SandboxAQ

SandboxAQ is an enterprise AI company that spun out from Alphabet in 2022, focusing on solutions that leverage artificial intelligence and quantum technologies (AQ). Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company's mission is to address complex global challenges and revolutionize industries by applying groundbreaking AQ solutions.

The company's core business revolves around Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) and advanced sensing, delivering critical advances across several key areas. These include life sciences, with products like AQBioSim, AQAffinity, and AQChemSim for drug discovery and materials science; AI secure posture management, featuring AQtive Guard for cryptography management and post-quantum cybersecurity; and navigation and sensing, offering solutions such as AQNav for resilient positioning in GPS-denied environments. SandboxAQ serves a diverse clientele, including governments, critical infrastructure providers, large enterprises, telecommunications, financial services, and healthcare sectors.

Led by CEO Jack Hidary and Chairman Eric Schmidt, SandboxAQ is a privately held company that has raised over $950 million in total funding, including a Series E round of over $450 million in April 2025, which valued the company at approximately $5.75 billion. Notable investors include Google, NVIDIA, BNP Paribas, Ray Dalio, T. Rowe Price, and others. Recent achievements include AQtive Guard achieving FedRAMP Ready status and the launch of AI-SPM in December 2025, as well as joining NATO's DIANA program and the Defense Innovation Unit's Transition of Quantum Sensing program in November 2025.