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Crypto Quantique is a venture capital-backed, London-based company that develops quantum-driven cyber security products for the internet of things. The stated focus of the company is combining quantum technologies with modern cryptography to develop hardware and software products that provide cyber security solutions and protect against hacking.
Crypto Quantique was founded in 2016 by Shahram Mossayebi (CEO, PhD in Post-Quantum Cryptography) and Patrick Camilleri (VP of R&D, PhD. Eng). The founders have developed quantum-driven secure silicon chip design alongside an end-to-end supporting architecture for cryptographic key and lifecycle management. Their technology aims to simplify the generation of a hardware root-of-trust for an IoT device coupled with a platform for securely onboarding IoT devices in untrusted environments.
In November 2021, Crypto Quantique, working with BT, successfully retrofitted a model-smart factory using the company's hardware and software products.
The company has invented a quantum-driven physically unclonable function (QD-PUF) on a piece of silicon. When this device is combined with Crypto Quantique's cryptographic application programming interface, there is end-to-end security for any connected device. With this device there is the elimination of multiple parties involved in the security chain, thus leaving fewer risks for security breaches.
This security can be utilized for artificial intelligence, smart cities, IoT, Big Data, devices that connect to the powering of major national infrastructure, and more. The technology for Crypto Quantique was developed by engineers from various fields, such as embedded cryptography and analog integrated circuit design along with front-end developers.
Crypto Quantique offers Q:Architecture, a security architecture made up of two products, one hardware and one software:
- QDID—a quantum-driven hardware root-of-trust generating unique identities and cryptographic keys.
- QuarkLink—an IoT security platform allowing users to manage their IoT system's security.
On September 24, 2019, Crypto Quantique completed its seed funding round with $8 million in funding from ADV (lead investor), Entrepreneur First, and other investors. The company plans on using the funding to hire more employees for its software development team and to enhance its platform's Key Management Service (KMS) and cryptography.
