Q2B Paris is a leading in-person event focused on real-world quantum computing applications. Organized by QC Ware and Bpifrance, it brings together attendees and speakers from industry, research, and government […]
Q2B Paris is a leading in-person event focused on real-world quantum computing applications. Organized by QC Ware and Bpifrance, it brings together attendees and speakers from industry, research, and government to explore topics like quantum algorithms, AI, sensing, communication, and error correction.
Paris – May 12th, 2026 – This evening, over a hundred high-level representatives from French and German industry, policy, start-up and investment sectors will gather for a reception hosted by […]
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Paris – May 12th, 2026 – This evening, over a hundred high-level representatives from French and German industry, policy, start-up and investment sectors will gather for a reception hosted by the German Ambassador to France, His Excellency Mr Stefan Steinlein, with the support of the French Embassy in Germany. This event reflects the growing importance of quantum technologies for Europe’s technological and industrial sovereignty, building on the French-German agenda agreed in August 2025. France and Germany are home to some of the world’s leading players in this field.
At the heart of this dialogue lies a clear ambition: to strengthen ties and coordination between French and German industry, policymaking, funding, innovation and research. By connecting key players across borders and across the value chain, the initiative aims to help Europe accelerate the development and adoption of sovereign, competitive and market-ready quantum technologies.
With the same spirit, on the margins of today’s event, a group of leading industry and research organisations will sign a Joint Declaration of Intent to strengthen cooperation in quantum technologies and support the development of a competitive European quantum ecosystem.
Signed by CEA, Fraunhofer, CNRS, Inria, Le Lab Quantique, Quandela, QUTAC and the European Champions Alliance, this Declaration of Intent solidifies the stakeholders’ commitment to deepening and accelerating exchanges, partnerships and synergies.
Their cooperation will focus on four objectives:
The signatories also reaffirm their commitment to an open and collaborative approach, inviting additional stakeholders to join and contribute to these efforts.
The CEA is a public research organisation whose mission is to contribute to the scientific, technological and industrial sovereignty of France and Europe in four key areas: low-carbon energy, digital technology, future medicine, and defence and security, by drawing on excellence in fundamental research. For more information: www.cea.fr
A major player in basic research worldwide, the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) is the only French organisation active in all scientific fields. Its unique position as a multi-specialist enables it to bring together all of the scientific disciplines in order to shed light on and understand the challenges of today’s world, in connection with public and socio-economic stakeholders. Together, the different sciences contribute to sustainable progress that benefits society as a whole.
The European Champion Alliance (ECA) promotes European technology, European values and works to strengthen through a conscious business-related interdependence between European companies and all participants of the European economic ecosystem. To achieve this goal, the ECA builds bridges between national ecosystems, SMEs, companies, start-ups and other supporters of the tech ecosystem in Europe. The ECA harnesses the power of smart collaboration and accelerate the growth of Europe’s digital champions.
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, headquartered in Germany, is the world’s leading applied research organization. With its focus on developing key technologies that are vital for the future and enabling the commercial exploitation of this work by business and industry, Fraunhofer plays a central role in the innovation process. As a pioneer and catalyst for ground-breaking developments and scientific excellence, Fraunhofer helps shape society now and in the future. Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft currently operates more than 70 institutes and research institutions throughout Germany.
Inria, the French national institute for research in digital science and technology, supports the French government in national research and innovation strategies in the digital field, acting as Digital Programs Agency. Inria leads over 300 research and innovation projects with its 3,500 scientists, engineers, and support staff, in partnership with universities and the digital ecosystem (businesses, entrepreneurs, and public stakeholders). Together, we explore strategic fields such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum computing, cloud technologies, digital transformation in healthcare, digital twins, and digital technologies for defence. We develop practical solutions such as software, tech startups, partnerships with national companies, and cutting-edge training programmes. Our goal is to drive scientific, technological, and industrial excellence to ensure France’s digital sovereignty.
Le Lab Quantique is a French not-for-profit organisation created in 2018 to support the emergence of the global quantum ecosystem, gathering more than 50 members and partners and organising more than 20 workshops per year. Its mission is to foster the emergence of talent capable of addressing the major challenges of quantum physics, while also guiding the development of entrepreneurial and industrial projects towards the market launch of new products and services.
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: https://www.quandela.com/
QUTAC (Quantum Technology & Application Consortium) is a consortium of internationally active German companies from various sectors and potential users of quantum computing technology. It intends to promote the politically desired digital sovereignty of Germany and Europe and to establish an economically successful, independent ecosystem of quantum computing technology in Germany and for Europe. To this end, the members of the consortium want to identify, develop, test and make available use cases for quantum computing technology both for their own sectors and across sectors. Learn more at www.qutac.de
Paris, 7th May 2026 – Quandela and Safran Tech, Safran’s research and technology centre, have announced the launch of the AQeFLU research project. This partnership aims to develop new quantum […]
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Paris, 7th May 2026 – Quandela and Safran Tech, Safran’s research and technology centre, have announced the launch of the AQeFLU research project. This partnership aims to develop new quantum algorithms dedicated to the complex modelling of fluid flows.
The simulation of airflow around aerodynamic profiles is a key challenge in optimising aircraft performance. At present, such studies rely on large-scale numerical calculations and lengthy, costly wind tunnel tests.
