A core value proposition and business model design principle necessary for exponential speed and scale is a sophisticated ecosystem of open-source, value-add platforms and strategic public and private sector partnerships. Such a “Quantum Computing Ecosystem” is emerging but the interoperability required for effective innovation at speed and scale between organizations and platforms within this emergent ecosystem remains unclear. For example, it is still to be determined how the DC-QNet will intertwine with and formally collaborate with the NSM10: The National Quantum Initiative (NQI) and the NQI Advisory Committee.

The NIST contributions to building this ecosystem continue to trend in the right direction with the recent selection of 12 companies to implement the four quantum resistant cryptographic algorithms.