Qu&Co and Pasqal are merging their businesses, combining Qu&Co's robust portfolio of algorithms with Pasqal's full-stack neutral-atom system to accelerate the quantum path to commercial applications. The united business, known as Pasqal and located in Paris, will offer a 1,000-qubit quantum solution in 2023, according to the disclosed roadmaps of the most sophisticated quantum platforms. Qu&Co's portfolio of quantum algorithms will be tightly integrated with Pasqal's advanced quantum hardware, providing added value to customers such as Johnson & Johnson, LG, Airbus, and BMW Group. The combined company will offer a wide range of quantum solutions in chemistry, life sciences, automotive, electronics, utilities, aerospace, defense, finance, and other sectors. In an interview with EE Times Europe, Georges-Olivier Reymond, CEO of Pasqal, said the merger enables the combined company to fast-track the implementation of its R&D roadmap, recruit top talent, achieve an industry-relevant quantum advantage much sooner, and serve more clients with new, unique, and proprietary quantum solutions.

Imagine the US is under attack. An enemy aircraft, loaded with warheads, is heading towards the coast, dipping in and out of radar. Fighter jets have been scrambled and there's a frantic effort to pinpoint the target. But the nation's best defence is not an aircraft carrier or a missile system. "Use the quantum computer," yells a general.