The AQeFLU project explores how quantum approaches can complement conventional methods to:
This project is supported by the PAQ Quantique programme, funded by the Île-de-France Region. It is based on close collaboration between two leading organisations:
Together, the teams will first test the algorithms on standardised academic cases before moving on to advanced industrial applications, particularly in the field of combustion and propulsion systems.
“In the long term, the use of quantum computing could make industrial design phases more efficient, whilst paving the way for tangible advances, such as improved aerodynamic performance and reduced fuel consumption,” explains Frédéric Feyel, Director of the Digital Platform at Safran Tech.
“The coming years will be pivotal for industrial applications using quantum technology. We are delighted with this new partnership with Safran, an industrial group recognised worldwide for its expertise in the fields of aerospace, space and defence. Our collaboration is a further illustration of the interest European manufacturers have in quantum computing,” says Valérian Giesz, co-founder and COO of Quandela.
Quandela develops and deploys photonic quantum computers designed for real-world environments: they operate at room temperature, are compatible with data centre infrastructure, and feature a comprehensive software stack for programming and executing computations, both in the cloud and on-premises. Beyond hardware, Quandela supports businesses, research teams and public institutions in identifying, prototyping and integrating quantum use cases, through pilot projects carried out in partnership, training and technical support. Founded in Europe, Quandela follows a pragmatic and progressive path, ranging from systems already usable today to fault-tolerant quantum computing. Discover their vision at www.quandela.com
Safran is an international high-tech group operating in the aerospace (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defence and space markets. Its mission is to contribute to a safer and more sustainable world, in which air travel is more environmentally friendly, more comfortable and more accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 110,000 employees and revenue of €31.3 billion in 2025, and holds, either alone or in partnership, global or regional leadership positions in its main markets. Safran conducts research and development programmes to support the environmental priorities of its R&T and Innovation roadmaps. Safran is listed on the Euronext Paris market and is included in the CAC 40 and Euro Stoxx 50 indices.
Roubaix – April 17th 2026 – At the Quantum Defence Summit, OVHcloud, a global cloud player and the European cloud leader, and Quandela announce the availability of the Belenos computer on OVHcloud’s Quantum platform. Unveiled last autumn, the OVHcloud Quantum Platform makes quantum computing, a breakthrough technology, more […]
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Roubaix – April 17th 2026 – At the Quantum Defence Summit, OVHcloud, a global cloud player and the European cloud leader, and Quandela announce the availability of the Belenos computer on OVHcloud’s Quantum platform.
Unveiled last autumn, the OVHcloud Quantum Platform makes quantum computing, a breakthrough technology, more accessible through a Quantum-as-a-Service (QaaS) consumption model. With the addition of Belenos, OVHcloud continues to deploy its ambitious roadmap of quantum computers accessible through the cloud.
Quandela Belenos leverages photonic quantum technology to offer a compute power of 12 qubits. It helps organisations to experiment with new algorithms in innovative domains such as image sorting and generation, accelerated AI calculus, or quantum machine learning (QML). New use cases in the fields of electromagnetic simulation, structural mechanics, engine combustion, material simulation, meteorology, and earth observation also benefit from the advances in quantum computing.
Supporting the European quantum ecosystem since 2022, the Group offers the widest range of quantum emulators leveraging its infrastructures with over a thousand users. With 15 affordable quantum emulators (including Perceval and MerLin) starting at 0.03 euros per hour, the Group helps users to grow their familiarity with different quantum computing models.
“We are delighted to deliver on the promise of the Quantum Platform by adding a second reference quantum computer, Belenos from the French company Quandela. The quantum revolution accelerates and OVHcloud is taking its part as the European Cloud leader within the ecosystem,”
said Miroslaw Klaba, R&D Director OVHcloud.
The OVHcloud Quantum Platform gives access to full-fledged quantum computers, to support the acceleration and growing adoption of quantum computing within private organisations. The Belenos QPU is offered in a “as-a-service” mode and benefits from a pay-as-you-go billing with billing per second without commitment.
“The integration of Belenos 12 qubits into the OVHcloud portfolio marks a decisive step for quantum in Europe. Accessible through the cloud, this photonic computer becomes a concrete tool for businesses. With OVHcloud we are offering data scientists and innovators alike the mean to develop their algorithms on a flexible and sovereign infrastructure”
said Niccolò Somaschi, CEO and co-founder Quandela.
OVHcloud is a global cloud player and the leading European cloud provider operating over 500,000 servers within 46 data centers across 4 continents to reach 1,6 million customers in over 140 countries. Spearheading a trusted cloud and pioneering a sustainable cloud with the best performance-price ratio, the Group has been leveraging for over 20 years an integrated model that guarantees total control of its value chain: from the design of its servers to the construction and management of its data centers, including the orchestration of its fiber-optic network. This unique approach enables OVHcloud to independently cover all the uses of its customers so they can seize the benefits of an environmentally conscious model with a frugal use of resources and a carbon footprint reaching the best ratios in the industry. OVHcloud now offers customers the latest-generation solutions combining performance, predictable pricing, and complete data sovereignty to support their unfettered growth.
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.
