January 2024
QuantumGenie ideated
Initial research began around the future impact of quantum computing on cryptography, enterprise systems, and the operational challenge of migration planning.
Idea
Resources
Our Journey in Building the Future of Cryptographic Security
From early research into quantum-era cryptographic risk to commercial launches, patents, customer traction, and the Causal Security Engine, this timeline shows how QuantumGenie has taken shape alongside the industry's transition toward post-quantum readiness.
QuantumGenie milestones
Commercial traction
Patents and IP
NIST and industry milestones
May 2024
Collaboration with cryptographers begins
The team started engaging post-quantum cryptography researchers and practicing cryptographers to better understand enterprise migration constraints and where existing tooling fell short.
Study
August 2024
NIST finalizes the first post-quantum cryptography standards
NIST formally standardized the first set of post-quantum algorithms, moving migration planning from theory into an enterprise reality.
- ML-KEM, formerly known as Kyber
- ML-DSA, formerly known as Dilithium
- SLH-DSA, formerly known as SPHINCS+
NIST
September 2024
Productization identified
The product vision crystallized around two tracks: discovery and visibility through CipherScan, and migration plus remediation through CipherNova.
- CipherScan for discovery and visibility
- CipherNova for migration and remediation
Vision
March 2025
NIST selects HQC as an additional candidate
NIST selected HQC as an additional post-quantum candidate for future standardization, further reinforcing the urgency around crypto agility and migration planning.
HQC
May 2025
QuantumGenie Inc.
The company formally incorporated and moved from exploratory product framing into a structured operating roadmap.
Launch
July 2025
First design partner engagement
QuantumGenie began working with its first enterprise design partner to validate post-quantum cryptography use cases, workflow expectations, and operating model assumptions.
Partner
September 2025
First SDK released
The first SDKs were published to support experimentation and implementation around post-quantum cryptographic migration paths.
SDK
October 2025
First two provisional patents filed
QuantumGenie formalized early intellectual property around its approach to cryptographic visibility, migration planning, and product architecture.
IP
November 2025
CipherScan and CipherNova launched
The initial platform products were launched, bringing discovery, visibility, and migration-oriented readiness workflows into a usable customer surface.
Launch
January 2026
Transition to a SaaS model
The company moved to a token-based SaaS model for post-quantum cryptography readiness, aligning the platform to recurring usage and program-scale deployment.
SaaS
February 2026
Third provisional patent filed
A third provisional patent filing extended the company's IP footprint as the platform matured and new architecture patterns took shape.
Patent
March 2026
First paying customer acquired
QuantumGenie converted from early design validation into commercial traction with its first paying customer.
Revenue
April 2026
Development of the Causal Security Engine begins
Work began on the Causal Security Engine to trace cryptographic dependencies and root causes across source code, infrastructure, services, and network traffic.
- Cryptographic dependency tracing
- Root-cause analysis across code and infrastructure
- Cross-layer context for source, runtime, and network signals
Engine
Why this journey matters
The transition to post-quantum cryptography is not a single upgrade. It is a long operational journey that spans visibility, research, standards movement, product systems, commercial adoption, and eventually causal understanding of where cryptographic risk actually lives. QuantumGenie is being built to support that full arc.