Published Oct 9, 2026
| Starting price | Not published | Quote-based; no public AC1000 price found | Aquila: **$0.30/task + $0.01/shot** through AWS Braket | Free emulator entry advertised; paid QPU rates not found on reviewed page |
| Potential fit | Long-horizon fault-tolerant research engagement | On-premises neutral-atom/QEC research | Accessible neutral-atom experiments and application preparation | Analog simulation, prototyping, industrial exploration |
| Public offering | Future fault-tolerant machine; no intermediate products | AC1000 on-premises platform | Aquila available; Libra targeted for 2028 | Cloud, hardware, SDKs, services |
| Key strength | Low-overhead architecture research and scientific team | Published features, interfaces, installation footprint | Established cloud-access channel | Current application-development environment |
| Key weakness | No public customer access or operating references found | Large specialist installation; useful application advantage still requires validation | Current Aquila is not the promised universal fault-tolerant Libra | Current analog access is not equivalent to universal fault-tolerant computation |
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