A big congratulations to Léa Cassé and the DelphiQ team who were recently announced as the winners of the Global Industry Challenge – World Bank track at the Quantum World Congress 2025 for their innovative solution to improving insurance for communities exposed to flooding.
In addition to funding Léa's PHD research on quantum models for environmental data streams, the DelphiQ team were able to use TAIAO’s open online datasets of New Zealand rivers and rainfall, as well as the expertise of its researchers to build and test this novel approach to one of the World Bank’s pressing challenges.
Their recognition on this global stage underlines how TAIAO’s mission, advancing open science for environmental time-series data, can extend far beyond New Zealand. By supporting researchers, enabling access to critical datasets, and fostering collaboration, TAIAO has helped position New Zealand research at the forefront of the global quantum innovation landscape.
