Tech giant Oracle has announced that it is entering into a multi-year strategic partnership with Quantinuum, a renowned quantum computing company, to bring quantum computing to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Under the partnership, OCI customers will be able to directly access Quantinuum’s Helios through OCI’s quantum service, alongside OCI’s high-performance computing (HPC) and GPU infrastructure.
Helios, launched commercially in November 2025, is Quantinuum’s third-generation quantum computer. Helios is designed for hybrid integration with classical HPC and AI environments. Readers would recall that the partnership was first mentioned when Quantinuum announced its Q2 results recently. In a press release, the companies said that they plan to explore how hybrid quantum-AI infrastructure could address some of the most computationally intensive challenges facing enterprises, and broaden access for universities and research institutions advancing scientific discovery and education.
“We believe the next phase of enterprise computing will be shaped by bringing quantum, AI, and high-performance computing together,” said Dr. Rajeeb Hazra, President and CEO of Quantinuum. “Deploying Helios inside OCI gives Quantinuum and Oracle an opportunity to create a unique and deeply integrated environment for hybrid workloads, explore enterprise use cases with customers, and accelerate commercial adoption.”
Quantum computing offers a fundamentally different approach to computation with the potential to address problems that are impractical for traditional systems alone. The companies aim to offer the means to solve complex problems across materials discovery, drug development, logistics, energy, and financial modeling. In addition, they say, quantum computing uses significantly less energy than supercomputers.
“AI has changed what organizations can imagine, and we believe quantum computing can expand what they’re able to solve,” said Mahesh Thiagarajan, Executive Vice President of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. “By bringing Quantinuum’s Helios to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, we want to give developers a practical and secure way to explore how quantum computing could complement their existing AI and HPC workloads on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure while improving compute efficiency and energy use.”
Quantinuum’s Helios on OCI, aims to offer customers managed, secure access to cloud-hosted quantum computing without having to procure, install, or operate dedicated hardware or specialized facilities. By operating on-premises within OCI’s infrastructure, Helios is anticipated to be able to integrate seamlessly with existing OCI compute, networking, storage, identity, and data services under the same governance and access controls customers already use.
Oracle plans to preview its OCI quantum service in the coming months, giving developers a streamlined way to move from simulation to execution on real quantum computing hardware. The planned OCI quantum service is expected to combine Quantinuum’s development stack with support for open-source hybrid-programming frameworks, helping developers build, test, and refine quantum-classical applications more efficiently.