Quandela and Qatar’s Mekdam Holding Group Partner to Accelerate the Deployment of Quantum Computing Across the Gulf Region

The two companies will explore cooperation across quantum research, cloud computing, education and talent development, as well as future applications for industry and government.

Hanoi, Vietnam / Massy, France – 19 October 2026 – Quandela, a European leader in photonic quantum computing, and FPT Corporation, Vietnam’s largest private information technology and telecommunications services company, announced today the signing of a two-year Memorandum of Understanding aimed at developing cooperation in quantum technologies and supporting the development of the quantum ecosystem in Vietnam.

The two-year agreement establishes a framework through which FPT and Quandela will explore joint initiatives combining FPT’s engineering, research and understanding of the Vietnamese market with Quandela’s expertise in photonic quantum computing, including hardware, software and cloud infrastructure.

The collaboration will focus on several areas :

Combining expertise to advance quantum research and innovation

First, the companies intend to explore joint research and technology development, including potential work on quantum algorithms, quantum communications, cybersecurity-related applications and other areas of common interest.

FPT and Quandela will also explore cooperation around cloud-based quantum computing. Under the framework, Quandela may provide FPT researchers with access to its cloud-based quantum computing infrastructure, while FPT intends to establish a dedicated research group conduct experimentation and identify potential applications of quantum computing.

A third pillar will focus on education, training and talent development. The companies will explore opportunities to contribute to FPT’s university and high-school programs, including through access to quantum learning environments and open-source tools, expert training, seminars and potential exchanges between researchers and engineers.

Supporting a growing quantum ecosystem

The MoU also provides a framework for broader cooperation with universities, research institutions, technology partners and industrial stakeholders, with the objective of identifying new quantum use cases and strengthening collaboration between the Vietnamese and European quantum ecosystems. The parties may ultimately explore joint advisory activities for enterprises and public-sector organisations, as well as international deployments additional market opportunities.

“Quantum technologies are becoming an increasingly important component of the future computing landscape. Through this collaboration with Quandela, we want to strengthen our internal capabilities, give our researchers access to advanced technologies and progressively identify applications that can create value for Vietnam’s economy and technology ecosystem,” 
said Dr. Nguyen Xuan Phong, Chief AI Transformation Officer of FPT Corporation and Director of the Quantum AI & Cyber Security Institute.

“Establishing a robust quantum ecosystem requires far more than technological access. It demands research, expertise, infrastructure, and the capacity to align quantum computing with real-world applications. By joining forces with FPT, we are combining these key pillars to deliver impactful projects together in Vietnam,”
stated Marine Xech-Gaspa, Director of Institutional Affairs and Public Policy at Quandela.

About Quandela

Quandela is a global leader in quantum computing, designing, building, and delivering cutting-edge quantum solutions for research and industry: providing the most energy-efficient quantum computers for computing centers, comprehensive quantum computing solutions accessible via the cloud, and algorithm access services for academic and industrial customers. Quandela follows a pragmatic and progressive roadmap, deploying industrial systems since 2023 while developing future generations of fault-tolerant quantum computers capable of scaling by integrating thousands of photonic components. Quandela is committed to making quantum computing accessible to all in order to tackle the most complex industrial and societal challenges.

For more information: www.quandela.com

About FPT Corporation

FPT Corporation (FPT) is Vietnam’s leading technology corporation, pioneering digital transformation and providing consulting, technology services, solutions, and implementation for businesses and organizations worldwide. Operating across two core sectors—Technology and Education—FPT partners with customers in more than 30 countries and territories, helping them achieve their business objectives and long-term growth through technology.

Committed to mastering strategic technologies, FPT continues to drive innovation across industries. The Corporation is dedicated to strengthening Vietnam’s position on the global technology map while delivering world-class AI-enabled solutions and digital transformation services to enterprises worldwide.

FPT reported a total revenue of USD 2.66 billion (FY2025) and a workforce of over 44,000 employees across its core businesses. For more information, please visit https://fpt.com/en

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Selected for the 2026 cohort, Quandela renews its participation in the French government’s programme supporting strategic technologies.

MASSY, France, 16 October 2026 – Quandela today announces its selection for the 2026 French Tech 2030 cohort, marking its third consecutive year of participation in the programme since its launch in 2023.

The new cohort brings together 80 companies across eight strategic technology sectors. Led by Mission French Tech, the programme supports high-potential French companies developing breakthrough technologies, providing tailored government assistance to accelerate their growth in France and internationally.

This renewed participation will accompany Quandela’s continued development and industrialisation of photonic quantum computing technologies. Through the programme, the company will benefit from a further year of support addressing its development priorities.

Quandela’s participation reflects its commitment to transforming French scientific research into industrial capabilities with international reach. The company recognises the strength and diversity of France’s innovation ecosystem and the importance of sustained public support for ambitious scientific and industrial projects.

Quandela thanks Mission French Tech for its continued support and congratulates all companies selected for the 2026 cohort.

About Quandela

Quandela is a leading quantum computing company that designs, builds, and delivers cutting-edge quantum solutions for industry: ready-to-use quantum computers for data centres, cloud-accessible quantum processors, and algorithm access services for industrial clients. Quandela is committed to making quantum computing accessible to all in order to address the most complex industrial and societal challenges.
Discover our vision at: Quandela | Leading Photonic Quantum Computing Solutions

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New demonstrator shows how photonic quantum processors can become tightly integrated accelerators within future AI and HPC infrastructures, as Quandela expands its technology and industrial footprint in Germany.

