planqc

planqc builds quantum computers that encode qubits in single strontium atoms held in optical lattices and tweezer arrays, manipulating them with laser light for gates and readout. The company was spun out of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and its architecture is designed to scale to large qubit counts by loading atoms into ordered lattice sites rather than assembling them one at a time. It is one of the better-funded neutral-atom hardware startups in Europe, competing with groups pursuing similar strontium and rubidium tweezer platforms.

AI-written profile · not yet reviewed · 12 September 2026

Headquarters: Garching, Germany
Founded: 2022
Status: Private

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Coverage

Quantum Zeitgeist10 September 2026

Planqc’s 1,000-qubit system gains first hardware at LRZ

The first hardware components for planqc’s 1,000-qubit neutral-atom quantum computer have arrived at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ). The delivery is part of the MAQCS project and marks the beginning of onsite work toward the planned system, though planqc has not yet detailed which subsystems are being installed.

OutlookPlausible

This could enable LRZ to open early access to a partially assembled neutral-atom machine for hybrid classical-quantum experiments before the full 1,000-qubit system is complete.

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