Ecosistema cuántico de América Latina

MCTI-Softex R$5B plan 2025–2034. Three pillars: computing, communication, sensing. Largest public quantum investment commitment in LATAM.

Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas. Quantum technologies lab inaugurated June 2024. Operational dilution refrigerator. Historical quantum information research center.

Centro Internacional de Computação Quântica. R$150M. 20+100 qubit superconducting systems. Partner: Suzhou Quantum Center (QuantumCTek family, China). First hardware arriving Aug 2026.

Quantum networks + PQC technology center. Virginia Tech CCI partnership 2024. Strategic supplier to Brazilian government telecom security programs.

Pioneer in Second Generation Quantum Technologies in Brazil. Develops quantum sensing and measurement devices. Founded 2021 in São Carlos, SP. Listed in Quantum Navigator as one of the few commercially active quantum companies in Brazil.

Quantum Technology in Agriculture. R$31M FAPESP / R$150M total including private match. Precision agriculture + quantum sensing. Co-leads: Embrapa and SENAI CIMATEC.

South American Institute for Fundamental Research. Quantum Research Group. Hosted 2nd LatAm QC School (2024).

International Institute of Physics at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Active in quantum research. Partner in Instituto Principia quantum technologies roadmap connecting institutions across Brazil.

São Paulo-based science institute building a quantum technologies network across Brazil and LATAM. Since 2020 coordinates quantum roadmap discussions connecting USP, UFSCar, Unicamp, UFRN, and international partners. Organises workshops and policy-adjacent events.

IBM Quantum Network member. Portfolio optimization pilot with documented +8% precision improvement. First LATAM bank with published quantum results.

PQC hardware + cryptographic HSMs. KeyGuardian: first portable PQC device globally (NIST 2024 standards). Certified by INMETRO. Only globally deployed PQC hardware from LATAM.

35-qubit quantum simulator at SENAI CIMATEC. Operational since 2023. Largest publicly accessible quantum simulator in Latin America.

National Laboratory for Scientific Computing. Quantum computing research + Rio Quântica MDI-QKD pilot at INMETRO.

Brazilian node of the global QWorld quantum education network. Mission: popularise quantum technologies through education and skills development. Organises workshops, programming courses, hackathons. Increases Brazil's presence in global quantum conversations.

Deep-tech startup developing quantum-electrochemical devices for drug discovery and ultra-sensitive molecular screening. Won World Economic Forum Quantum for Sustainability challenge (2025). Founded 2022.

Quantum algorithms + industry consulting. Albert Einstein Hospital imaging pilot. QuEra partnership via Venturus. Developed Neutrino OS (proprietary quantum OS).

Largest quantum hub in LATAM, based at SENAI CIMATEC (Salvador) — same campus as the KUATOMU simulator. EMBRAPII Competence Center. R$60M funding, 80+ researchers. Director: Valéria Loureiro da Silva. Primary focus: CV-QKD. Industry access via Technological Association model.

7 km MDI-QKD fiber quantum network. Operational. Built by UFPE Instituto Quanta. First metropolitan quantum network in Brazil.

QKD + quantum networks company. Operates MDI-QKD node at INMETRO. Partner in Rede Quântica Recife.

Inter Science Hub: quantum ML partnership with Oxford Quantum Circuits and Banco Inter. Focus on quantum algorithms for financial services.

Quantum communications research. Built and operates Rede Quântica Recife (7 km MDI-QKD fiber network).

Quantum research at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Key researchers: Gabriela Barreto Lemos, Luiz Davidovich. One of three Brazilian universities (alongside UNICAMP and UTFPR) leading quantum curriculum and middleware research.

Quantum research at Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Key researcher: Celso Villas-Boas. Member of RIPAISC quantum software engineering network and the Instituto Principia quantum roadmap initiative.

Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin. Leads FAPESP QuTIa (R$150M quantum agriculture program). Nanophotonics + quantum optics. Key researcher: Gustavo Wiederhecker.

CNRS-USP IRC Transitions quantum pillar. 15 USP + 15 CNRS researchers. Bradesco quantum ML partnership. Inaugurated 2024.

Federal Technological University of Paraná. Advancing quantum curriculum and quantum software research. Identified alongside UNICAMP and UFRJ as a leading Brazilian institution in quantum education by Impact Quantum.

Bosch-affiliated technology center. First LatAm QuEra (neutral-atom) partner (June 2024). Neutral-atom Center of Excellence. Target sectors: agri, finance, health, logistics.

Defense research institute quantum optics division (UNIDEF/CONICET). QKD prototypes (free-space + fiber). ARSAT collaboration for national fiber QKD deployment.

