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AQT was awarded a European tender for a trapped-ion quantum computer, with installation set for 2025
The total value of the delivery, including services, amounts to 12.28 million euros. AQT is delivering a quantum computer to the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC) in Poland.
September 25th, 2024
AQT’s ion-trap quantum computer, procured by the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre and Munich Quantum Valley, is now operational at LRZ's Quantum Integration Centre, making it the first of its kind in a computing center.
August 30th, 2024
The total value of the delivery, including services, amounts to 12.28 million euros. AQT is delivering a quantum computer to the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC) in Poland.
April 12th, 2024
A hybrid system that marries quantum computing with traditional high-performance computing is currently being developed in Austria.
April 2nd, 2024
ECCTI 2024
July 7 -12
Technikerstraße 25a, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaMarch 5th, 2024
Quantum physicist Peter Zoller received the Tyrolean Decoration of Honor at the Hofburg in Innsbruck. 13 personalities were honored for their outstanding achievements. The award was presented by Tyrolean Governor Anton Mattle and his South Tyrolean counterpart Arno Kompatscher.
February 21st, 2024
We are thrilled to announce the strategic partnership between AQT (Austria) and Quanscient (Finland), marking a significant advancement in quantum computing applications.
February 19th, 2024
AQT joins as an exhibitor at ISC High Performance 2024 – the event for high performance computing, machine learning, data analytics and quantum computing in Hamburg.
ISC High Performance 2024 May 12 – 15
Congress Center Hamburg, Germany
Stand E01December 5th, 2023
Together with the Munich Quantum Valley, the Leibniz Computing Center (LRZ) is acquiring an innovative quantum system based on trapped ion technology for approximately 9.8 million euros (including VAT).
July 12th, 2023
During the World of Photonics Congress in Munich, Rainer Blatt was presented with the Herbert Walther Prize 2023.
April 25th, 2023
AQT is proud partner of EU Flagship project MILLENION. On 17-18 April 2023, the kick-off meeting of the MILLENION project in Innsbruck.
April 3rd, 2023
June 27–30, 2023
Trade Fair Center Messe Munich, Germany
Hall A1 Stand 221March 13th, 2023
Small footprint, simple integration in a standard 19-inch rack and control over the laser light amplitude, frequency and phase – perfectly suitable for AMO experiments.
March 6th, 2023
ISC High Performance
May 21 – 25, 2023
Hamburg, Germany
Stand G725February 8th, 2023
AQT successfully demonstrates a Quantum Volume of 128 on its 19-inch rack-compatible Quantum Computer system PINE. This achievement sets the record for a universal quantum computer that is designed, built, and located in Austria.
November 16th, 2022
The European Innovation Council (EIC-Accelerator) awards AQT grants of up to EUR 2.5 million in combination with equity investments through the EIC Fund of EUR 0.5 to 15 million, or more.
November 10th, 2022
The Quantum Internet Alliance has started a seven-year program to build an innovative quantum internet ecosystem in Europe.
November 10th, 2022
The Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education, and Youth of the European Union, Mariya Gabriel, visited the facilities of AQT’s Quantum Computer Experience Center in Innsbruck.
November 10th, 2022
On October 18, 2022, a parliamentary evening on the topic of Quantum took place in the Auditorium Friedrichstrasse in Berlin.
October 27th, 2022
AQT congratulates co-founder Rainer Blatt on his 70th birthday.
September 8th, 2022
It was a great pleasure to represent AQT for the first time with our experts at the Long Night of Research.
September 2nd, 2022
Thanks to its compact design, low drift rate and full remote control, BEECH is perfect for laser stabilisation in demanding applications like quantum computing, simulation and optical clocks.
February 7th, 2022
February 2022: AQT and partners publish new white paper on quantum computing for finance
December 16th, 2021
December 2021: trend. magazine lists AQT among Austria's top 100 startups
December 9th, 2021
November 2021: Rainer Blatt receives prestigious honours from TUM and MPQ
October 5th, 2021
October 2021: AQT is awarded as a Born Global Champion by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
September 10th, 2021
September 2021: We are happy to share the AQT receives the Tiroler Jungunternehmerpreis
August 2nd, 2021
August 2021: Developers can now use open source QC library qoqo to run their algorithms on AQT’s simulators
June 18th, 2021
June 2021: Our joint world record work with the AQTION collaboration is now published in PRX Quantum
April 13th, 2021
April 2021: AQT is delighted and honored to be a founding member of the European Quantum Industry Consortium
March 1st, 2021
March 2021: The Pine trap is now available as a stand-alone trap module or as a research accelerating experimental assembly
February 8th, 2021
February 2021: AQT and quantum software start-up Multiverse combine their forces to create the future
January 28th, 2021
January 2021: AQT and collaborators publish 24 qubit GHZ entanglement in room-temperature setup housed in two 19-inch racks
January 21st, 2021
January 2021: AQT receives Living Standards Award for "Developing Future Technologies"
October 31st, 2020
October 2020: AQT competes in the Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year
October 10th, 2020
October 2020: AQT adds office space for development and production
June 15th, 2020
June 2020: The AQT quantum computers are now supported by PennyLane, an open-source project by Xanadu for quantum machine learning, automatic differentiation, and optimization.
June 9th, 2020
June 2020: World Economic Forum considers AQT poised to have a significant impact on business and society
May 21st, 2020
May 2020: 25 years ago the seminal Cirac-Zoller paper that laid the foundation for a trapped-ion quantum computer appeared in PRL.
April 23rd, 2020
April 2020: The AQT quantum computer is now supported by t|ket⟩, the quantum software development kit of Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC), via pytket.
April 6th, 2020
April 2020: Quantum hardware start-up AQT and quantum software start-up HQS and join their forces.
January 30th, 2020
January 2020: AQT co-founder Rainer Blatt receives honorary doctorate from the Complutense University of Madrid.
November 27th, 2019
AQT researchers and colleagues have demonstrated a new method to benchmark different quantum computer platforms.
November 6th, 2019
The AQT ion trap quantum computer now supports Qiskit, a prominent open-source quantum programming language initially created by IBM and developed by scientist all around the world.
September 16th, 2019
Quantum algorithm developers can now have direct access to our quantum computer in Innsbruck. The Cirq framework developed by Google can be used to explore quantum algorithms on our trapped ions.
August 30th, 2019
We are delighted to announce that AQT co-founder Peter Zoller receives the John Stewart Bell Prize for his outstanding achievements in the field of quantum information processing.
August 30th, 2019
Recently AQT closed a deal with the Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH (FFG) and University of Innsbruck (UIBK).
August 13th, 2019
AQT co-founders Thomas Monz and Rainer Blatt are going to attend the European Forum Alpbach 2019. On August 16-22, they host a introductory seminar on quantum technologies and present the Quantum Showcase Austria.
May 15th, 2019
We are pleased to announce that two of the co-founders of AQT, Rainer Blatt and Peter Zoller, together with one of our board members, Ignacio Cirac, are awarded the Micius Prize, which is presented for the first time this year.
July 26th, 2018
Chemistry calculations - one of the most promising applications for quantum computers.
March 27th, 2018
The initiative to keep Europe at the forefront of quantum technologie development is about to start ...
February 22nd, 2018
The initiative to keep Europe at the forefront of quantum technologie development is about to start ...
February 12th, 2018
Topological quantum error correction - one of the most promising stepping stones to scalable quantum computing - realized for the first time by the people around AQT.
February 6th, 2018
Cyber security relies on factoring being a numerically hard problem, but a quantum computer can factor efficiently ...
