US-based full-stack quantum computing company Quantinuum (Honeywell-Cambridge Quantum Computing joint venture) has launched its computational chemistry software platform to assist researchers in performing quantum-chemistry algorithms in existing noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) machines.

The platform—previously named “EUMEN” during its beta testing with its customers including BMW, Honeywell, Roche, and Nippon Steel Corporation—will be commercially available under the name “InQuanto” as a standalone software and will leverage the company’s Python-based software development kit, TKET. 

InQuanto will enable industrial chemists to create custom quantum workflows to apply quantum technology in chemistry-related applications. It also provides noise-mitigation techniques for NISQ machines and a fragmentation feature that allows the breaking down of systems to be performed separately.

Analyst QuickTake: Although there’s still time for a fully functional quantum computer to be available, quantum software developers have been developing applications for a variety of use cases, especially battery development, drug discovery, and material science. The new InQuanto developed by Quantinuum’s software team (previously Cambridge Quantum Computing), is expected to accelerate industrial adoption of quantum computing and make users quantum-ready when the hardware is available. The company also released a cryptographic key generation platform “Quantum Origin” in December 2021.