SQK Inc.

What SQK Inc. does

SQK Inc. is a Seattle-headquartered (Korean-founded) quantum-AI-HPC company building validated computing systems for high-trust industries. The company's lead commercial product is QMedic, a hybrid quantum-classical CT/MRI image reconstruction, refinement, and quality-governed imaging platform that targets hospitals, research hospitals, imaging centers, medical AI companies, and PACS/OHIF ecosystem partners. QMedic is supported by four additional platform modules: QTAU (validation, benchmarking, scorecards, and reproducibility reporting), Qukkos (hybrid orchestration across classical, quantum, and HPC resources), QPINN (physics-informed neural network modeling for inverse problems, digital twins, and industrial optimization), and QPR (guarded refinement engine). SuperQuantumStation (CES 2024 Innovation Award winner) serves as an ecosystem and education access layer.

The platform architecture integrates hybrid quantum-classical algorithms, physics-informed modeling, and HPC execution, with documented integration into the IBM Quantum ecosystem (including access to IBM utility-scale quantum hardware and Qiskit software), MathWorks HPC, KISTI, and the PACS/OHIF imaging ecosystem. SQK monetizes through research SaaS, paid pilots, API access, study-based processing (QMedic); validation reports and benchmarking subscriptions (QTAU); hybrid orchestration projects and managed services (Qukkos); optimization and simulation licenses (QPINN/QPR); and ecosystem subscriptions (SuperQuantumStation). The go-to-market is product-led: QMedic pilots are designed to convert into hospital or enterprise licenses, OEM imaging integration, workflow modules, and multi-site recurring contracts over a 0-36 month horizon. Strategic alliances include IBM Ventures (investor and ecosystem anchor), KIST (Global Bridge Program), Alchemist Chicago (deep tech accelerator), SNUBH (clinical pilot), and the QWIND consortium (industrial R&D). The company is privately held, founded in 2023, with 11-50 employees and approximately $750K in disclosed funding across three rounds in 2025-2026.

Name

SQK Inc.

Legal name

SQK Inc.

Website

https://sqkcloud.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SQK Inc. is a quantum-AI-HPC company that develops QMedic, a hybrid quantum-classical CT/MRI image reconstruction and quality-governed imaging platform, serving hospitals, imaging centers, medical AI firms, and PACS/OHIF ecosystem partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Quantum-AI Medical Imaging Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Quantum Cloud APIs, Billing & Metering (HDAGAIAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Quantum Education, Workforce Development & Academic Centers (HDAGAMAM)

Keywords

• Quantum AI imaging
• Medical imaging software
• Physics informed modeling
• Hybrid HPC orchestration
• Quantum benchmarking

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. QMedic Revenue Streams: Initial: Research SaaS, paid pilots, API access, study-based processing, and partner integration projects. Expansion: Hospital or enterprise license, OEM imaging integration, workflow modules, and multi-site recurring contracts.
2. QTAU Revenue Streams: Initial: Benchmark reports, validation service, reproducibility packages, and enterprise PoC support. Expansion: Annual validation subscription, audit-ready reporting modules, and enterprise decision-support tooling.
3. Qukkos Revenue Streams: Initial: Hybrid workflow integration and orchestration implementation projects. Expansion: Enterprise workflow engine, managed orchestration, and integration software recurring revenue.
4. QPINN/QPR Revenue Streams: Initial: Specialized modeling, refinement, and domain adaptation projects for scientific and industrial use cases. Expansion: Optimization licenses, simulation modules, refinement engines, and digital-twin integration.
5. SuperQuantumStation Revenue Streams: Initial: Subscription, education, and developer access programs. Expansion: Ecosystem funnels, partner marketplace participation, and developer acquisition support.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SQK sells a validated Quantum-AI-HPC software platform anchored by QMedic, a physics-guided CT/MRI image reconstruction, refinement, comparison, and quality-governance product delivered via SaaS, API, and enterprise licensing. Supporting modules include QTAU (validation/benchmarking), Qukkos (hybrid orchestration across classical, quantum, and HPC resources), QPINN (physics-informed modeling for scientific and industrial workloads), and SuperQuantumStation (ecosystem access for education and partners).

Product overview

SQK is a product-led deep-tech company organized around a unified Quantum-AI-HPC platform with multiple integrated modules. QMedic serves as the lead commercial product for medical imaging (CT/MRI reconstruction and refinement), while QTAU provides validation/benchmarking, Qukkos handles hybrid orchestration across classical/quantum/HPC resources, QPINN delivers physics-informed modeling, and QPR provides guarded refinement. SQS (SuperQuantumStation) provides ecosystem access for education and partner onboarding. The platform targets healthcare (QMedic), scientific computing, and industrial optimization domains with a monetization model spanning SaaS/API, validation services, orchestration projects, enterprise licensing, and partner integrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• QMedic: Lead commercial platform for CT/MRI-oriented reconstruction, QPR-assisted refinement, side-by-side comparison, and quality-governed imaging workflows for hospitals, research imaging teams, imaging software vendors, and medical AI partners.
• QTAU
• Qukkos
• QPINN
• QPR
• SuperQuantumStation (SQS)

