What sets Orca Computing apart from other quantum technology developers is its use of fibre optics and photonics to overcome one of the key challenges facing the sector – the disruption that can be caused by outside forces such as magnetic fields and thermal energy on qubits, the building blocks of quantum computing.

“What you need for a quantum computer to be really effective is an object that is super-isolated,” explained Richard Murray, Orca’s co-founder and chief executive. “It must…