Phasecraft the world’s leading quantum algorithms company – has unveiled Mondrian, its first-of-its-kind quantum-enhanced software platform designed to speed up classical optimisation algorithms and apply them to hard optimisation and constraint satisfaction problems across several industries.
Mondrian demonstrates how classical and quantum computing can work together to tackle some of the most complex optimisation problems facing industries such as energy, finance, and logistics. The software platform, whose development was initially funded via a £1.2 million Quantum Catalyst Fund award from the UK Government, was developed in close collaboration with the UK’s National Energy System Operator (NESO), and is already being tested by several industrial and academic partners.
Smarter optimisation for a greener grid
When applied to energy networks, Mondrian addresses one of the UK’s most pressing computational problems: how to efficiently run increasingly complex energy grids as demand rises, renewable integration grows, and the cost of new infrastructure soars. Grid operators can use Mondrian to determine network efficiency, reduce energy losses, plan network expansion, and site renewables and sensors more effectively.
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Mondrian implements Phasecraft’s new “quantum-enhanced optimisation” approach, in which the output of a quantum algorithm is used to accelerate an existing classical algorithm. This enables high-quality results to be obtained from today’s error-prone quantum computers, and allows problems to be addressed that are too large and complex to fit onto small-scale quantum hardware directly.
Early testing shows Mondrian delivers speed-ups of up to 1,000x for optimisation problems that map onto real-world use cases explored with NESO, including power exchange calculations, intentional islanding, and renewable resource placement. This applies to similarly critical problems in industries like logistics, finance, communications networks, and more.
Ashley Montanaro, co-founder and CEO of Phasecraft, said: “With the launch of Mondrian, we take a major step toward commercial quantum utility, showing how enhanced quantum algorithms can unlock near-term breakthroughs across sectors that face large-scale optimisation problems. We’re rolling out secure access to Mondrian over the coming month and invite energy, infrastructure and logistics operators to reach out to get involved”.
Source: Phasecraft