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Planqc
Quantum computing startup
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Artificial Intelligence
- Enterprise
- Manufacturing
- Machine Learning
- Munich, Garching, Germany
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Company mission
To create quantum computers atom by atom.
Our take
Planqc is a quantum computing company specialising in atom-based quantum technologies. It focuses on using individual atoms as qubits to build powerful quantum computers. This approach aims to rapidly scale the number of qubits and improve their quality, which is essential for developing practical and fault-tolerant quantum computers.
The company is also working on quantum machine learning for tasks like climate simulations and creating better batteries for electric vehicles. Recently, Planqc was chosen by the German Government to install a 1,000-qubit quantum computer at a major supercomputing facility and won a European contract to develop a quantum computer for the German Aerospace Center.
Alongside this, Planqc recently closed a successful funding round. The capital raised will help the company expand its technology by creating a quantum computing cloud service and developing software for various applications. This strong backing and recognition underline Planqc's potential to become a leader in the quantum computing sector.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jul 2024
$52.7m
SERIES A
Feb 2023
$1.5m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $59m
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Leadership
Alexander Glätzle
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked at d-fine as a Business Consultant. They also served as a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Quantum Technologies.
Sebastian Blatt
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously served as a Group Leader at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. They also held the position of Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and worked as a Post Doctoral Researcher at Harvard University.
Johannes Zeiher
(Co-Founder)Previously worked as a Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics. They were also a Post Doctoral Researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. Before that, they worked as a Scientific Assistant at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics.