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Planqc launches million-euro QIAPO project
2.3 million euros to solve complex industrial problems more efficiently. Munich-based startup Planqc launches project with BMW, Infineon, and Saarland University.
Kiutra secures €13 million in funding
Munich startup Kiutra completes another funding round. The fresh capital will be used for expansion and product development.
German founder award for Planqc
The Garching startup Planqc has won the German founder award 2025 in the startup category. The company convinced with its technology for quantum computers that bridge science and business.
Quantum computers from the hardware store: Planqc opens new company headquarters
The Munich-based quantum computing startup Planqc has opened its new company headquarters. In a former hardware store, the young company now develops and builds quantum computers across 1,400 square meters of renovated laboratory and office space. Several computers for government contractors are currently being built there.
Planqc receives another quantum computer contract from DLR
Last year, quantum computing startup Planqc secured a 29 million euro contract from the DLR to build a quantum computer. Now the Munich-based company has reason to celebrate another major contract from the German Aerospace Center.
QMware is part of Austrian quantum machine learning initiative
A consortium of Austrian and German experts in machine learning and quantum computing is launching Austria’s first national platform for quantum machine learning under the title “Quantum Connect”. The Munich startup QMware is also involved.
Planqc: Quantum computers for economically relevant applications
Not only international corporations like Google, IBM, or Honeywell are working on the development of quantum computers, but also numerous startups. One of them is Planqc from Munich. With the support of the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics and the Munich Quantum Valley, the startup aims to scale quantum computers to thousands of qubits and beyond. How Planqc plans to achieve this is explained by the startup in an interview.
29 million euro contract: Planqc builds quantum computer for DLR
The Munich startup Planqc develops digital quantum processors based on neutral atoms. Now it is to install a 100-qubit system for the German Aerospace Center (DLR) at the DLR Innovation Center in Ulm.
Federal ministry of economics commissions quantum cloud
A consortium of German technology companies and research institutions is to build a German quantum cloud for industrial users. The contract for the SeQuenC project (“Sovereignty for quantum solutions in the cloud”) comes from the Federal Ministry of Economics and is designed for three years.
