AmpicQ
DLI Beneficiary
TipWhy This Matters
amPICQ, founded 2022 in Hyderabad. Named ‘Best Semiconductor Startup of the Year’ at IESA’s 2025 Vision Summit; joined the Luminate accelerator cohort. Uses compound semiconductors and a proprietary thin-film deposition/circuit-integration platform to shrink quantum-communication hardware onto a single chip — a 10x reduction in size, weight, cost, and power versus discrete implementations.
What does this firm design?
Miniaturised photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and Quantum Random Number Generation (QRNG), aimed at secure data protection in defence, finance, healthcare, and telecom.
Key Facts
| Category | DLI Beneficiary |
| Parent Company | None (Indian-origin) |
| Founded | 2022 |
| India Headcount | Not publicly disclosed |
| Locations | Hyderabad |
| Product Focus | Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for quantum-safe communication |
| Application Domains | Defence, Finance, Healthcare, Telecom |
| Design Scope | Full chip |
| Node Sophistication | Not applicable / not disclosed |
| DLI Beneficiary | Yes |
Design Score
Not yet scored
Sources
- DLI Scheme beneficiary list (27 Jun 2026)
- amPICQ secures the future of data with quantum-safe photonic chips (20 Oct 2025)
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