# Haiqu

> Haiqu is a quantum software company building a hardware-aware operating system that helps enterprise and scientific R&D teams run larger, more useful workloads on today's quantum computers - without waiting for fully fault-tolerant machines. Its full-stack platform combines agentic R&D tooling, an optimization SDK, and a runtime that the company says can cut quantum execution cost and time by orders of magnitude. Founded in 2022 and backed by an $11M seed round led by Primary Venture Partners, Haiqu works with early enterprise users including Capgemini, HSBC, BMO, Airbus, and Deloitte.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Richard Givhan (Co-founder & CEO), Mykola Maksymenko (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~21 employees (20+), distributed across the US, Canada, Ukraine, UK, EU, and Singapore
- **Products:** Agentic Quantum Operating System, Agentic R&D, Haiqu SDK, Haiqu Runtime
- **Notable:** Raised an $11M seed round in January 2026 led by Primary Venture Partners - among the largest seed rounds in quantum software., Launched the Agentic Quantum Operating System, described as the first full-stack quantum intelligence platform for enterprise and scientific R&D., Anomaly-detection work validated in collaboration with IBM and BMO.

## Products & services

- **Agentic Quantum Operating System** — A full-stack 'quantum intelligence' platform - billed as the first agentic OS for quantum R&D teams - that spans ideation, optimization, and execution across different quantum hardware modalities.
- **Agentic R&D** — AI-assisted tooling that converts rough quantum ideas into functional prototypes in days by encoding quantum expertise into agents.
- **Haiqu SDK** — A software development kit that optimizes algorithm performance through efficient data loading, circuit compression, and error mitigation - loading 1M+ data features onto 156 qubits and enabling ~100x more operations on target hardware.
- **Haiqu Runtime** — An orchestration layer that manages execution across quantum devices to reduce time and cost of QPU execution by up to 1000x.

## Achievements

- Raised an $11M seed round in January 2026 led by Primary Venture Partners - among the largest seed rounds in quantum software.
- Launched the Agentic Quantum Operating System, described as the first full-stack quantum intelligence platform for enterprise and scientific R&D.
- Anomaly-detection work validated in collaboration with IBM and BMO.
- Secured early-access enterprise users including Capgemini, HSBC, BMO, Airbus, and Deloitte.
- Raised $4M pre-seed in 2023 to advance near-term quantum adoption.
- Recruited Antonio Mei, former Principal Technical PM for Microsoft's Majorana quantum program, as product lead.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Launched the Agentic Quantum Operating System for enterprise applications R&D, with early access for users including Capgemini and Deloitte.
- **2026-01** — Closed an $11M seed round led by Primary Venture Partners to launch its hardware-aware quantum operating system and expand its international team.
- **2023-06** — Raised $4M in pre-seed funding to boost adoption of near-term quantum computing.

## Links

- Website: https://haiqu.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/haiquai/
- GitHub: https://github.com/haiqu-ai

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Last updated: 2026-08-05