Zapata AI secures foundational patent for interoperable quantum software

Zapata Quantum announced that its patent for Quantum Intermediate Representation has been granted in Canada, Europe, Israel, and Australia, in addition to its earlier U.S. grant. QIR is a hardware-agnostic translation layer that enables quantum applications to interoperate across distinct hardware platforms and programming frameworks. With global patent protection now in place, Zapata has secured exclusive rights to this capability, allowing developers to translate a program once into a universal representation, then execute it across any connected quantum hardware backend.