Quobly’s bet is that quantum computers should be manufactured more like ordinary chips. The French startup raised €115 million, about $133 million, to push silicon-based quantum processors toward commercial systems.
The round was led by Bpifrance, SEALSQ and STMicroelectronics, with backing from the European Innovation Council Fund, Blast, Air Liquide’s ALIAD venture arm and existing investor Innovacom. French research institutions including CEA and CNRS were already part of the shareholder base.
Instead of superconducting circuits or trapped ions, Quobly uses FD-SOI processes on 300 mm wafers to make silicon qubits. The argument is industrial: high-performance computing customers will need quantum machines that can be produced with semiconductor-grade consistency, not only laboratory craft.
The first product is Alloy Pioneer, aimed at early HPC and research users. Cloud access is planned for the end of this year, with deployment into HPC facilities targeted for 2027. The larger story is European sovereignty: quantum hardware, supply chain and post-quantum security all stay closer to home.
Sources: CocoLoop; Tech Funding News on Quobly's €115 million raise; PR Newswire on Quobly Series A