The company's quantum-enhanced sensing platform, POLARIS, already uses quantum technology to boost the MRI signal of sugar-based imaging agents by orders of magnitude, enabling real-time measurement of metabolism on standard MRI systems. This allows researchers to assess treatment response within hours to days based on disease biology, rather than relying on traditional imaging that can take up to months to show changes in morphology.
Building on the quantum molecular approach behind POLARIS, NVision is now extending its platform into quantum computation. While developing its MRI signal enhancement technology, NVision discovered a new class of organic molecule-based qubits. With this expansion, NVision lays the foundation for a new quantum-driven approach to drug development. Quantum computing will enable the design of more effective drug candidates, including for previously inaccessible targets, while quantum-enhanced MRI with POLARIS will rapidly validate them in the real biological environment. Together, this will establish a unified "compute and validate" approach, combining quantum computing for design with quantum sensing for real-world validation.
POLARIS systems are already being installed at leading cancer centers worldwide and are expected to be deployed in approximately 20 centers across the U.S., Europe, and Asia by the end of the year. Sites include Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the University of Cambridge, and the Technical University of Munich. Importantly, POLARIS operates as a practical quantum device in real hospital environments and does not require specialized quantum expertise, demonstrating that quantum technologies can already deliver value today.
Drawing on the experience with POLARIS, NVision is extending the same molecular approach into quantum computing. The architecture is designed from first principles with scalability as a requirement. At its core are single ...
