Aquark Technologies

A look back on an incredible year! Bring on 2025: more innovation, more collaboration (no doubt a challenge or two), and *definitely* lots more fun! 🚀🚀 #Tech #Quantum #Startup

We’re excited to welcome Matt Himsworth to the Aquark team as our new Chief Scientific Officer! Matt brings a wealth of expertise in cold atom physics, with a career dedicated to transforming quantum research into practical solutions. His journey began with a PhD in atom interferometry, where he focused on solving the challenges of miniaturising cold atom systems, pushing them out of the lab and into real-world applications. During his academic career, Matt's research on vacuum and microfabrication technology laid the groundwork for more compact and efficient systems. In fact, Aquark's roots can be traced directly back to his research group, with several team members, including our CEO Andrei Dragomir, having worked closely with Matt as postdoctoral researchers at University of Southampton! After 5 years of running the quantum lab at DSTL laboratory where he built and explored various quantum technologies, Matt has joined Aquark, driven by his core passion: building exciting products. We couldn't be more thrilled to have him as our CSO and to build even more exciting systems together! Learn more about the Aquark team on our website: https://lnkd.in/ervbd6K4 #MeetTheTeam #Quantum #Innovation #TechLeadership

Check out our interview with Robert Huntley for EE Times! Thank you for taking the time to chat with us, it was great meeting with you at the Showcase last month and talking all things miniaturisation, our cold atom technology and its important place in PNT applications. Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/eNRVpvsX

As you will all know by now, last month was the UK Quantum Technologies Showcase. We talk about it a lot - and there's a reason! For Aquark, the Showcase is the biggest day of the year in the quantum events calendar, and we are always thrilled to be a part of it. We've seen the Showcase grow bigger and busier every year, and this one was particularly special for us after a momentous twelve months. The continual success of the event is a testament to where the UK currently stands, at the heart of quantum innovation. We're excited to be on this journey with the rest of the ecosystem as we push to scale and develop quantum technologies. Our CEO Andrei Dragomir speaks about our experience at the 2024 Showcase 🚀 https://lnkd.in/enFs8BsJ Innovate UK #QuantumShowcase #Quantum #Technology #Innovation

We recently had a great time with the Woodland Trust for our team social! 🌳 We got out of the lab and learnt all about woodland management, ecological preservation and trying our hands at sustainable forest practices like coppicing. Did you know that coppicing is a process that revitalises woodlands by allowing more light to reach the forest floor? This approach supports biodiversity by creating varied habitats for plants and wildlife while preserving ancient tree root systems, some of which have been around for centuries! Thank you to the whole team for your enthusiasm, which made it such a memorable day out. An awesome reminder of what we're all about: working together, learning and making a positive difference. Special thanks to Jonathan Woods for organising the day, we don't call you Woody for nothing! #Team #Building

We are very happy to announce that we have been recognised in TechRound’s TR100, which celebrates innovative tech companies across the UK and Europe! 🎉 What a great way to mark the end of the year and what a year it's been! From announcing our seed funding, to our successful trials at sea with the Royal Navy, building our cold atom clock, and miniaturising our technology, this year has been a critical one in furthering our mission to make quantum technology more accessible and scalable. Here's to our incredible team, supporters, and the future ahead in progressing accessible quantum sensing systems in 2025! https://lnkd.in/es_ugQFV #Tech #Awards #Startup

Thanks The Quantum Insider for including us in this wrap of the Quantum Showcase. We're in great company here! It was an exceptional day that really put the progress the industry has made in the last ten years into perspective. #QuantumShowcase #Quantum #Tech

We're still feeling the buzz from the UK National Quantum Showcase last Friday! 🤩 From unveiling our new cold atom engine prototype - the coolest place in the universe in something the size of a toaster - to hosting our reception and getting everyone together for some well-deserved drinks, it was an epic day. Shout out to the awesome team for making this year's event such an incredible one. As you can tell from the photos, we were definitely swept up in the excitement! From all of the team, thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand and showed their support. It was great to see both old friends and new faces there. Thank you to Innovate UK for organising a great event that really highlighted the innovation happening in the UK quantum ecosystem right now. We can't wait for next year! 🚀 #QuantumShowcase #Awesome #ColdAtoms #Tech

We've arrived at the UK National Quantum Technologies Showcase 🎉 📣 Calling all attendees! We will be unveiling something exciting at 10:35. Come by our stand, booth 55, to see it for yourself! Innovate UK #Quantum #QuantumShowcase #Technologies #SizeMatters

We are thrilled to share our first whitepaper, Hardware for Educating Quantum Engineers! 🎉 The whitepaper, published in collaboration with Eindhoven University of Technology, was co-written by one of Aquark's founders Alexander Jantzen, alongside Gijs Hijmans, Program Manager for quantum technology at TUe. At Aquark, we understand that quantum technologies have the potential to unlock disruptive capabilities. However, this is only possible if we have the right talent in the industry - access to training and education is an essential requirement in securing quantum success for the future. Together with TUe, we highlight the opportunities to harness the strengths of the UK and the Netherlands in the context of cold atom quantum technology for education and accelerating research. A huge thank you to Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the United Kingdom for creating the programme that helped us to bring this project to life. It is always a pleasure to collaborate with our European partners, with whom our relationships are so important to the development of quantum technologies and the ultimate success of international quantum strategies. 🚀 Keen to find out more? Download the full report on our website! https://lnkd.in/d4Np9s9g Netherlands Innovation Network UK #Education #Quantum #Training #Building #Future