Quantum venture · Australia · TRL 5

Quantum-enabled human-readiness intelligence for adaptive defence training.

Agora Innovation is building a TRL 5 Australian quantum venture using executable quantum and quantum-inspired workflows to model readiness, fatigue, cognitive load, intervention response and operational performance.

TRL 5IBM Quantum hardware executionAdaptive defence trainingHuman-readiness intelligenceWestern Australia
HEROES // LIVE
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Readiness StateREADY
Cognitive LoadELEVATED
Fatigue RiskLOW
ConfidenceHIGH
Gaze PatternNOMINAL
Decision Layer
ADAPT
REPEAT
PROGRESS
Intervention Recommendation
Reduce scenario complexity · trigger 90s debrief
94.2%
Model conf.
7
Signals fused
Q-OPT
Engine
01The Problem

Defence training needs to understand the human in real time.

Modern defence, aviation and high-performance organisations collect more human data than ever: simulator performance, gaze and eye-movement signals, wearable and fatigue indicators, training outcomes, behavioural signals, wellbeing and recovery data, and operational workflow data.

But most systems still struggle to answer the critical questions:

  • Is this person ready to progress?
  • Are they overloaded, fatigued or uncertain?
  • Are they scanning correctly?
  • Should the training adapt in real time?
  • What is the next best intervention?

The missing layer is adaptive human-readiness intelligence.

02Economic & Operational Need

Human readiness is a strategic capability.

Poor readiness is not only a wellbeing issue. It affects training outcomes, safety, productivity, retention and operational performance.

Indicator
US$1T
Annual global productivity loss from depression and anxiety
WHO
Indicator
12B
Working days lost annually worldwide
WHO
Indicator
12%
Australian serious workers' comp claims linked to mental health (2023–24)
Safe Work Australia

Sources: WHO mental health at work · Safe Work Australia.

03The Solution

Agora turns human-performance data into adaptive readiness intelligence.

Agora is building a quantum-enabled decision-support platform that fuses fragmented training, performance, behavioural, wellness and biological-adjacent data into interpretable readiness insights.

Modelled signals
FatigueCognitive loadConfidenceUncertaintyStressResilienceSituational awarenessIntervention responseOperational readiness
Decision output

Agora helps organisations decide what should happen next: continue, adapt, simplify, repeat, debrief, recover, intervene or escalate.

04Defence Training Use Case

Adaptive training for Air Force-relevant environments.

In Air Force-relevant training, the future is not static courseware. It is training that responds to the human in real time.

Scenario · SIM-04

A trainee pilot, maintainer or operator moves through a simulation or workflow. The system captures gaze, eye movement, fixation, dwell time, fatigue, confidence and performance. Agora models the trainee's readiness state and recommends the next best action.

Compliance: Agora is not claiming current Air Force deployment. The platform is designed for defence-relevant validation and future dual-use procurement pathways.

Recommended actions
Progress the traineeA01
Repeat the taskA02
Simplify the contentA03
Increase complexityA04
Trigger a debriefA05
Recommend recoveryA06
Escalate to instructorA07
05Technology · Quantum Layer

Executable quantum workflows, not theoretical positioning.

Agora has already translated core algorithmic components into executable quantum workflows and tested them through simulator runs and IBM Quantum hardware execution.

MOD-01
Density-matrix health-state modelling
Quantum state representation of multi-signal readiness.
MOD-02
Multimodal data fusion
Gaze, fatigue, performance and behavioural signals unified.
MOD-03
Tensor-network representations
Compact encoding of high-dimensional human-state spaces.
MOD-04
QAOA intervention optimisation
Quantum approximate optimisation for next-best action.
MOD-05
VQE-style variant modelling
Variational circuits for biological-adjacent variants.
MOD-06
Optimisation & intervention logic
Selection layer mapping state to operational decision.
MOD-07
HEROES readiness layer
Adaptive readiness intelligence consumed by training systems.
Technical position

We are not claiming quantum advantage at this stage. We are building a benchmarked, executable quantum-enabled layer for readiness modelling, adaptive training and intervention optimisation.

Current TRL
TRL 5
Next target
TRL 6 →
Benchmarking, integration and operationally relevant validation.
06HEROES Layer

HEROES. Human Experience, Readiness, Operational Effectiveness and Safety.

HEROES is Agora's adaptive human-readiness intelligence layer.

Signal stack
  • 01Gaze and attention patterns
  • 02Fatigue and recovery
  • 03Cognitive load
  • 04Confidence and uncertainty
  • 05Stress and overload
  • 06Resilience
  • 07Situational awareness
  • 08Behavioural change
  • 09Intervention response
  • 10Operational readiness
Defence applications

For defence and Air Force-relevant training, HEROES could support:

  • Adaptive courseware
  • Simulator debriefing
  • Pilot-readiness scoring
  • Maintenance-training guidance
  • Command-level visibility into human readiness
07Markets

Defence-first, dual-use pathway.

Initial focus · Wedge
  • Defence-relevant readiness
  • Air Force-applicable training and performance
  • Simulator readiness
  • Adaptive training content
  • Maintenance-training workflows
  • High-performance teams
Expansion markets
  • Enterprise wellbeing
  • Preventive health
  • Workforce resilience
  • Healthcare-adjacent support
  • Corporate performance and retention

Defence creates the high-value wedge. Enterprise, health and high-performance markets create scalable commercial expansion.

08Validation & Traction

Customer discovery and early traction.

Agora has completed 50+ customer and stakeholder conversations across wellness, healthcare, enterprise, defence-adjacent, early childhood/workforce wellbeing and technology-commercialisation contexts.

50+
Stakeholder conversations completed
8
Countries interested in early-access / localisation
AUD $5K
Early commercial / pre-commercial revenue
2–3
Pilots or LOIs targeted through NextQ
Customers said they need
  • Decision-support, not more dashboards
  • Earlier visibility into readiness risk
  • Privacy-conscious team-level insights
  • Better personalisation
  • Actionable readiness intelligence
  • Localisation from the beginning
09Team

Built for quantum commercialisation.

/01
Elizabeth Barretto
Co-Founder / Director

Founder vision, core IP, wellness-market insight, commercial strategy and emerging-technology adoption.

/02
Anthony Long
Co-Founder / CTO

Software architecture, systems delivery, secure platform development and technical execution.

/03
Dr Olivia Lesslar
Medical Director / Clinical Strategy

Preventive-health governance, clinical credibility and responsible non-diagnostic product framing.

/04
Dr Edmond Ng
Commercialisation & Partnerships

Market access, partnerships, business development and strategic commercial pathways.

10NextQ Outcomes

Why NextQ.

Agora is newly incorporated in Australia, technically differentiated and ready to move from validated quantum workflows into commercial validation, pilot readiness and investor readiness.

Outcome 01
Technical validation

Benchmark the quantum-enabled data-fusion and optimisation layer against conventional baseline models.

Outcome 02
Commercial validation

Secure 2–3 signed pilots, LOIs or structured validation partners across defence-relevant readiness, high-performance, enterprise wellbeing or preventive-health use cases.

Outcome 03
Investor readiness

Complete an investor-ready package: technical results, product roadmap, go-to-market, pricing, IP, data/privacy, pilot pipeline, budget and funding plan.

11Closing · Contact

Quantum-enabled readiness for high-stakes human performance.

Agora is building the intelligence layer for adaptive training, readiness and human performance in defence and other high-stakes environments.

Direct contact
Elizabeth Barretto
Co-Founder / Director
Agora Innovation Pty Ltd
Company
Western Australia
Location
44 698 037 320
ABN