Dr. Francis Bellido reports

VERTICAL DATA AND QUANTUM EMOTION PARTNER TO BRING QUANTUM CYBERSECURITY TO AI INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENTS

Vertical Data Inc. (operator of VerticalData.io and GPUfinancing.com) and Quantum Emotion Corp. have entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding to collaborate on integration of Quantum Emotion's quantum cybersecurity technology into Vertical Data's AI (artificial intelligence) infrastructure deployments and joint commercialization to enterprise and sovereign customers.

Under the MOU, the parties intend to collaborate across three areas: deployment of Quantum Emotion's quantum cybersecurity technology into select GPU (graphics processing unit) clusters within Vertical Data's pipeline, integration into Vertical Data's edge data centre buildout, and joint commercialization of Quantum Emotion's solutions to Vertical Data's sovereign and enterprise customers.

Integration across the Vertical Data platform

The collaboration contemplates the deployment of Quantum Emotion's eShield-Q, eFlux-Q and SecureKey solutions into select GPU clusters within Vertical Data's pipeline. Quantum Emotion's quantum-entropy-based cybersecurity technology would be offered as an optional security layer to Vertical Data's sovereign and enterprise customers, and packaged within Vertical Data's managed services tier.

The parties also plan to integrate Quantum Emotion technology across Vertical Data's edge data centre buildout, with Quantum Emotion hardware co-located alongside Vertical Data's GPU infrastructure at select facilities within Vertical Data's data centre footprint.

The parties intend to evaluate an initial pilot deployment during 2026, with a target reference implementation at a Vertical Data site. The pilot is expected to assess the integration of Quantum Emotion's cybersecurity technologies within AI infrastructure environments and support future commercial deployment opportunities across Vertical Data's growing portfolio of GPU clusters and edge data centres.

Strategic context

The collaboration is intended to address growing enterprise and government interest in quantum-resilient cybersecurity for AI workloads, particularly for sensitive data environments, sovereign cloud deployments and applications expected to require postquantum cryptographic protection.

"As AI workloads scale across enterprise and government environments, the security architecture protecting those deployments needs to evolve alongside the threat landscape," said Deven Soni, chief executive officer of Vertical Data. "Quantum-entropy-based cybersecurity addresses risks that classical encryption was not designed to handle. This collaboration with QeM is intended to make that capability available to enterprise and sovereign customers across our AI infrastructure deployments."

"AI infrastructure is rapidly becoming one of the most critical assets in the digital economy, and securing the cryptographic foundations that protect those environments is increasingly important," said Dr. Francis Bellido, president and chief executive officer of Quantum Emotion. "Through this collaboration with Vertical Data, we intend to bring quantum-resilient cybersecurity capabilities directly into AI compute infrastructure, helping enterprises and sovereign organizations strengthen protection of their data, cryptographic operations and digital assets. We believe the combination of Vertical Data's AI infrastructure platform and QeM's quantum-powered cybersecurity technologies creates a compelling foundation for the next generation of secure AI deployments."

The MOU has an initial term of 12 months and is non-binding with respect to commercial terms. The parties intend to work in good faith toward execution of a definitive commercial agreement during the MOU term.

About Quantum Emotion Corp.

Quantum Emotion's mission is to address the growing demand for affordable hardware and software security for connected devices. Thanks to its patented quantum random number generator, Quantum Emotion has become a pioneering force in classical and quantum cybersecurity solutions. This security solution exploits quantum mechanics' built-in unpredictability and promises to provide enhanced protection for high-value assets and critical systems. Quantum Emotion intends to target highly valued financial services, health care, blockchain applications, cloud-based IT (information technology) security infrastructure, classified government Krown technologies and communication systems, secure device keying (IOT (Internet of Things), automotive, consumer electronics) and quantum cryptography.

We seek Safe Harbor.