Quantum Machines to power new $50 million quantum lab in Paris
Israeli startup teams up with France’s Alice & Bob and cryogenics firm Bluefors to launch cutting-edge facility for next-gen quantum chips.
Israeli startup Quantum Machines said on Thursday it would partner with French tech startup Alice & Bob in an advanced quantum computing laboratory in Paris.
Alice & Bob is building the $50 million lab, and Quantum Machines—whose hardware and software platform aims to accelerate the realization of practical quantum computers—will equip the lab along with Bluefors, a maker of cryogenic measurement systems in quantum technology.
The new lab will enable Alice & Bob’s next-generation quantum chip series—Lithium, Beryllium, and Graphene. This development hub will be funded by the company’s recent $103 million private funding round.
Alice & Bob was founded in 2020 and specializes in the field of quantum computing. Quantum Machines, which raised $170 million at a $700 million valuation in February, was founded in early 2018 by Dr. Itamar Sivan (CEO), Dr. Yonatan Cohen (Chief Technology Officer), and Dr. Nissim Ofek (VP of R&D). All three hold PhDs in physics with specializations in quantum computing and quantum electronics, having conducted their research at the Weizmann Institute’s Submicron Center under the mentorship of Prof. Moty Heiblum.
The company employs 180 people, with about half based in Israel and the rest in Denmark, Germany, Japan, the U.S., and other countries.
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Quantum Machines’ hybrid control technology enables the execution of highly complex computational tasks across all types of quantum computers. This versatility has driven rapid adoption by a majority of quantum computing companies worldwide.
Additionally, the company’s strategic collaboration with Nvidia led to the joint development of DGX Quantum, a system that integrates Quantum Machines’ real-time quantum control with Nvidia’s high-speed computing capabilities, accelerating progress toward practical quantum computing.
In 2023, Quantum Machines established the Israel Quantum Computing Center (IQCC), a research facility housing three quantum computers. Located at Tel Aviv University, IQCC was built in collaboration with Israel’s Innovation Authority and serves both academic researchers and advanced R&D centers in Israel and abroad.
Reuters contributed to this report.
