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Updated · Quantum Zeitgeist · May 31
Alice & Bob Extends Series B to €100 Million as NVIDIA Backs Cat-Qubit Push
Updated
Updated · Quantum Zeitgeist · May 31

Alice & Bob Extends Series B to €100 Million as NVIDIA Backs Cat-Qubit Push

1 articles · Updated · Quantum Zeitgeist · May 31

Summary

  • NVentures lifted Alice & Bob’s Series B to €100 million, adding NVIDIA’s venture arm to the French quantum startup’s backers.
  • The investment builds on an existing technical partnership that is already linking Alice & Bob’s cat-qubit architecture with NVIDIA’s CUDA-Q, cuQuantum and Dynamiqs platforms.
  • Alice & Bob says its cat qubits could cut the hardware needed for large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers by up to 200 times versus alternative designs.
  • NVIDIA is positioning that approach for hybrid quantum-GPU systems in high-performance computing centers, underscoring a broader industry push to pair quantum processors with classical accelerated computing.

Insights

Can a 200x hardware reduction truly leapfrog competitors and deliver practical quantum computing by 2030?
How does NVIDIA's tech help solve the microsecond-speed error correction problem that has long plagued quantum computers?
Is NVIDIA's strategy building an open quantum ecosystem or a proprietary walled garden for its hybrid supercomputers?