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Targeting the US$250 billion market, QAI Ventures launches the QuantumAI Accelerator in Singapore.

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The opening of a VC-funded accelerator and IP-driven venture builder devoted to fostering Quantum AI businesses and Advanced Computing has been formally announced by QAI Ventures, a prominent worldwide venture capital (VC) firm and well-known creator of the Quantum AI ecosystem. This historic project, which was carried out in collaboration with Enterprise Singapore, aims to further Singapore’s goal of becoming a worldwide QuantumAI Hub by utilizing QAI Ventures’ experience as a worldwide investor.

Concurrent with the Singapore Week of Innovation & Technology (SWITCH) 2025, the announcement was made. The launch comes after QAI Venture, in collaboration with Enterprise Singapore, announced on September 18, 2025, that it would establish its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore. The team will discuss their vision for the region and highlight the revolutionary potential of QuantumAI technologies at the official launch event, which is invite-only and scheduled for October 30, 2025, at the SWITCH Conference. Digital Industry Singapore, SWITCH, and Enterprise Singapore are supporting this expansion.

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Tapping into the QuantumAI Revolution

The future of computing at the nexus of AI and quantum technologies defines the rapidly expanding QuantumAI industry, which is the strategic focus of QAI Ventures. The accelerator is set up to handle the crucial transition of artificial intelligence toward quantum computing.

Quantum technology has the potential to unlock a $250 billion market value across a variety of industries, including materials science, finance, medicines, and logistics, according to Bain & Company. The sources further emphasize the enormous speed advantage of this technology, pointing out that, according to Google data, quantum computers are 13,000 times quicker than supercomputers.

The company’s choice to locate its initiatives in Singapore is a component of a larger initiative to develop QuantumAI in Asia. The manifesto of QAI Ventures highlights a number of fundamental principles, such as advancing quantum innovation, leading technological change, appreciating people and diversity, and working together to create boundary-pushing synergy.

Details of the Accelerator and Venture Building Programs

The QuantumAI Accelerator Program and a companion Venture Building Program are the two cornerstone initiatives of the new effort.

The Accelerator is a rigorous five-month program created especially to give early-stage founders more leverage. Its main objective is to assist these founders in converting scientific discoveries in QuantumAI into scalable, investment-ready businesses. A global network of top quantum technologists, venture capitalists (VCs), and business executives will be available to advise participants directly.

Masterclasses on important business subjects are included in the curriculum; these cover anything from company governance and fundraising to IP strategy and product-market fit. A high-profile Demo Day marks the program’s conclusion, giving companies the chance to showcase their ideas to a global audience of partners and investors in hopes of landing their next growth stage.

The first cohort’s application period began on October 29, 2025, and will end on March 2, 2026. The actual program is scheduled to begin in the middle of 2026. Participants must be incorporated startups with teams of at least two founders that have successfully finished a due diligence procedure in order to be eligible.

In 2026, the Venture Building Program is also planned to launch in addition to the accelerator. The goal of this initiative is to turn Singapore’s top-notch research and intellectual property (IP) into commercially viable companies. In order to increase innovation and job creation, QAI Ventures intends to use its unique database which includes more than 2,000 pertinent patents to establish and spin off new businesses in Singapore.

This venture building strategy is aimed toward serial entrepreneurs who want to go into the Deep Tech and Quantum industries as well as scientists who have strong intellectual property and the desire to start a business. With three in the first year and four in the second, QAI Ventures hopes to register seven new ventures in Singapore by 2027.

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GenQ Hackathon Success and Talent Scouting

The winners of QAI Ventures’ Global Quantum Hackathon Series, GenQ, the first successful activation event to find talent for the new Accelerator Program, were revealed in conjunction with the Singapore launch.

Siddhant Dutta, a PhD candidate at NTU Singapore’s College of Computing & Data Science, and Pavana P. Karanth, an undergraduate CSE student at GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women, are representing the victors, who have been called Quantum Kitties.

Applying QuantumAI to solve particular financial sector issues was the main emphasis of the Singapore hackathon, which was in line with UN Sustainable Development Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth. Energy (Calgary) and Life Sciences (Geneva) were the subjects of other GenQ editions.

Participants in Singapore addressed real-world issues where QuantumAI can have an instantaneous impact on the sector, including Fraud Detection, Portfolio Optimization, and Counterparty Credit Risk.

In particular, DBS Bank’s Fraud Detection problem was addressed by Quantum Kitties. Their innovative use of Interpretable Quantum Graph Neural Networks for post-hoc credit card fraud detection was the winning solution. The judges was struck by how well the quantum model captured the underlying data manifold, which led to better performance and easier interpretation.

As the victors, Dutta and Karanth received a “Golden Ticket,” which gives them immediate entry to the Accelerator Program’s last pre-selection stage and the opportunity to be a part of QAI Ventures’ first cohort in Singapore, which will begin operations in the middle of 2026.

QAI Ventures’ Global Footprint

Currently operating in several streams, QAI Ventures is a global venture capital organization that provides Startup Accelerators throughout North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The company runs two venture capital funds: an Early-Stage VC Fund and a Growth-Stage VC Fund. The latter makes investments in extremely curated late-stage Quantum/AI growth firms around the world.

With the establishment of the Singapore accelerator, QAI Ventures continues its strong track record in North America and Europe, where it has incubated more than 20 startups in the last three years, adding to its portfolio of 27 firms. Key members of the QAI Ventures team include Tobias Denzler PhD (Head of Science & Technology), Arianna Maschietto (Director of the Global Accelerator), Alexandra Beckstein (CEO & Co-Founder), and Anca Albu (COO & Fund Ops).

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