Photonic Inc. vs Duckie

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Photonic Inc.

EmergingQuantum Computing

Quantum Networking & Silicon Spin Qubits

Raised $131M (Jan 2026) led by Planet First Partners. Microsoft co-investor and technology integration partner. DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Stage 2.

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Photonic Inc. is a quantum computing company developing silicon spin qubits with integrated silicon-photonic interconnects for quantum networking — the only quantum startup with Microsoft as both a co-investor and deep technology integration partner. The company raised $131 million in January 2026 led by Planet First Partners, with Microsoft, RBC, and TELUS participating, and advanced to Stage 2 of DARPA's Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) — a rigorous government evaluation of the most technically credible quantum approaches.

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Duckie

EmergingInfrastructure

IT Operations

SF YC W24 AI support agent builder at 80% resolution time reduction and 71% ticket deflection; $500K from a16z/Greylock/YC/Netflix competing with Intercom Fin for customer support AI workflow automation.

AI VisibilityBeta
Overall Score
D25
Category Rank
#18 of 68
AI Consensus
59%
Trend
stable
Per Platform
ChatGPT
33
Perplexity
19
Gemini
36

About

Duckie is a San Francisco-based AI customer support platform — backed by Y Combinator (W24) with $500,000 in funding from Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock, KungHo Fund, Netflix, and 5 additional investors — providing customer support teams with an AI agent builder that translates existing support processes and workflows into predictable, reliable AI automation, achieving 80% reduction in resolution time and 71% ticket deflection for deployed teams. Founded in 2023 and targeting customer support leaders at growth-stage software companies, Duckie enables support teams to deploy AI agents in minutes without engineering dependency.

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