Company profile
Aegiq
Sheffield company combining deterministic photon source technology with silicon photonics, using external foundries to build photonic quantum computing chipsets.
Company overview
Aegiq, in Sheffield, is developing photonic quantum computers. It combines deterministic single-photon sources, based on semiconductor quantum dots, with silicon photonic circuits, and aims to build compact, rack-mounted systems for HPC and data centre environments. It works as a fabless company, having its photonic chipsets made by foundry and manufacturing partners. It also develops tensor-network software that runs on today's GPUs.
Semiconductor activity
Primary capability: Photonic Integrated Circuits. Supply-chain role: Photonic chip design, Quantum systems.
Technologies and capabilities
- Quantum
- Photonics
- Silicon
Photonic quantum computing systems; Deterministic photon sources; Tensor-network software
Markets served
- Quantum computing
- High-performance computing
UK presence
Sheffield, Yorkshire. Part of the Yorkshire cluster.
Sources and verification
Last verified: 2026-09-29