Singapore SWITCH Conference 2025: New Global Innovation
In Singapore, QAI Ventures launched the QuantumAI Accelerator for the US$250 billion market.
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QAI Ventures, a leading global venture capital (VC) firm and originator of the Quantum AI ecosystem, announced the opening of a VC-funded accelerator and IP-driven venture builder for Quantum AI enterprises and Advanced Computing. This historic project, done with Enterprise Singapore, uses QAI Ventures' global investor experience to help Singapore become a QuantumAI Hub.
The announcement occurred during SWITCH 2025. QAI Venture and Enterprise Singapore announced on September 18, 2025, that Singapore would be their Asia-Pacific headquarters. At the invite-only debut event on October 30, 2025, at the SWITCH Conference, the team will outline their regional vision and QuantumAI's revolutionary potential. SWITCH, Enterprise Singapore, and Digital Industry Singapore support this expansion.
Seizing the QuantumAI Revolution
QAI Ventures' strategic focus is the fast growing QuantumAI industry, which combines AI and quantum technologies to shape the future of computing. The accelerator is ready for AI's quantum computing transition.
Bain & Company estimates that quantum technology could liberate $250 billion in materials research, finance, medicine, and logistics. Google data shows that quantum computers are 13,000 times faster than supercomputers.
The company's Singapore location is part of its Asian QuantumAI development. The QAI Ventures manifesto emphasises quantum innovation, technological progress, appreciating people and diversity, and creating boundary-pushing synergy.
Accelerator and Venture Building Program Details The new endeavour centres on the QuantumAI Accelerator Program and Venture Building Program.
The Accelerator is a five-month program designed to empower early-stage founders. It was created to help QuantumAI creators turn scientific findings into scalable, investment-ready enterprises. Participants can consult with a global network of elite quantum technologists, VCs, and business leaders.
The program includes masterclasses on corporate governance, funding, IP strategy, and product-market fit. The program concludes with a high-profile Demo Day, when companies can pitch their ideas to worldwide partners and investors for their next growth stage.
The first cohort's application period runs from October 29, 2025, to March 2, 2026. Middle 2026 is when the program starts. Eligible startups must have at least two founders and have completed due diligence.
Along with the accelerator, the Venture Building Program will commence in 2026. This project aims to commercialise Singapore's leading research and IP. QAI Ventures plans to start and spin off new Singaporean firms using its unique database of over 2,000 patents to boost innovation and employment growth.
Our venture development strategy targets serial entrepreneurs and scientists with strong intellectual property who want to start businesses in Deep Tech and Quantum sectors. QAI Ventures plans to register seven Singaporean ventures by 2027, three in the first year and four in the second.
GenQ Hackathon Results and Talent Scouting
At the Singapore launch, QAI Ventures announced the winners of GenQ, the first successful activation event to uncover talent for the new Accelerator Program.
Siddhant Dutta, a PhD candidate at NTU Singapore's College of Computing & Data Science, and Pavana P. Karanth, an undergraduate CSE student at GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women, represent Quantum Kitties, the winners.
The Singapore hackathon focused on using QuantumAI to solve financial sector problems in line with UN Sustainable Development Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth. Other GenQ editions covered Calgary Energy and Geneva Life Sciences.
Fraud Detection, Portfolio Optimisation, and Counterparty Credit Risk were discussed in Singapore since QuantumAI can impact the sector immediately.
Quantum Kitties addressed DBS Bank's fraud detection. Innovating with Interpretable Quantum Graph Neural Networks for post-hoc credit card fraud detection won. The assessors were impressed by how well the quantum model encapsulated the data manifold, improving performance and interpretation.
Dutta and Karanth won a "Golden Ticket," which gave them immediate entrance to the Accelerator Program's final pre-selection round and the chance to join QAI Ventures' inaugural Singapore cohort in mid-2026.
Global QAI Ventures Footprint
QAI Ventures, a global venture capital firm, offers Startup Accelerators throughout North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The organisation runs two VC funds: Early-Stage and Growth-Stage. The latter invests in highly vetted late-stage Quantum/AI growth enterprises worldwide.
With the Singapore accelerator, QAI Ventures maintains its three-year streak of incubating over 20 startups in North America and Europe, adding to its 27-firm portfolio. QAI Ventures' Tobias Denzler PhD (Head of Science & Technology), Arianna Maschietto (Global Accelerator Director), Alexandra Beckstein (CEO & Co-Founder), and Anca Albu are key members.