Quantum circuits research at División Dispositivos y Sensores, Centro Atómico Bariloche (CNEA). Theoretical, experimental, and computational work on quantum circuits. Part of the CNEA/CONICET Bariloche ecosystem alongside Instituto Balseiro.

Quantum matter research at Instituto Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Básicas (ICB-CONICET), Mendoza. Theoretical and computational quantum condensed matter.

Quantum computing and complex systems research at Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas en Electrónica (ICYTE), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Theoretical and computational focus.

Quantum dynamics and decoherence research at Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola (CONICET-UNC). Studies charge and spin excitations. Includes LANAIS NMR facilities. Theoretical, experimental, and computational.

Cluster of quantum research at Instituto de Física La Plata (CONICET-UNLP). Lines include quantum logic and probability, and quantum information in many-body systems. Cloud quantum computing access. Theoretical and computational.

CNEA/CONICET. Quantum field theory, condensed matter. Key researchers: Horacio Casini, Gonzalo Torroba. Time crystal research with potential for quantum signal transduction.

Quantum metrology department at INTI (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial), Argentina's national standards institute. Experimental quantum measurement standards. Located in San Martín, Greater Buenos Aires.

Executive quantum computing course at Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires. Targeted at technical and business professionals entering the quantum space.

Experimental quantum research group at Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires (IFIBA), FCEyN-UBA. Cold ions and atoms platform. Distinct experimental track from the theoretical QuICC group at the same university.

Quantum software engineering research group at Centro de Investigación LIFIA, Facultad de Informática, UNLP. Member of RIPAISC ibero-american network for quantum software engineering.

Interinstitutional Strengthening of Quantum Science and Technology (Res. 2022-243). Funding up to USD 1.2M/project. 7 projects selected in first round. Two calls/year.

Quantum-as-a-Service (QaaS) platform using AI agents to run quantum workloads for finance, pharma, cybersecurity, materials science, and education. In July 2025, QNow signed an alliance with QURECA to deliver quantum computing education and workforce training across Latin America.

Multi-institutional quantum computing platform. CONICET, UBA, UNC, UNSAM, Instituto Balseiro. Superconductor qubit platform under construction. Director: Mario Di Costanzo.

Quantum information + computing group at ICC (UBA/CONICET). Nonlocality, quantum algorithms, programming language foundations. Hosted QPL 2024 (21st international conference).

LATAM quantum ecosystem builder led by Matias Bilkis. Works across three pillars: talent development (quantum ML training and workshops), infrastructure access (connecting regional teams to quantum compute), and applications (running quantum POCs in agro, energy, health, and finance). Active in Argentina and expanding across the region.

Quantum computing research at CAETI (Centro de Altos Estudios en Tecnología Informática), Universidad Abierta Interamericana. Member of RIPAISC quantum software engineering network.

3-qubit NMR system + AWS cloud access. Shared across 11 universities: UBA, UNC, UNSAM, UNLP, UNQ, UNAJ and others. First sub-national quantum computing network in LATAM.

Quantum computing research at Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNICEN). Member of RIPAISC quantum software engineering network. Based in Tandil.

Only formal national quantum strategy in LATAM. Three axes: computing, sensing, communications. Priority sectors: mining, energy, telecom, health. Launched Dec 2025 by President Boric with 400+ stakeholders.

Centro de Óptica Cuántica e Información Cuántica. Optomechanical systems, quantum control, quantum information theory.

Quantum computing research at the Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación, Universidad de Chile. Member of RIPAISC ibero-american quantum software engineering network.

Spun from Quantum Optics Lab, Universidad de Chile. Specialized laser systems + single/entangled photon sources for research instrumentation. ANID Startup Ciencia 2026 winner (CLP 60M). Commercial demo Q2 2027.

Millennium Institute for Research in Optics (ANID). Multi-university: UdeC, U. Chile, USACH, U. Los Andes, UC Chile. Quantum optics, quantum information, photonic lattices. Director: Aldo Delgado. Main academic coordination hub in Chile.

First universal quantum computer of Chile. Neutral-atom platform. ANID-funded (Research Rings 2025). Directors: Dardo Goyeneche (PUC Chile), Ariel Norambuena (USM). Corporate partner: CoreDevX. Under construction.

Self-testing QRNG with real-time health verification + tamper detection (patented). May 2026: first quantum-safe link for Chile's electricity grid (CEN). Healthcare: electronic medical records protection. CEO: Paulina Assmann.

Quantum computing research activities at Universidad Católica del Norte. Member of RIPAISC quantum software engineering network. Based in Antofagasta.

Quantum computing research at Universidad de la Frontera. Member of RIPAISC quantum software engineering network. Based in Temuco, Araucanía region.

Quantum computing research activities at Universidad del Bío-Bío. Member of RIPAISC quantum software engineering network. Based in Concepción.

