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Nomad Atomics Receives $12 Million to Fund Quantum Sensor Technology

Christian Freier, Kyle Hardman and  Paul Wigley are the co-founders of quantum sensor start-up Nomad Atomics.  

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In recent years two things are a bit hot in Quantum computing, the Australian scene and the future of quantum sensing. Will Canberra please come up to the stage? Nomad Atomics have secured $12 million to fund quantum sensor technology.

At Nomad Atomics we develop innovative quantum sensors to change the game in mining, underground resources and navigation.

Quantum sensing I think has a very decent future in mining.

It’s super interesting and a success story for ANU. Nomad Atomics raises AUD $12 million to develop miniaturised quantum sensors for mining, underground resources and navigation.

The Australian-founded quantum sensor startup will use the significant investment to accelerate the commercialisation of its field-deployable quantum gravimeters and accelerometers. 

The investment was raised from two of Australia's deep tech VCs, Blackbird Ventures and Right Click Capital. Christian Freier, Kyle Hardman and  Paul Wigley are the co-founders of quantum sensor start-up Nomad Atomics.  But hold on a second, Christian is actually based in Berlin.

Australia has seen a lot of Quantum computing startups emerge so far in the 2020s, much more than you’d expect from a country with the population it has. The company is a leader in quantum sensing technology developed by atomic physicists from the Australian National University.

“Our devices will allow users to explore for deeper and small mineral deposits, allow for high resolution resource exploration from drones, allow for the more efficient and safe production from our underground mines, reduce the risk of drought by mapping and monitoring the flow and charge of aquifer systems, directly and cost effectively monitor the total mass of sequestered CO2, and increase navigation certainty in GNSS denied scenarios by providing zero drift and zero bias accelerometers.” — Christian Freier, CTO

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Nomad Atomics is developing a suite of compact, low cost, quantum sensor to address the shortcomings of current commercially available sensors. The venture aims to solve outstanding problems across numerous market segments such as inertial navigation and underground fluid monitoring where poor long-term data quality is the limiting figure of merit. This will be accomplished through the introduction of high precision, compact, drift free quantum sensors into targeted commercial markets.

I love how in Australia emerging tech startups get a lot of support not just from private investors but from the Government.

Given that there aren’t so many Quantum sensing startups that specialize in mining, this is a really good concept.

What they do?

At Nomad Atomics we build state-of-the-art miniaturised quantum sensors specifically designed and hardened for deployment in field applications. We specialise in a suite of quantum sensors, from magnetometers to gravimeters to clocks. We believe these sensors should no longer be confined to a laboratory, belonging out in the world where their value can be realised.