Sean to speak at Chicago Quantum Summit 2025
Our CTO Dr Sean Sullivan wil discuss the latest advances in quantum networking security at the 2025 Chicago Quantum Summit alongside Dr. Ramana Kompella, Head of Cisco Research along with Konstantinos Karagiannis as the moderator. The summit is the premier annual event for the Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE), a leading intellectual hub that unites industry, national […]
Quantum computing arrives at the Chicago South side with PICs & Shovels

Huge congratulations to our friends at PsiQuantum on officially breaking ground for their new facility at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was joined by leading quantum business, research, academic, and government institutions to celebrate the groundbreaking of the facility located at the Quantum Shore on Chicago’s South SIde. As a […]
memQ hosts Quantum Networking Bootcamp at Quantum World Congress

memQ is pleased to share that our Quantum Networking Bootcamp at Quantum World Congress was a major success, bringing together an audience of both academic and enterprise technologists to really dig into how to accomplish quantum networking. The strong engagement and rich line of questioning confirms the appetite for knowledge, guidance, and early deployments – […]
memQ Is Shaping the Quantum Landscape With Ansys

Simulation enables memQ to mimic complex interactions at the atomic level, and such precision is crucial for the development of reliable and scalable quantum networks. memQ’s approach to using simulation tools involves initial in-house fabrication and short feedback loops to refine their designs. Once they are confident in their simulations, they proceed to external foundries […]
memQ Strengthens Advisory Board with Appointment of Quantum Industry Luminary Professor David Awschalom
CHICAGO, Aug. 20, 2025 memQ announced today the appointment of Professor David Awschalom to the company’s advisory board. Professor Awschalom is a globally recognized pioneer in the field of quantum science and currently serves as a distinguished professor at the University of Chicago as well as holding the position of senior scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. Read the full […]
memQ Secures Government Awards for Quantum Network Development
memQ has won two U.S. government awards to advance critical technologies that support our mission of building scalable quantum networks. 🚀 NASA award for Integrated Photonics Control • memQ will build on its existing technology portfolio for next-gen photonic integrated circuits (PICs) that use advanced materials• Commercial applications will include the controlled delivery of light […]
Our CTO, Sean Sullivan has deep roots in the Chicago South Works site

Sean Sullivan’s great grandfathers, grandfather, uncles and aunts worked at the U.S. Steel South Works mill before it closed 30 years ago. Now the co-founder and CTO of quantum tech company memQ, he plans to bring his work to the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park being built on the same site Read on to learn […]
University of Chicago Highlights memQ Co-Founder Manish Singh in Alumni Profile

Read the alumni profile University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering did on Manish Singh, our co-founder.