Charlie Dai, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester, said the integration lowers access barriers by embedding quantum computing into existing enterprise environments. “Integrating Helios into OCI lowers access barriers by embedding quantum into existing cloud governance, security, and AI/HPC workflows,” he said.

However, Dai added that this shift does not materially change adoption timelines. “Most organizations remain in the PoC phase, with production quantum advantage still limited to a narrow set of problems,” he said.

Use cases center on research, early enterprise exploration

The companies said the platform could support applications across drug discovery, materials science, financial modelling, and large-scale optimization, including AI workloads.