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In our blog, we share important information about our activities, be it news such as current event announcements to articles and interviews on relevant quantum computing topics that influence our work.
QUTAC at the Servus Scale Up! 2026 - Bavarian-French Startup Festival
Germany and France are leading Europe’s journey toward the development of quantum technologies for industrial applications and a sovereign ecosystem. QUTAC is an important voice in this process.
On July 8th, Caroline Bürsgens and Christoph Niedermeier represented QUTAC at the Servus Scale Up! 2026 – Bavarian-French Startup Festival on Quantum & Enabling Technologies in Munich, speaking about “Building the European quantum future: how do we move forward?”.
The event welcomed over 200 participants and featured panels on Europe’s sovereignty and the path to quantum adoption, a live pitching competitionwith ten French and German startups, exhibitor stands and networking opportunities.
QUTAC would like to thank the event’s organizing team and everyone who participated and reached out to network.
Hands-on Quantum Computing: QUTAC at the Stallwächterparty 2026 in Berlin
On July 9, 2026, QUTAC was present as a business Partner at the renowned Stallwächterparty in Berlin — the traditional political summer reception hosted by the Vertretung des Landes Baden-Württemberg beim Bund (Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the Federal Government. Held since 1964, the reception is regarded as one of the key communication platforms of the political summer in the German capital.
Five Years of QUTAC: Celebrating Collaboration and Looking Ahead
QUTAC marked its fifth anniversary with a two-day celebration dedicated to reflection, exchange and the future of industrial quantum computing.
On 10 and 11 June 2026, QUTAC brought together members, founders and partners to celebrate five years of collaboration in the quantum computing ecosystem. What began in 2021 as a consortium of leading companies with a clear industrial focus has developed into a strong platform for exchange, application-oriented collaboration, and shared thought leadership.
QUTAC Expert Talk with Russell Stutz (Quantinuum)
On May 4, QUTAC welcomed Russell Stutz, Senior Director of Product Technologies at Quantinuum, for an Expert Talk on the company’s newly unveiled Helios platform.
Russell shared exclusive insights into the 98-qubit system, including its barium-ion architecture, the ion-junction design with a rotatable storage ring enabling all-to-all connectivity, and the new Guppy programming language. With record-breaking gate fidelities and GPU-accelerated real-time control, Helios marks a tangible step towards enterprise-grade quantum computing and signals a clear direction for the future of trapped-ion hardware.
For QUTAC’s industrial end-user community, these insights offer a valuable exchange with the pioneers shaping the next phase of quantum computing.
QUTAC would like to thank Russell Stutz and all attendees for their participation.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this news post are solely those of QUTAC and are not affiliated with Quantinuum.
QUTAC Expert Talk with Prof. Scott Aaronson
QUTAC recently had the privilege of hosting an in-depth Q&A session with Prof. Scott Aaronson from the University of Texas at Austin. One of the most influential and famously plainspoken voices in the quantum computing community.
Prof. Aaronson shared his perspectives on the latest research advancements, reflected on QUTAC’s own research results, and discussed how the industrial end-user community is currently approaching quantum computing, along with the potential implications for QUTAC’s work. His commitment to scientific outreach is also reflected in his widely read blog.
We would like to congratulate Prof. Aaronson on two recent milestones: receiving the prestigious Luca Trevisan Award for Expository Work in Theoretical Computer Science, and being elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
QUTAC would like to thank Prof. Aaronson for the clarity and candor of his contribution, as well as the entire QUTAC community for the questions and enthusiasm.
German and French partners strengthen cooperation on quantum technologies
On May 12, 2026, over a hundred high-level representatives from German and French industry, policy, start-up and investment sectors will gathered for a reception hosted by the German Ambassador to France, His Excellency Mr Stefan Steinlein, with the support of the French Embassy in Germany. This event reflected the growing importance of quantum technologies for Europe’s technological and industrial sovereignty, building on the German-French agenda agreed in August 2025. Germany and France are home to some of the world’s leading players in this field.
Photo Copyright: Simon Cassanas
Position paper on the German government’s high-tech agenda
The German government’s high-tech agenda provides an important impetus for quantum computing, quantum sensor technology, and quantum communication as strategic fields of the future. As a consortium of 14 leading companies in Germany and Europe, we welcome the clear commitment to quantum technologies and to strengthening our country’s technological sovereignty. We see it as our task to help shape the implementation of the agenda and support the federal government in its work.
You can download the entire position paper here.