Overview
Anderon is America's first pure-play quantum chip foundry, announced via a Letter of Intent between IBM and the U.S. Department of Commerce on May 21, 2026 and spun off from IBM to scale the domestic quantum ecosystem. Headquartered at Albany NanoTech in Albany, NY, it will operate as a 300mm superconducting-qubit wafer foundry, backed by a proposed $1 billion CHIPS award plus $1 billion in IBM cash, IP, assets, and workforce. IBM has also moved to acquire HRL Laboratories to bring silicon spin-qubit capability into the foundry. Initial output is intended to supply wafers for IBM's Kookaburra (targeted 2026), Cockatoo (2027), and Starling (2029) quantum systems. Key facility details include: The facility is situated at Albany NanoTech Complex, Albany, New York, USA. It focuses on Quantum, Logic / Foundry on 300mm wafers. This site represents an estimated investment of $2.0B.
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About Anderon
Anderon is America's first pure-play quantum chip foundry, spun off from IBM in 2026. Backed by $2 billion in federal and private funding, Anderon operates a 300mm quantum wafer fabrication facility in Albany, New York, designed to manufacture superconducting quantum-grade wafers for hardware vendors.