Quantum Industry Showcase 2026

The Quantum Foundry, in partnership with the UCSB Photonics Society, held the sixth annual Quantum Industry Showcase (QIS) on April 16, 2026. The QIS represents a cornerstone event for the Foundry’s engagement with a broad range of industry partners and serves as an opportunity for students to learn about research advances and career pathways in the private sector and connect and network with folks working in the quantum information industry.

This year's event has been generously sponsored by Quantum Design - Oxford, Nexus Photonics, Quantum Machines, Google Quantum AI, Freedom Photonics - a QCI Company, Global Quantum Intelligence, Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc., Heroica Technologies, Rigetti, HRL Laboratories, Zurich Instruments, Praevium Research, a division of Thorlabs, and Four9 Design. The full agenda and industry participants are featured on the website.