Quantum computing near Denver

This is week 199 of the Lindahl Letter publication. A new edition arrives every Friday. This week the topic under consideration for the Lindahl Letter is, “Quantum computing near Denver.”

We actually have a fair amount of quantum computing activity in and around Denver, Colorado. That is what we are going to dig into today. Welcome to my coverage of quantum computing near Denver presented today as a regular weekly research note. Don’t worry this is still the post for week 199 of the Lindahl Letter. That means the next one has to be really good right? I should probably have something interesting planned to celebrate 200 weeks of posting to Substack. I’ll make sure that effort is flagged as important in the backlog. A quick search related to the topic would point you to some materials from the Bounder Economic Council which shares some details about quantum computing in the area [1]. I have a backlog item noted to look at robotics within the same area. That however is a topic to consider during a separate research note. This particular set of research will be laser focused on quantum.

Some of the companies I ended up taking a look at could be divided up into 3 different groupings.

Direct Quantum Computing Developers: These companies design, build, and operate quantum computers.

• Quantinuum — Broomfield, Colorado

• Infleqtion (formerly ColdQuanta) — Boulder/Louisville, Colorado

• Atom Computing — Commercial operations facility in Boulder, Colorado

• Oxford Ionics — Boulder, Colorado branch of UK‑based firm

Quantum Hardware Component & Infrastructure Providers: These firms produce enabling technologies such as lasers, photonic devices, optics, and cryogenic systems that support quantum computing and research.

• Vescent Photonics — Boulder metro region (Golden, CO)

• Octave Photonics — Boulder, Colorado

• Stable Laser Systems — Boulder, Colorado

• KM Labs — Boulder, Colorado

• Maybell Quantum Industries — Denver, Colorado

• Meadowlark Optics — Frederick, Colorado – near Boulder

• Vapor Cell Technologies — Boulder, Colorado

• FieldLine Inc. — Boulder, Colorado

Quantum Sensing & Timing Companies: These companies apply quantum physics to measurement, sensing, and time synchronization technologies rather than direct computing.

• QuSpin — Louisville, Colorado

• Xairos — Lone Tree, Colorado – Denver area

• FieldLine Inc. — Boulder, Colorado

Colorado’s Front Range benefits from deep research integration between CU Boulder, NIST, and JILA, which has led to a dense concentration of companies across these three categories. This mix of developers, component providers, and sensing/timing specialists creates a full-spectrum quantum ecosystem with national and global impact.

Things to consider:

• The Denver–Boulder corridor ranks among the densest quantum technology clusters in the United States.

• CU Boulder, NIST, and JILA have played a pivotal role in spawning local companies and talent pipelines.

• The ecosystem is not limited to computing; hardware suppliers and sensing companies are critical to its growth.

• A similar breakdown could be applied to other technology clusters, such as robotics, for future research notes.

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Footnotes:

[1] https://bouldereconomiccouncil.org/boulder-economy/key-industries-companies/quantum-computing/