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July 28, 2026

Exclusive: ETH Zurich spinout ZuriQ raises $25.5m seed

The Swiss startup says it has developed a new architecture for quantum chips that will enable rapid scaling

ZuriQ, a spinout from Swiss technical university ETH Zurich, has raised a $25.5m seed round to develop a new architecture for quantum chips, which it says is more scalable than existing approaches.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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