QNu Labs
QNu Labs (or QuNu Labs Private Limited) is a cybersecurity company headquartered in Bengaluru, India. It is credited to be the first firm in India to successfully develop commercial cybersecurity products using quantum physics.[1] It has a subsidiary called QNu Labs Inc, which was set up in Massachusetts, US in 2019.[2]
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer security, Technology, Cybersecurity |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Founder | Sunil Gupta, Srinivasa Rao Aluri, Mark Mathias, Anil Prabhakar |
| Headquarters | Bengaluru, India |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Armos Tropos Qosmos Hodos |
| Website | https://www.qnulabs.com/ |
The company was founded in 2016 by Sunil Gupta, Srinivasa Rao Aluri, Mark Mathias, and Anil Prabhakar.[3] It was incubated at Indian Institute of Technology-Madras and later began operations in Bengaluru.
After conducting field trials for its quantum key distribution product, QNu Labs received support from Cisco Launchpad in 2018.[1] Subsequently, it launched two products—a quantum key distributor called Armos and a quantum random number generator called Tropos—for national and international markets in 2020.[4]
References
- Abrar, Peerzada. "This techie aims to put India at the forefront of hack-proof communication". Business Standard. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- Shukla, Ajai. "Indian start-up QNu Labs debuts on global quantum computing stage". Business Standard. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- "How India's building a strong base of deep tech ventures". Gadgets Now. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- Bharadwaj, Swati; Rathor, Swati (March 15, 2021). "Quantum Leap: This tech will boost communication security". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-07-15.