Quantum computing and quantum optics at Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Key researcher: Guillermo Romero Huenchuñir. USACH is a member institution of the MIRO Millennium Institute for Research in Optics.

Centro de Investigación en Computación at Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Federal research centre with quantum computing research. Member of RIPAISC ibero-american quantum software engineering network.

Theoretical and experimental quantum physics groups. Pioneer quantum education hardware (SpinQ). Multi-level quantum curriculum from foundational to research-grade.

Free 2-semester postgraduate quantum program by Claudia Zendejas-Morales (UNAM/QWorld). 1,500+ students, 100+ countries. Most widely reached LATAM-initiated quantum education program.

Active Qiskit + quantum education community at UNAM. Most active LATAM Qiskit Fall Festival hub. Spanish-language quantum resource for the entire region.

Quantum Information Processing Group. Director: Salvador Venegas-Andraca. Quantum walks, ML, image processing. AstraZeneca quantum bioinformatics knowledge transfer (2023). LACChain PQC blockchain with IDB + Cambridge Quantum (2021).

Quantum computing research group at Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas. Member of RIPAISC quantum software engineering network.

Quantum physics, quantum optics, theoretical quantum information. Photonic circuit fabrication lab (LaNNaFab, ISO 5 cleanroom). Annual quantum summer school (4th edition, Aug 2025).

Two SpinQ Gemini Mini Pro NMR quantum computers (delivered Feb 2025). CECAv, Engineering Faculty. First real quantum hardware at a LATAM public university. Director: José Antonio Hernández Espriú.

MinCiencias quantum + AI funding. COP 20,000M (~USD 5.2M). Up to USD 395K/project. Quantum thematic lines: information processing, secure comms, sensing + strategic minerals (nickel, emeralds, copper). Launched April 2025.

5-year bilateral cooperation on AI + quantum with China. Most explicit LATAM state-level quantum foreign policy agreement outside Brazil. Signed June 2025.

Quantum computing and post-quantum cryptography research at Fundación Universitaria de Popayán. Led PQC initiatives with stated international scope. Member of RIPAISC. Active in TLISC workshop activities.

Colombia's first quantum computer: SpinQ Gemini Lab (NMR-based, room temperature). Unveiled December 2024. Research: biological system simulations, PQC, AI. Key faculty: Prof. Julián Rincón.

Quantum computing education at Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD). Hosts "Tardes de TIC" public sessions covering quantum software engineering. Member of RIPAISC. Distributed campus model across Colombia.

~55 professors and students. Quantum ML, optimization, food security applications. Weekly public QC courses on Twitch + YouTube. Tens of thousands of views. No local hardware — cloud-first model.

Quantum software engineering research at Universidad del Cauca. Member of RIPAISC ibero-american quantum network. Based in Popayán, Cauca.

Universidad técnica pública con engagement cuántico emergente: tesis sobre algoritmos cuánticos (Shor, búsqueda) y, en 2025, organizó el Primer Simposio de Ciencia y Tecnología Cuántica de Ecuador (IYQ2025, con UNESCO). Docencia y eventos más que un grupo de investigación consolidado.

Jiří Svozilík, teórico de óptica e información cuántica (pares de fotones entrelazados, sistemas abiertos no-Markovianos), es el investigador con afiliación ecuatoriana actual más activo en el área. Antes en Yachay Tech. Su producción cuántica específica se desaceleró tras 2020.

Spin-off de I+D (est. 2013) de la Agencia Espacial Civil Ecuatoriana (EXA). Propuso la QSAT Network (QSNet): distribución cuántica de claves (QKD) satelital con CubeSats como repetidores cuánticos móviles. Único esfuerzo de I+D cuántica del país, sin avances concretos desde ~2017.

Iniciativa de base de divulgación y educación en computación cuántica: mentoría 1:1 gratuita para estudiantes de primaria y secundaria, masterclasses online y eventos de difusión. La recencia de su actividad no es verificable de forma independiente.

Universidad pública de investigación (fundada en 2014). Su Escuela de Ciencias Físicas y Nanotecnología fue la semilla de la actividad cuántica del país: trabajo revisado por pares sobre no-Markovianidad en sistemas cuánticos abiertos (Svozilík & Hidalgo-Sacoto, Scientific Reports 2020). Huella cuántica actual reducida.

Ernesto Medina Dagger (PhD, MIT) dirige el MSc en Física y el PhD en Materiales Avanzados de la USFQ. Investiga transporte cuántico, decoherencia, selectividad de espín inducida por quiralidad (CISS) e información cuántica, con actividad reciente confirmada (J. Chem. Phys., 2026).

