Summary
QuantHunt, led by Akul Attre and Saksham Shreyans in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, is among the Top 20 teams in Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026. The team is developing an AI-based cybersecurity solution focused on encryption vulnerabilities and risks associated with quantum computing.
Samsung India has featured QuantHunt from Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, as one of the Top 20 teams in Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026. Led by 21-year-old Akul Attre and 20-year-old Saksham Shreyans, the team is developing an AI-based cybersecurity solution intended to identify encryption vulnerabilities and help organisations prepare for risks associated with quantum computing.
The project was described in a Samsung Newsroom India feature dated 18 September 2026. Samsung’s account focuses on the team’s idea and its place in the innovation programme, while the solution is still described as being developed.
A cybersecurity idea aimed at quantum-era risk
Encryption converts readable information into a protected form so that only authorised parties can access it. Vulnerabilities can arise from weaknesses in an encryption method, its implementation or the way an organisation manages cryptographic keys and systems.
Quantum computing introduces a longer-term security concern because sufficiently capable quantum computers could undermine some public-key cryptographic techniques that rely on mathematical problems such as factoring and discrete logarithms. Preparing for that possibility involves understanding where cryptography is used across digital infrastructure and identifying systems that may need stronger or newer protection.
QuantHunt’s proposed contribution is an AI-based system for finding encryption vulnerabilities and helping organisations prepare their digital systems for this emerging risk. The source does not describe the model’s architecture or the specific encryption systems it will assess, so the project’s technical approach remains at the level of its stated objective.
What the Top 20 selection means
The Top 20 position places QuantHunt among the teams recognised in Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026. In the feature, Attre and Shreyans discuss what reaching the Top 20 means to them and their aim of strengthening digital security through the project.
The announcement establishes the team’s identity, location, programme status and intended cybersecurity use case. It presents QuantHunt as an innovation project addressing preparation for quantum-related security risks, rather than as a commercial cybersecurity product with reported deployment results.