Miraex Quantum Sensing impresses NASA

Miraex has just achievemed a new milestone. Subcontracted by North American business partner Aperio Global, and IBM, the Vaud startup made the cut to the finals of the NASA Science Mission Directorate Entrepreneurs Challenge 2020. Out of all the product pitches that were evaluated and scored by a panel of the agency’s representatives, Miraex with the Aperio team ranked within the top ten performers. Ultimately, the team solution was selected to support NASA’s efforts in quantum sensing.

The federal agency shed light on its plans to continue working with non-traditional international partners moving forward to accelerate the rate of space innovation. NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is seeking promising ideas trending in the commercial sector – particularly in areas such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, autonomy, robotics and advanced sensors. The Entrepreneurs Challenge aligns with NASA’s goal to foster innovation and develop new technologies at lower costs.

Pioneering commercial applications of quantum sensors, ESA BIC Switzerland accelerated Miraex wants to bring space-level craftsmanship down to earth and is establishing itself into tomorrow’s industry technology market. The Lausanne based startup develops, manufactures and offers photonic sensing solutions enabling insights in extreme environments, quantum transducers enabling sensing of extremely low energy signals at quantum level. Miraex has also developed quantum converters enabling quantum computers networking, opening new perspectives in the area of scientific research.

Miraex, together with partners Aperio Global and IBM, now looks forward to competing for an opportunity to receive additional follow-up funding support, live at the NASA Innovation Opportunity Conference (IOC) on October 22nd.

(Press release - ES)