November 20, 2024

Quantum Technology Initiatives in Europe and EU

Europe’s quantum technology landscape has evolved from disparate academic projects into a coordinated multi-billion euro endeavor encompassing the EU and its member states. The historical commitment to quantum science is now manifesting in tangible outputs: prototype quantum computers in laboratories and supercomputing centers, quantum-secure communication testbeds linking cities, and quantum sensors poised to revolutionize measurements from under the Earth to outer space. The European Union’s flagship program and national quantum strategies in Germany, France, the Netherlands, and elsewhere have created a momentum that engages both prestigious research institutions (ETH Zurich, CNRS, Max Planck Society, etc.) and a growing quantum startup sector (Pasqal, IQM, Atos, and many more) ...

News - Europe - Quantum Computing, Quantum Tech, Post-Quantum, Quantum Security

Alice Bob Magic State

Alice & Bob’s New “Unfolded” Code Dramatically Lowers Magic State Overhead

A new research paper from quantum startup Alice & Bob in collaboration with Inria unveils a technique to significantly reduce the cost of magic state generation - a crucial resource for universal fault-tolerant quantum computing. The paper, titled “Unfolded distillation: very low-cost magic state preparation for biased-noise qubits”, describes an ...
Quantum Strategy Europe Atomium

Quantum Europe Strategy: Europe’s Five-Pillar Plan to Lead the Quantum Revolution

On July 2, 2025, the European Commission unveiled the Quantum Europe Strategy – a comprehensive roadmap to transform Europe into a “quantum industrial powerhouse” and global leader in quantum technologies by 2030. This strategy arrives at a pivotal moment: quantum computing, communication, and sensing are advancing from lab experiments to ...
EU PQC Roadmap

EU Commission Roadmap Targets 2030 for Post-Quantum Cryptography Transition

On June 23, 2025, the European Commission and EU Member States unveiled a coordinated roadmap to transition Europe’s digital infrastructure to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). This plan lays out a clear timeline for moving to quantum-resistant encryption, recognizing the urgent threat that future quantum computers pose to classical cryptography. PQC is ...
EU Post-Quantum Cryptography

EU Publishes a Recommendation on Post-Quantum Cryptography

In another sign of Q-Day concerns and preparations heating up recently, the European Commission has published a key recommendation urging EU member states to adopt a harmonized approach to post-quantum cryptography. This guidance, "Recommendation on a Coordinated Implementation Roadmap for the transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography," is part of the EU's ...
TU Darmstadt Atomic Qubits

Over 1,000 Controllable Atomic Qubits Achieved

In a research article just published on the arXiv preprint server the research team from TU Darmstadt in Germany reports on the world’s first successful experiment to realise a quantum-processing architecture that contains more than 1,000 atomic qubits in one single plane. The researchers used a novel method of “quantum bit supercharging” ...
ENISA Post-Quantum Cryptography Integration

ENISA Publishes “Post-Quantum Cryptography – Integration study”

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has released a report titled "Post-Quantum Cryptography - Integration Study," offering a comprehensive look at the challenges and necessities of integrating post-quantum cryptographic systems. This publication follows ENISA's 2021 study on the current state of post-quantum cryptography and aims to provide a clearer ...

Articles - Europe

Quantum Technology, Quantum Computing, Quantum Security

May 22, 2025

Global Quantum Innovation Ecosystems: Lessons for TTOs from Around the World

For universities and tech transfer offices (TTOs), understanding global diverse quantum innovation ecosystems is more than a matter of curiosity – it’s a practical guide for positioning academic spin‑offs for success on the world stage. Government investment is a key differentiator: by 2025, governments worldwide have committed over $40 billion in public funding for quantum technology. How those funds are deployed, ...
March 1, 2025

Physics at the Heart of the New Cold War

In the 21st century, cutting-edge physics has moved from the laboratory into the realm of high geopolitics. Breakthroughs in quantum computing, advanced materials, and energy aren’t just academic - they are strategic assets coveted by nations. The situation echoes the mid-20th century, when projects like the Manhattan Project turned abstract physics into world-altering power. Today, governments are pouring billions into ...
March 1, 2025

Quantum Geopolitics: The Global Race for Quantum Computing

Quantum computing has emerged as a new frontier of great-power competition in the 21st century​. Nations around the world view advanced quantum technologies as strategic assets—keys to future economic prowess, military strength, and technological sovereignty. Governments have already poured over $40 billion into quantum research and development globally​, launching national initiatives and international collaborations to secure a lead in this ...
April 28, 2022

National Initiatives in Quantum Technologies (as of April 2022)

As quantum technologies garner global attention, its economic and national security implications are positioning these set of technologies alongside AI and 5G as pivotal emerging technologies for the future. Governments worldwide are recognizing the strategic importance of quantum technologies, which broadly includes quantum computing, quantum communication and quantum sensing ...

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Companies - Europe

Quantum Computing Hardware

Quantum Brilliance
July 4, 2025

Quantum Brilliance

Quantum Brilliance (QB) is an Australian-German quantum computing company (founded in 2019 as a spin-out of Australian National University) developing diamond-based quantum accelerators that operate at room temperature. Their hardware ...
QuiX Quantum
June 30, 2025

QuiX Quantum

QuiX Quantum is a Dutch quantum technology company specializing in photonic quantum computing hardware. Founded in 2019 as a University of Twente spin-off, QuiX has quickly grown into a European ...
Quandela
May 22, 2025

Quandela

Quandela is a French quantum computing company founded in 2017 as a spin-off from the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (C2N) in Paris. It has established itself as a pioneer ...
Planqc
May 22, 2025

Planqc

Planqc is a Munich-based quantum computing startup (founded in 2022 as a Max-Planck-Institute spin-off) developing a neutral-atom quantum computing platform. The company’s core approach is to store quantum information in ...
Pasqal
May 22, 2025

Pasqal

Pasqal is a French pioneer in neutral-atom quantum computing, building large, reconfigurable arrays of laser‑trapped Rydberg atoms and delivering them as on‑prem accelerators for HPC centers and industrial labs. Unlike ...
IQM
May 22, 2025

IQM

IQM Quantum Computers is a Finland‑based hardware company building superconducting (transmon) quantum processors with a distinctly European strategy: deliver on‑premises systems tightly integrated with high‑performance computing (HPC) centers while co-designing ...
Alice & Bob
May 20, 2025

Alice & Bob

Alice & Bob is a Paris-based quantum computing startup (founded in Feb 2020 by Dr. Théau Peronnin and Dr. Raphaël Lescanne) focused on building a universal, fault-tolerant quantum computer using ...