The Dracarys Award: Classiq Quantum AI
For Withstanding The Quantum Dragon's Relentless Assault
WHEREAS, the Classiq Quantum AI initial promotional video clips were unclear as to its capabilities, which I have since seen as focused on generating code from papers, and thus left me to my imagination;
WHEREAS, my historical proclivity with the Classiq synthesis engine and 200+ other products has been to push everything to its respective breaking points;
WHEREAS, Classiq Quantum AI knows that problems have to be simplified for classical simulation, and consequently simplified molecular simulations to exceed the Classiq engine’s previous record, molecular oxygen (O₂), with benzene (C₆H₆);
WHEREAS, Classiq Quantum AI did these molecular simulations, plus a toy protein folding problem, each from start to finish in roughly 3.5 minutes following a single, short, plain English prompt;
WHEREAS, the results of the simulations, given the necessary simplifications to execute them on the available computational resources, seem to check out;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Brian Siegelwax, with the power vested in me by absolutely nobody, do hereby proclaim Classiq Quantum AI the fourth recipient of The Dracarys Award.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of The Quantum Dragon to be affixed this December 16, 2025.
Brian Siegelwax, the 2nd least qualified person in quantum
Filed under: Quantum Computing • Molecular Simulation • Computational Chemistry
The Dracarys Award Recipients
December 16, 2025 — Classiq Quantum AI
March 11, 2025 — MIMIQ
February 11, 2025 — Boson 4
January 1, 2025 — Fire Opal