Turn capability into economic impact.
A strong quantum ecosystem needs both breakthrough science and the companies capable of building, integrating, testing, and deploying new technologies.
The Utah Quantum Initiative creates a statewide table for industry, higher education, government, investors, and entrepreneurs to identify gaps, coordinate opportunities, and strengthen the path from discovery to market.
Research-to-market pathways
Promising discoveries need technical validation, customer insight, intellectual-property support, experienced teams, and access to capital. Coordinating those handoffs can help more Utah research progress toward licensing, new ventures, and industry partnerships.
Enabling hardware
Quantum systems rely on semiconductors, photonics, controls, cryogenic electronics, packaging, interconnects, and precision manufacturing. Utah can connect its existing industrial base with emerging quantum supply-chain needs.
Pilots & early customers
Aerospace, defense, life sciences, energy, logistics, and critical infrastructure can provide valuable settings for evaluating quantum-enabled technologies. Responsible pilots can clarify performance, demand, and the requirements for adoption.
Connect Utah to national opportunities
The Utah Quantum Institute, in partnership with GOED, will maintain a tracked pipeline of federal and industry opportunities, identify a lead for each proposal or partnership, and communicate Utah’s validated capabilities through partner briefings, campaign materials, and national outreach.
Specific programs and investments remain subject to council action, available funding, and applicable legislative or administrative authorization. Review the public strategy overview.