In the first ever Q4Bio Challenge, research teams sought to demonstrate scalable quantum algorithms for healthcare, with \$2 million in prize money on the line.
Blog summary:
Six finalists were named in Wellcome Leap’s Quantum for Bio (Q4Bio) challenge, backed by $40 million in funding and a $2 million prize.
Q4Bio aims to accelerate development of quantum algorithms for healthcare that can run on quantum computers expected within three to five years.
Teams were required to run large‑scale demonstrations on real quantum hardware.
Five out of the six finalists used IBM quantum hardware for their research.
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