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BQP secured a strategic investment from IBM Ventures, bringing its total funding to $8 million to expand its physics-simulation platform beyond aerospace and defense.

BQP said contracted and committed revenue has increased eightfold since its 2025 seed round, while its customer base has tripled and platform users have grown twentyfold.

Its BQPhy platform runs physics and AI solvers on existing CPU and GPU systems while preparing customers for future hybrid quantum-classical computing.

PRESS RELEASE — BQP, the physics acceleration company, today announced a strategic investment from IBM Ventures, the venture capital arm of IBM. The investment brings BQP‘s total funding to $8M and funds BQPhy®’s expansion from engineering design into operational deployment, scaling delivery and go-to-market as BQP expands beyond aerospace and defense. Venn10 Capital and existing investor Monta Vista Capital also participated. Since its 2025 seed round, backed by New York State’s venture arm and other institutional investors, BQP has grown contracted and committed revenue 8x, tripling its customer base and growing platform users 20x.