Paris, 14 June 2022 – The partnership between OVHcloud, the European leader in cloud
computing, and the French start-up Quandela, the European leader in quantum
photonics, will enable Perceval to be hosted in open-source in the OVHcloud Cloud.
This first step in the collaboration between two major French players demonstrates both
OVHcloud’s desire to invest in the field of quantum technology and Quandela’s desire
to enable as many people as possible to appropriate quantum photonics technology.
This is in line with Quandela’s development of the first complete photonic quantum
computer, which will be available as an online platform by the end of the year.
OVHcloud, as a global Cloud player with more than 400,000 servers in 33 datacenters in 140
countries, is getting even more involved in the field of quantum computing by hosting
Quandela’s software suite: Perceval. This software, which is aimed at developers, industry,
and the scientific community, allows quantum algorithms to be executed by simulating an
optical quantum computer to explore the space of potential applications.
This partnership is part of OVHcloud’s approach to working with quantum players to help create
a community capable of using and developing this technology, thanks to the availability of the
open-source software suite.
“The photonic platform is very promising for developing the quantum computer. Being able to
rely on OVHcloud, a world-renowned partner providing servers and a trusted Cloud, is a real
asset. This partnership will allow us to increase Perceval availability as open-source software
to the largest number of people. With OVHcloud, we will offer users scalable compute capacity
thus designing and simulating algorithms with more photons today and by the end of the year,
we will make available our photonic quantum computer as a web-service, allowing OVHCloud
users to seamlessly run their algorithms on real photonic QPU!” explains Valérian Giesz, CEO
and co-founder of Quandela.
“With the rise of quantum computing, a new technological revolution is taking place for our
digital activities. To capture its full potential, OVHcloud is strongly committed to supporting
expert communities so that they can set up the foundations of a quantum offer accessible to
the greatest number of people thanks to Cloud technologies. This joint approach with
Quandela will allow us to encourage the exploration of new use cases benefiting from these
new computing models,” said Thierry Souche, CTO of OVHcloud.
About Quandela
Quandela, entreprise leader dans le domaine du calcul quantique, propose des solutions de niveau industriel. Quandela conçoit, construit et fournit des systèmes quantiques prêts à l’emploi pour les datacenters, des processeurs quantiques accessibles via le cloud, et des services d’accès aux algorithmes.
Fondée en 2017 par la professeure Pascale Senellart, directrice de recherche au Centre de nanosciences et nanotechnologies (C2N) du CNRS, Niccolo Somaschi et Valérian Giesz, experts de renommée internationale en physique quantique, Quandela emploie plus de 100 collaborateurs de 20 nationalités différentes, en majorité des chercheurs et des ingénieurs en optique, algorithmes et sciences de l’information.
Quandela s’engage à rendre l’informatique quantique accessible à tous pour relever les défis industriels et sociétaux les plus complexes.
Pour en savoir plus : www.quandela.com
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Quandela, a leader in quantum computing, specializes in industry-grade quantum computing solutions. Quandela designs, builds, and supplies datacenter-ready quantum computing systems, cloud-accessible quantum processors, and algorithm with industrial value.
Founded in 2017 by Professor Pascale Senellart, Research Director at the Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies (C2N) at CNRS, Niccolo Somaschi and Valerian Giesz, internationally renowned experts in quantum physics, Quandela currently has over 100 employees from 20 different nationalities, mostly researchers and engineers in optical, algorithm and data science.
Quandela is committed to making advanced quantum computing accessible and beneficial for all, empowering innovators to solve the most complex industrial and societal challenges.
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