Mitsubishi Electric invests in optical quantum computing startup OptQC via ME Innovation Fund

• Mitsubishi Electric’s ME Innovation Fund invested in OptQC, a University of Tokyo spinout developing optical quantum computer hardware.
• Transaction gives Mitsubishi Electric early exposure to OptQC’s hardware roadmap, component ecosystem, customer base, market trends.
• OptQC’s architecture targets scalable qubit growth with limited system-size expansion, positioning optical quantum computing for industrial deployment.
• OptQC has delivered a first commercial system to a public research institution, supplied hardware modules to private-sector companies.
• Investment is the fund’s 16th, supporting Mitsubishi Electric’s push to build quantum-computing businesses in industrial applications.

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