Intel to Acquire Classiq to Create a Full-Stack Quantum Computing Platform

Intel has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Classiq, aiming to combine its silicon spin-qubit hardware, semiconductor manufacturing expertise and quantum software with Classiq’s automated quantum-algorithm synthesis platform. Intel argues that Classiq could play for quantum computing a role similar to the one design software played in making chip development accessible: its high-level tools let developers create quantum applications without designing circuits by hand or mastering the underlying hardware. The combined platform is intended to help quantum computing scale beyond custom-built applications and become easier to use commercially.

The deal would make Intel a full-stack quantum solutions provider and add quantum processing units to a portfolio that already includes CPUs, GPUs and specialized chips. Classiq’s tools include a high-level modeling language, design automation, hardware benchmarking, cost and performance optimization, and execution across different quantum platforms. Intel says it will maintain Classiq’s existing integrations and support an open, hardware-agnostic software ecosystem after the acquisition. The companies will remain independent until the transaction closes, which is expected in the first half of 2027, subject to regulatory approval and other conditions. Intel cautions that completion and anticipated benefits are uncertain, given regulatory, staffing, technological and commercial risks, including uncertainty about when quantum computing will achieve broad adoption.