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November 7, 2023

French startup Quandela raises €50m to manufacture commercial quantum computers

The French startup will increase production after delivering its first photonic quantum computer to an industrial client

French startup Quandela has raised a €50m Series B to manufacture photonic quantum computers and sell them to industrial customers. 

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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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