Full-stack quantum and AI startup QpiAI has inaugurated an 8-inch quantum processing unit (QPU) manufacturing facility in Jakkur, Bengaluru. Formally designated as Phase 2 of its 70,000-square-foot R&D center, the quantum foundry can fabricate flip-chip superconducting quantum processors with up to 128 physical qubits. The company plans to complete Phase 3 by 2027, expanding the cleanroom infrastructure to fabricate single QPUs containing up to 10,000 physical qubits.

                    [ QpiAI Vertically Integrated Quantum Foundry Stack ]
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  Cleanroom Lithography & Packaging        Transmon & Fluxonium QPU Lineup          Quantum Supremacy Centres (QSCs)
  • Class 100 & Class 1,000 Cleanrooms.   • QVidya (8-qubit Transmon).             • 10-Acre Campus in India.
  • 8-Inch Wafer Flip-Chip Assembly.      • Indus (25-qubit Transmon).             • 4 International QSC Sites Planned.
  • End-to-End Etching & 3D Stacking.     • Kaveri (64-qubit) / Yukti (9-qubit).   • Hybrid QPU-AI Data Infrastructure.

Foundry Capabilities and Processor Roadmap

The facility handles the full device manufacturing lifecycle on-site—including electron-beam lithography, wet/dry etching, patterning, Josephson-junction fabrication, 3D flip-chip assembly, and cryogenic packaging. Operating with Class 100 and Class 1,000 cleanroom specifications, the foundry manufactures superconducting QPUs along with peripheral control chips and sensors, while supporting R&D into photonic and semiconductor spin qubits.

QpiAI has already fabricated four primary quantum processors at the site:

  • QVidya: An 8-qubit superconducting transmon processor.
  • Indus: A 25-qubit transmon QPU integrated into hybrid classical HPC data centers.
  • Kaveri: A 64-qubit superconducting transmon chip using proprietary low-loss flip-chip interconnects.
  • Yukti: A 9-qubit processor based on a fluxonium qubit variant, designed to evaluate fault-tolerant surface codes and logical qubit encodings.

The company expects to deliver its 128-qubit Ganges processor as its next production milestone.

Capital Allocation and Quantum Supremacy Centres (QSCs)

QpiAI has invested $20M–$25M USD into the facility to date, with plans to allocate an additional $10M–$15M USD for Phase 3 equipment and testing capacity expansion. The foundry serves as the hardware backbone for QpiAI’s planned Quantum Supremacy Centres (QSCs)—hybrid data centers that link fault-tolerant QPUs with artificial intelligence clusters to target commercial advantage in pharmaceutical simulation, logistics, and materials science. The primary QSC is planned on a 10-acre campus in India featuring 300,000 square feet of built-up facility space, alongside four planned international QSC sites.

Backed by a $32M USD Series A funding round co-led by Avataar Ventures and India’s National Quantum Mission (NQM), QpiAI is one of eight startups selected for direct equity and grant support under NQM’s domestic hardware initiative.

Review reporting on YourStory here and BW Businessworld here, and examine our previous coverage of QpiAI Raising $32M Series A to Accelerate Full-Stack Quantum Computing here.

August 17, 2026

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