AI Financial partners with SuperQ Quantum for post-quantum security

AI Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: AIFC) announced a commercial agreement with SuperQ Quantum Computing Inc. (CSE: QBTQ) to strengthen infrastructure security across portions of its digital asset platform.

Under the agreement, SuperQ will support AI Financial in evaluating and strengthening its infrastructure using SuperPQC, SuperQ's post-quantum cryptography framework. The engagement includes implementation work related to payment, trading, and settlement environments across the company's platform.

AI Financial's infrastructure has processed more than $8 billion in cumulative transaction volume since inception, including approximately $3.5 billion during fiscal 2025, according to the press release.

The scope of work covers security measures for secure communications, transaction authentication, and infrastructure resilience across portions of ALT5 Pay, ALT5 Prime, and ALT5 AI. The agreement also includes evaluation of infrastructure frameworks to support compute availability, resource metering, and future AI-driven financial applications.

The initial implementation timeline is expected to span approximately four months, subject to milestone completion and ongoing technical evaluation.

"As digital finance infrastructure continues to evolve, long-term security and operational resilience are becoming increasingly important," said Tony Isaac, CEO of AI Financial Corporation. "This agreement supports our focus on strengthening infrastructure resilience across key areas of our platform while also providing a framework to evaluate future infrastructure opportunities tied to evolving digital financial systems."

Dr. Muhammad Khan, CEO of SuperQ Quantum Computing, stated that demand for advanced cybersecurity and infrastructure protection continues to grow as financial systems evolve.

Any future commercialization of compute-linked infrastructure initiatives would remain subject to ongoing technical evaluation, regulatory considerations, and additional commercial agreements between the parties.

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