Opinion

May 21, 2026

Europe has a lead in the quantum race, but US giants are set to acquire it away

European startups lead globally in quantum deployments, but without homegrown consolidation, that lead will be acquired away by US giants

The most prolific quantum processor vendor in the world is not American. 

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Neil Abroug

Neil Abroug is the former Head of the French Quantum Strategy

Sami Moughrabie

Sami Moughrabie is a general partner at Atmos Ventures

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