Ecosystem Stakeholder | QUTAC Contribution |
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Hardware solution provider/component supplier | • Guidance on high-value use cases, reference problems and their business impact • Reference problems and benchmarks for assessing competitiveness of approach • Direct or indirect customer for future products |
Software solution provider | • Assess the suitability of abstractions, frameworks, and services for industry problems • Guidance on end-to-end application workflows including both quantum und classical steps • Reference problems and benchmarks |
Research institution and program (e.g., Hubs, DLR, Fraunhofer) | • Guide application-centric research with reference problems and benchmarks • Collaborative research and industrialization • Joint ventures and spin-off opportunities |
Investor | • Assess the viability of different approaches based on well-defined industry problems |
Policy maker | • Industry perspective for current and future research programs • Assess the viability of different approaches based on well-defined industry problems • Reduce investment risks by early assessment of transfer opportunities • Develop a multi-perspective research landscape across all stakeholders • Explore new policies that increase ecosystem collaboration and time-to-market |
QUTAC member | • De-risk through pre-competitive collaborative research • First-mover and competitive advantage for early access to technology • Explore potential business opportunities in the quantum ecosystem |