Berlin, Germany, 13 October 2026 — Quandela, a European leader in photonic quantum computing, will showcase a new hybrid AI–quantum computing demonstrator at NVIDIA GTC Berlin, to show how quantum processing units can become integrated resources within accelerated computing infrastructures.

The demonstrator builds on Quandela’s experimental validation, announced at ISC High Performance in Hamburg earlier this year, of a low-latency integration path between NVIDIA accelerated computing and Quandela photonic quantum processors using NVIDIA NVQLink.

At GTC Berlin, an AI workflow running on an NVIDIA DGX Spark exchanges data directly with Quandela’s FPGA-based System Controller through NVIDIA NVQLink.

A reservoir-computing use case and live visual dashboard allow visitors to follow the interaction across the workflow, from classical data preparation to quantum processing and the final result.

For this demonstration, the QPU itself is simulated. The setup is designed to reproduce the system architecture and interaction model previously validated by Quandela with a physical photonic QPU, while making the GPU–QPU workflow visible and accessible in a live exhibition environment.

From remote quantum access to integrated quantum acceleration

Today, most quantum computers are accessed as remote resources through cloud environments. Quandela’s work with NVQLink explores a growing deployment model: one in which QPUs operate alongside CPUs and GPUs as specialized accelerators within AI and high-performance computing infrastructure.

In this architecture, the CPU orchestrates the application, the GPU handles intensive AI and classical computation, while the photonic QPU can be called for selected workloads where quantum processing may provide an advantage.

The approach combines Quandela’s photonic quantum computing technology and Quantum System Controller with NVIDIA accelerated computing, through NVQLink and the NVIDIA CUDA-Q platform for hybrid quantum-classical computing, creating a path toward increasingly tightly coupled hybrid computing environments.

Jean Senellart, Chief Technology and Product Officer at Quandela, said:

“The next challenge for quantum computing is not simply to make QPUs available. It is to make them work naturally inside the computing infrastructures that researchers and companies already use. What we are demonstrating at GTC Berlin makes that architecture tangible: GPU and QPU are no longer treated as isolated resources, but as complementary processors within the same workflow viaNVIDIA NVQLink.”

Germany at the heart of Quandela’s European development

Quandela’s presence at GTC Berlin also marks another step in the company’s growing engagement with the German technology and quantum ecosystems.

GTC Berlin follows Quandela’s participation at ISC High Performance in Hamburg, where the company presented its first results on low-latency GPU–QPU integration, and its recent presence at AIDAQ in Berlin, focused on the convergence of AI, data, high-performance computing and quantum technologies.

Germany also plays an important role in Quandela’s industrial strategy.

Quandela works closely with German technology company attocube systems, one of its key European technology partners. The two companies notably collaborated on Lucy, the photonic quantum computer delivered to EuroHPC and GENCI and installed at the CEA’s TGCC in France, combining Quandela’s photonic quantum technology with cryogenic systems developed by attocube.

This industrial collaboration sits within a broader Franco-German effort to strengthen Europe’s quantum ecosystem.

Over the past two years, Quandela has actively contributed to the Franco-German Dialogue on Quantum Technologies, bringing together companies, research institutions, HPC centres and public stakeholders from both countries. In May 2026, Quandela joined CEA, Fraunhofer, CNRS, Inria, Le Lab Quantique, QUTAC and the European Champions Alliance in a joint declaration aimed at accelerating cooperation between the French and German quantum ecosystems.

Thomas Volz, Managing Director of Quandela GmbH, said:

“Germany is strategic for Quandela not simply as a market, but as an industrial, scientific and technological partner. From our cooperation with attocube to our work with the HPC and AI communities, we see a strong opportunity to connect French and German capabilities to build a competitive European quantum computing industry. GTC Berlin is exactly the kind of environment where these worlds — AI, accelerated computing, HPC and quantum — increasingly come together.”

Building the hybrid computing infrastructure of tomorrow

Quandela’s presence at GTC Berlin reflects a broader evolution in quantum computing.

As quantum processors mature, the focus is progressively moving beyond standalone quantum machines toward architectures in which classical and quantum processors can cooperate at increasingly low latency.

For photonic quantum computing, where quantum operations and photon generation can operate at high repetition rates, the speed at which information moves between classical and quantum hardware becomes a fundamental part of overall system performance.

By developing this integration layer today, Quandela aims to prepare photonic QPUs to become deployable accelerators within future AI factories, supercomputing centres and industrial computing infrastructures.

Meet Quandela at NVIDIA GTC Berlin, 20–22 October 2026, at booth no. 7078

About Quandela

Quandela is a global leader in quantum computing, designing, building, and delivering cutting-edge quantum solutions for research and industry. Its offerings include the most energy-efficient quantum computers for data centers, full-stack quantum computing solutions accessible via the cloud, and algorithm access services for academic and industrial customers. Following a pragmatic, step-by-step roadmap, Quandela has been deploying industrial-grade systems since 2023 while developing future generations of fault-tolerant quantum computers capable of scaling through the integration of thousands of photonic components. Quandela is committed to making quantum computing accessible to all in order to address the most complex industrial and societal challenges. Learn more at: Quandela | Leading Photonic Quantum Computing Solutions

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