Three years later, a start-up that originally drew skepticism is now a strong voice for quantum technologies within the energy space. “When we started our journey in 2018, what we were trying to accomplish was very clear to us but not to others,” says Marouane Salhi, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Qubit Engineering Inc. “In the last two years, we’ve gained good traction.” Today, the start-up that we first spotlighted a little more than three years ago in this August 2020 teknovation.biz article has just started as a member of Cohort 2023 of the Innovation Crossroads program operated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In addition, its initial focus on using quantum computing to optimize the siting and operation of both onshore and offshore wind farms has spawned a second potential line of business – optimizing the electric grid.