Products and services

• QMedic Lead commercial platform for CT/MRI-oriented image reconstruction, QPR-assisted refinement, side-by-side comparison, and quality-governed imaging workflows. Targets hospitals, research imaging teams, imaging software vendors, and medical AI partners via SaaS, API, enterprise licensing, and OEM imaging integration.
• QTAU Validation, benchmarking, scorecards, and reproducibility reporting platform that helps customers assess trust, deployment readiness, and benchmark performance before scaling adoption. Offered via benchmark reports, validation services, reproducibility packages, annual validation subscriptions, and audit-ready reporting modules.
• Qukkos Hybrid orchestration platform coordinating classical, quantum, and HPC resources for enterprise workloads, analytics pipelines, simulation operations, and managed workflow delivery. Sold via hybrid workflow integration projects, enterprise workflow engine licensing, and managed orchestration services.
• QPINN Physics-informed modeling platform for scientific computing, inverse problems, digital twins, and industrial optimization where domain constraints matter alongside raw AI output. Delivered via specialized modeling projects, optimization licenses, simulation modules, refinement engines, and digital-twin integration.
• SuperQuantumStation (SQS) Ecosystem access layer providing education, onboarding, and partner touchpoints that broadens pipeline reach for SQK's quantum-AI platform. Offered via subscription, education programs, developer access, ecosystem funnels, and partner marketplace participation.

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability5 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 May 2026KIST led a delegation of five South Korean quantum startups including SQK to IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in New York as part of the Global Bridge Program, funded through the Ministry of SMEs and Startups' DIPS incubator initiative. SQK participated in technical exchanges focused on IBM's Quantum System Two architecture and pathways to industrial commercialization.
• Alchemist ChicagocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 February 2026SQK was selected for Phase 2 of Alchemist Chicago's inaugural cohort, a deep tech accelerator partnership between the University of Chicago's Polsky Center and Alchemist. SQK and QodeX Quantum additionally benefit from University of Chicago's collaboration with IBM to advance quantum computing software development.
• IBM Quantum EcosystemcoreTechnology or IntegrationSQK engages with IBM Quantum ecosystem for quantum computing integration, including access to IBM's utility-scale quantum hardware and Qiskit software stack. The collaboration includes IBM Quantum Connect APAC events and joint technical exchanges on Quantum System Two architecture.
• MathWorksstrategicTechnology or IntegrationSQK has a MathWorks and HPC collaboration track for integration with mathematical computing and simulation environments.
• KISTI (Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerSQK has KISTI joint R&D and technology transfer collaboration for quantum computing research and development.
• QWIND ConsortiumstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerSQK participates in QWIND international R&D collaboration demonstrating industrial co-development potential and strengthening expansion into energy and optimization domains.
• SNUBH (Seoul National University Bundang Hospital)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSQK has active CT/MRI project activity with SNUBH for medical imaging workflow development and clinical validation of QMedic platform.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Classiq: Classiq provides a quantum software development platform with high-level modeling and compilation across quantum hardware vendors, directly comparable to SQK's Qukkos orchestration and Quantum-AI-HPC positioning.
• Strangeworks: Strangeworks provides a quantum computing access and orchestration platform with ecosystem tooling, directly comparable to SQK's Qukkos and SuperQuantumStation ecosystem layer.
• Multiverse Computing: Multiverse Computing applies quantum and quantum-inspired methods to finance, energy, and industrial optimization, comparable to SQK's QPINN industrial optimization and hybrid Q-AI-HPC positioning.
• QunaSys: QunaSys builds quantum chemistry and materials software for enterprise and research users, comparable to SQK's QPINN/QPR physics-informed modeling and hybrid quantum-classical workflow story.
• Algorithmiq: Algorithmiq develops quantum algorithms for life sciences and healthcare applications, directly comparable to SQK's QMedic medical imaging focus in oncology, cardiovascular, and neuroscience.
• QC Ware: QC Ware delivers quantum and quantum-inspired software for enterprise applications, comparable to SQK's hybrid quantum-classical algorithm stack and enterprise SaaS/API delivery model.
• 1QBit: 1QBit builds enterprise quantum and AI software for optimization and simulation workloads, comparable to SQK's hybrid orchestration and physics-informed modeling capabilities.
• Zapata Computing: Zapata offers an enterprise quantum-AI orchestration and workflow platform, closely aligned with SQK's Qukkos hybrid orchestration and QTAU benchmarking capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• GE HealthCare: GE HealthCare provides imaging equipment and AI-enabled clinical workflows across a large installed base, comparable as the incumbent competitor SQK faces in selling QMedic into hospital imaging departments.
• Siemens Healthineers: Siemens Healthineers is a dominant medical imaging hardware and AI workflow vendor with deep hospital relationships, representing the incumbent SQK must displace in CT/MRI reconstruction and workflow sales.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors4 records

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M&A

Investments

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