Quantinuum and Oracle on Tuesday announced a multi-year strategic partnership to bring quantum computing to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), the latest sign of the industry's race to commercialize the technology.

Under the deal, OCI customers will gain access to Quantinuum's Helios quantum computer through OCI's quantum service, allowing them to combine quantum processing with Oracle's graphics-processing and high-performance computing services. Helios — which was commercially launched in November — will be deployed on-site within OCI at a U.S.-based Oracle AI data center, and is expected to integrate with existing OCI services under the same governance customers already use.

"Together, Quantinuum and Oracle plan to explore how hybrid quantum-AI infrastructure could address some of the most computationally intensive challenges facing enterprises and broaden access for universities and research institutions advancing scientific discovery and education," the companies said in a statement.

Quantinuum CEO Rajeeb Hazra said the next phase of enterprise computing would be shaped by bringing quantum, AI and high-performance computing together, calling the partnership "a unique, deeply integrated environment for hybrid workloads." Oracle plans to preview its quantum service in the coming months, combining Quantinuum's development stack with open-source hybrid-programming frameworks so developers can build and test quantum-classical applications.

Financial terms of the partnership and a deployment date were not disclosed. The announcement comes as technology firms race to commercialize quantum computing, with cloud providers emerging as the primary distribution channel for the nascent technology.

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