer-research-o4dwhbomp) · The Quantum Insider · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Quantum computers take on health care: light-sensitive cancer drugs win US$2-million contest](https://daily.dev/posts/quantum-computers-take-on-health-care-light-sensitive-cancer-drugs-win-us-2-million-contest-citzb9qas) · Nature · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Quantum Computing Is Getting Real. 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