Multiverse Computing Releases their Singularity SDK to Enable Inputting QC Problems from an Excel...

A few months ago we published an article titled Quantum Software for Those Who Don’t Want to Learn Quantum. We now have to add Multiverse Computing to the list of companies pursuing this approach. Multiverse has introduced their Singularity program that allow one to create a problem though an intuitive Excel front end and then submit it for solution to a quantum computer. Currently the program works with portfolio optimization problems that a user can create by inputting various parameters into a spreadsheet and then the program will automatically develop a quantum program from this data for solution on a D-Wave quantum annealer. The resulting program will take advantage of the powerful quantum optimization algorithms that Multiverse has been developing for several years. It will allow an end user to take advantage of quantum computing without any prior knowledge of quantum mechanics or quantum computing programming.

Although the initial release of this capability is limited to the portfolio optimization use case and the D-Wave annealer, Multiverse indicates that eventually the software will support other use cases, additional types of quantum computers and perhaps other spreadsheet apps. Another advantage of Singularity is that it is provided as a containerized solution which is deployed inside the financial institution with all communications to external quantum or classical computers encrypted. This is shown in the diagram below. This feature can be critical for financial institutions where security is a very important consideration.

Singularity Diagram. Credit: Multiverse Computing

Additional information about Singularity can be found in a web page here, a blog posting here, and a YouTube demonstration video available here.

August 5, 2021