波士顿的量子软件公司Zapata Quantum于周二宣布，已正式加入IBM量子网络。该公司将借助IBM的量子计算机来为客户开发相关软件。
Zapata Quantum, a Boston quantum software company, has joined the IBM Quantum Network, it said on Tuesday. It will use IBM’s machines to build software for its clients.
Zapata并不生产量子硬件，而是协助各类机构确定哪些问题适合由量子计算机来解决，随后再开发相应的软件。该公司指出，当前量子硬件的发展速度已远超配套软件的发展速度。
Zapata does not make quantum hardware. Instead, it helps organisations figure out which problems quantum computers can solve, then creates the software to do that. It says hardware is improving faster than the software that uses it.
Zapata首席执行官苏米特·卡普尔表示：“IBM在实现容错型量子计算方面取得了显著进展，这也使得量子应用领域的差距愈发凸显。”
“The rapid progress IBM is making on the path to fault-tolerant quantum computing brings the quantum application gap into sharper focus,” said Sumit Kapur, Zapata’s chief executive.
IBM计划于2029年推出首台具备自我纠错能力的容错型量子计算机。Zapata联合创始人兼战略副总裁乔尼·奥尔森指出，IBM的超导量子计算机运行速度极快，因此深受客户青睐。
IBM aims to deliver its first fault-tolerant quantum computer, one that can correct its own errors, by 2029. Jonny Olson, Zapata’s co-founder and vice-president of strategy, said IBM’s superconducting machines appeal to customers because they run fast.
乔尼·奥尔森还说道：“加入IBM量子网络后，我们便能更精准地发掘那些需要高速量子计算系统的企业，并协助它们在量子技术真正带来投资回报时做好充分准备。”
“Joining the IBM Quantum Network lets us better identify valuable opportunities for organizations that need the fastest systems, and then prepare those organizations for the precise moment that quantum gives them real ROI,” said Jonny Olson.
两家公司此前便有过合作。在2025年发表于《自然·生物技术》的一项研究中，Zapata借助IBM的硬件设备开展研究，成功发现了多种可作用于KRAS蛋白的潜在药物，该蛋白与多种癌症的发生密切相关。此外，双方科研人员还共同撰写了一篇关于利用量子芯片进行质因数分解的研究论文。
The two companies have worked together before. In a 2025 Nature Biotechnology study, Zapata ran part of its work on IBM hardware and found possible drug candidates aimed at KRAS, a protein linked to several cancers. Scientists from both firms also co-wrote a paper on using a quantum chip to factor numbers.
Zapata从合作中积累的经验将用于完善其开发的Quantum Pilot工具，该工具可协助企业筛选并开发合适的量子应用项目，且兼容各类厂商生产的量子硬件。
What Zapata learns will feed into Quantum Pilot, a tool that helps firms pick and build the right projects. It is built to run on any maker’s hardware.
此次合作正值Zapata经历破产重组后重新起航的一年之际。这家2017年从哈佛大学衍生出的企业，于2025年9月完成重组后重新运营，目前已在美国OTCQB市场挂牌交易。
The deal comes a year after Zapata’s comeback. The firm, which spun out of Harvard in 2017, re-emerged in September 2025 after a bankruptcy restructuring and now trades on the OTCQB market in the US.