Alpine Quantum Technologies (AQT) — vendor dossier

Alpine Quantum Technologies (AQT)

Quantum computers
A

Trapped-ion quantum computers built around calcium-40 (and ytterbium where the wavelength suits) optical qubits in rack-mounted 19-inch form factor. University of Innsbruck spin-out from the Blatt / Zoller groups, founded in 2018 by Rainer Blatt, Thomas Monz, and Peter Zoller — the team that realised the first controlled-NOT gate on trapped ions. Sells full-stack systems (PINE, MARMOT, IBEX) to HPC centres and research institutes across Europe, with cloud access via Amazon Braket and Scaleway. IBEX Q1 (12 qubits, 24-qubit entanglement demonstrated) went live on Amazon Braket in November 2025.

HQ
Innsbruck, Austria
Founded
2018
Status
private
Last verified
Wed May 20 2026 08:00:00 GMT+0800 (Singapore Standard Time)

Timeline

201820192020202120222023202420252026202720282029today
2018-02
AQT founded as a University of Innsbruck spin-out by Rainer Blatt, Thomas Monz, and Peter Zoller
2019
€10M co-investment from the Austrian research-promotion agency FFG and the University of Innsbruck
2024-12
First EuroHPC trapped-ion system operational at LRZ Quantum Integration Centre, procured jointly with Munich Quantum Valley (€12.28M total contract)
2025-06
Inauguration event at AQT headquarters attended by the Presidents of Germany (Steinmeier) and Austria (Van der Bellen)
2025
PIAST-Q trapped-ion quantum computer delivered to Poznańskie Centrum Superkomputerowo-Sieciowe (PCSS), Poland, under the Euro-QCS Poland programme
2025-11
IBEX Q1 (12-qubit trapped-ion system) goes live on Amazon Braket; 24-qubit entanglement and a fault-tolerant universal gate set demonstrated on AQT hardware
2026-02
AQT + Scaleway launch European quantum cloud access — IBEX systems offered through Scaleway alongside the Amazon Braket integration
shipped milestone public roadmap

Current flagship

IBEX Q1 — 12-qubit trapped-ion (Ca-40), 19-inch rack-mounted; 24-qubit entanglement demonstrated

Milestones

  1. 2026-02
    AQT + Scaleway launch European quantum cloud access — IBEX systems offered through Scaleway alongside the Amazon Braket integration
    Quantum computers press source ↗
  2. 2025-11
    IBEX Q1 (12-qubit trapped-ion system) goes live on Amazon Braket; 24-qubit entanglement and a fault-tolerant universal gate set demonstrated on AQT hardware
    Quantum computers press source ↗
  3. 2025-06
    Inauguration event at AQT headquarters attended by the Presidents of Germany (Steinmeier) and Austria (Van der Bellen)
    Quantum computers press source ↗
  4. 2025
    PIAST-Q trapped-ion quantum computer delivered to Poznańskie Centrum Superkomputerowo-Sieciowe (PCSS), Poland, under the Euro-QCS Poland programme
    Quantum computers press source ↗
  5. 2024-12
    First EuroHPC trapped-ion system operational at LRZ Quantum Integration Centre, procured jointly with Munich Quantum Valley (€12.28M total contract)
    Quantum computers press source ↗
  6. 2019
    €10M co-investment from the Austrian research-promotion agency FFG and the University of Innsbruck
    Quantum computers press source ↗
  7. 2018-02
    AQT founded as a University of Innsbruck spin-out by Rainer Blatt, Thomas Monz, and Peter Zoller
    Quantum computers web source ↗

Roadmap

No public roadmap recorded.

Capability details

Quantum computing

Qubit type
trapped-ion
Physical qubits
24
Logical qubits
0
1Q gate fidelity
—
2Q gate fidelity
—
T₁
—
T₂
—
EC code
—
Connectivity
all-to-all
8 unverified fields
  • modalities.qc.one_q_fidelity
  • modalities.qc.two_q_fidelity
  • modalities.qc.coherence_t1_ms
  • modalities.qc.coherence_t2_ms
  • modalities.qc.gate_set
  • modalities.qc.physical_qubits_current — IBEX Q1 commercial offering is 12 qubits; 24-qubit entanglement is a research demonstration on the same hardware family. PINE MODULE specifies up to 50 qubits per AQT product literature.
  • shareholders — Private; exact equity split among founders, university, and state agencies not disclosed. IVT 15% figure sourced from Global Venturing 2019 reporting.
  • roadmap — No public multi-year roadmap with dated milestones.

People

  • Thomas Monz — CEO & Co-founder (since 2018) ↗
  • Rainer Blatt — Co-founder & Senior Advisor (since 2018) ↗
  • Peter Zoller — Co-founder (since 2018) ↗

References