Most commercially mature quantum company in LATAM. APSO: air/maritime cargo loading optimization (Aerolíneas Argentinas). First LATAM IBM Quantum Network member (July 2022). Also Microsoft Quantum Network member. Founded 2019.

Quantum computing research at Universidad de la República (UdelaR), Uruguay's main public university. Member of RIPAISC alongside Quantum-South and Universidad de Montevideo.

Quantum computing at Universidad de Montevideo. Origin institution of Quantum-South: the startup was founded in 2019 by Rafael Sotelo (then Dean of Engineering at UM) after the Airbus Quantum Computing Challenge. Member of RIPAISC.

National Cybersecurity Strategy 2024–2030 mandates PQC migration for critical infrastructure. First LATAM country to formally require post-quantum cryptography at the national level.

Iniciativa de computación cuántica del Tecnológico de Costa Rica (Johan Carvajal-Godínez): formación con Qiskit/IBM Quantum, talleres y la comunidad QuantumCR. Orientada a capacitación más que a investigación o hardware.

Centro de Investigación en Ciencia e Ingeniería de Materiales de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Líneas de óptica cuántica experimental (Edgar Rojas-González) y teoría de materia condensada cuántica (Gian Guzmán-Verri). Núcleo académico del incipiente hub costarricense.

Universidad Nacional. SpinQ NMR quantum hardware. Only confirmed quantum hardware in Central America. Pioneer in Central American quantum education.

Instituto de Cibernética, Matemática y Física (CITMA). Su departamento de Física Teórica produjo trabajos de información y óptica cuántica concentrados sobre todo en la década de 2000; hoy la actividad es mayormente física teórica y astrofísica. Sin programa cuántico dedicado ni hardware.

Facultad de Física de la principal universidad cubana. Investigación teórica en materia condensada, óptica y fundamentos cuánticos. Sin línea experimental cuántica ni infraestructura; el aporte al área es puramente teórico.

Quantum computing research or education at Universidad Autónoma de Asunción, Paraguay. Member of RIPAISC quantum software engineering network.

Quantum computing research or education at Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay's main public university. Member of RIPAISC ibero-american quantum software engineering network.

Free quantum education pipeline founded by Daniella Vargas Saldana and Freddy Herrera Cueva. Module 1 targets secondary school students (mathematics and computing track, 23 participants); Module 2 covers quantum fundamentals for early undergraduates (36 participants). Research from the program finds that motivation language predicts quantum learning performance (arXiv:2602.19659).

UNMSM quantum computing group. ~50 members, 13 regional initiatives, Spanish-language content. Collaboration with Leibniz Universität Hannover + QUDORA Technologies (trapped-ion engineering).

Única línea cuántica de Bolivia: teoría tight-binding de transporte cuántico y circuitos LC mesoscópicos con carga discreta (Sanjinés, Mamani, Velasco) en el Instituto de Investigaciones Físicas de la UMSA. Evidencia 2024 en quant-ph ('The Kepler problem on the lattice'). Grupo chico, solo teoría.

Escuela de Física de la Universidad de El Salvador. Laboratorio de espectroscopía óptica (Carlos Rudamas) que estudia nanoestructuras semiconductoras y puntos cuánticos. Única actividad experimental cercana a lo cuántico en el país.

Escuela de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de San Carlos. Grupo de sistemas cuánticos de muchos cuerpos y entrelazamiento (Giovanni Ramírez García), con publicaciones recientes. Único foco cuántico genuino del país, de carácter teórico.

First quantum computer in Panama: SpinQ Gemini Mini Pro. Educational + quantum consulting focus. Marks Panama's entry into the regional quantum ecosystem.

Laboratorio de dinámica de materiales cuánticos de la Universidad de Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (Sergiy Lysenko): óptica ultrarrápida y transiciones de fase en materiales cuánticos, con financiamiento NSF y ARO (~1M USD, 2025). Puerto Rico es territorio de EE.UU.

Departamento de Física de la University of the West Indies (Roger Andrews): teoría de información y óptica cuántica desde hace más de dos décadas. Único grupo con trabajo cuántico sostenido en el Caribe anglófono.

Quantum computing group at Universidad Central de Venezuela (Faculty of Science). Quantum software engineering and technology anticipation. QML workshop (March 2025), 2025–2026 course. Open to students, faculty, and enthusiasts. First confirmed quantum group in Venezuela.

Pan-LATAM alliance (April 2025). Active in Chile, Peru, Colombia. Kipu Quantum (Germany) provides compression-based algorithms for 1,000–5,000 physical qubits. NTT DATA as regional systems integrator.

Pan-LATAM annual quantum conference. Organizers: QURECA + TEC12 + INEXU. Editions: 2021, 2022 (61 speakers, 550 attendees), 2023; 2026 Medellín Oct 21–23 (hybrid).