Montreal, June 25, 2025 — Multiverse Computing, a Spanish company specializing in the advanced compression of artificial intelligence (AI) models, and PINQ², the Platform for Digital and Quantum Innovation of Quebec (Plateforme d'innovation numérique et quantique du Québec), announce a strategic partnership enabling local businesses to benefit from innovative technology that is both more efficient and less energy-intensive, with performances that retain the power and potential of AI. This collaboration also serves to formalize the expansion of Multiverse Computing in Quebec.
The CompactifAI compression technology developed by Multiverse Computing, inspired by the power of quantum and process simplification, makes it possible to greatly reduce the size of artificial intelligence models. The association with PINQ² enables the Quebec institution to act as a catalyst for this emerging technology which offers multiple benefits, all within a sovereign and protected environment.
Multiverse Computing, Europe's largest supplier of quantum software, is active in key sectors such as energy, life sciences, finance, cybersecurity and defense. In Quebec, its local commitment is built on its access to the powerful resources of PINQ²'s quantum platform, which provides a solid infrastructure upon which Quebec and Canadian companies can locally test large-scale, next-generation AI models, compressed and adapted to their needs.
A greater role within a qualified ecosystem
“Through this collaboration with PINQ², we are taking a concrete step toward a lasting presence in Quebec, while also expanding the practical applications of our CompactifAI compression technology in North America,” said Sam Mugel, Co-Founder and Technology Director of Multiverse Computing, as well as Manager of the company’s Canadian offices. “We want to play a greater role in Canada's dynamic and collaborative AI ecosystem, which features highly qualified talent. With PINQ2, all the ingredients for an excellent collaboration are in place.”
“This partnership with Multiverse Computing reflects our mission, which is to enable companies of all sizes to access advanced technologies in a sovereign, sustainable, and high-performance environment”, said Marie-Claude Messier, General Manager of PINQ². “This association will have a positive impact on innovation in Quebec, in many fields, in addition to establishing eco-responsible practices in the use of AI. These aspects are important and significant.”
A compressed, powerful and more eco-responsible AI
Based on tensor networks, a formulation method for quantum systems that can analyze large, highly complex data sets, the CompactifAI solution greatly reduces the size of AI models, especially large language models (LLMs). For example, the new Llama 3.1 8B model, developed by IT giant Meta, is an extremely versatile, multilingual LLM. With such an LLM inevitably consuming extensive computing resources, the CompactifAI solution considerably reduces its size by 80%. This lowers operating costs, in addition to cutting energy consumption by 50%. Despite the advanced compression, AI models retain their accuracy, even increasing inference speed by a factor of 1.8x.
Thus, with regard to artificial intelligence, this new partnership between Multiverse Computing and PINQ2 brings significant benefits to Quebec and Canadian companies, including increased efficiency, the development of specialized AI models, as well as improved privacy and governance. Additionally, the compression of IA models makes them more portable, requiring less space for their installation on various devices.
Supporting AI sovereignty
The strategic partnership between PINQ2 and Multiverse Computing also reinforces the principles of AI sovereignty, specifically in commerce, industry, science, and national security, by putting the emphasis on local use. Artificial intelligence is thus treated as a national resource, ensuring a country's sovereignty by enabling it to rely more heavily on locally developed and hosted AI models or solutions. As PINQ2 is a trusted, proven and sovereign quantum platform, this offering will attract a greater number of local start-ups, companies and institutions, who can take advantage of Quebec's effervescent AI ecosystem to develop their expertise and talents, therefore developing and shaping the solutions that will mark the quantum and sovereign future of the province and Canada.
About Multiverse Computing
Multiverse Computing is the leader in AI model compression. Thanks to its expertise in quantum software and artificial intelligence, the company has developed CompactifAI, a revolutionary model compressor. CompactifAI compresses LLMs by up to 95% with an accuracy loss of just 2-3%, reduces computational requirements and opens up new use cases for AI in all sectors. Headquartered in Donostia, Spain, Multiverse has offices in Europe, the USA and Canada. It has over 100 customers worldwide, including Iberdrola, Bosch and the Bank of Canada. For further information: multiversecomputing.com
About PINQ²
PINQ² is a non-profit organization offering a digital and quantum innovation platform operating at the provincial and national levels. Through a single interface, it provides access to both quantum and classic computing resources. This collaborative environment lowers barriers related to costs, technical complexity and infrastructure management, enabling businesses and universities to test, validate, and deploy advanced technological solutions. PINQ² operates the only IBM Quantum System One in Canada and supports innovation, particularly in the finance, environmental, energy, aerospace, and life and biomedical sciences sectors.
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