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Pasqal

Quantum computers
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French neutral-atom quantum-computing company spun out of Institut d'Optique in 2019 by Alain Aspect, Antoine Browaeys, and Thierry Lahaye. Builds rubidium-87 optical-tweezer arrays that run both analog Hamiltonian-simulation and digital gate-based modes; the only neutral-atom vendor with QPUs installed in EuroHPC supercomputing centres and a commercial 200-qubit deployment at Saudi Aramco in Dhahran. Flagship Orion Gamma carries 140+ qubits; the published roadmap targets early FTQC by 2028 (Centaurus) and 100 logical qubits by 2029 (Lyra). SPAC business combination with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp II announced March 2026.

HQ
Palaiseau, France
Founded
2019
Status
private
Last verified
Wed May 13 2026 08:00:00 GMT+0800 (Singapore Standard Time)

Timeline

20232024202520262027202820292030today
2023-01
Closes EUR 100M Series B led by Temasek to scale neutral-atom hardware
2024
Exceeds 1,000 trapped neutral atoms in a single processor array
2024-11
Inaugurates Orion Beta ("Ruby") QPU at GENCI/CEA (Saclay) and a second Pasqal QPU at Forschungszentrum Jülich under the HPCQS programme
2025-06
Releases updated 2025 roadmap — upgradable Orion / Vela / Centaurus / Lyra platform path toward early FTQC by 2028, impactful FTQC by 2029
2025-10
200-qubit neutral-atom system — what the company described as Saudi Arabia's first quantum computer — goes live at Saudi Aramco's data centre in Dhahran
2026-02
Delivers 140-qubit Orion-class neutral-atom QPU to CINECA (Bologna) under EuroHPC EuroQCS-Italy contract
2026-03
Announces business combination with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp II; Nasdaq listing planned 2026, Euronext Paris dual-listing to follow; EUR 340M new financing (EUR 170M private round + EUR 170M convertible)
2026
250-qubit QPU targeted at quantum advantage on an industry-relevant problem (first half of 2026)
2027
Vela generation — 200+ physical qubits, 20 logical qubits
2028
Centaurus generation — ~10,000 physical qubits, early fault-tolerant quantum computing (early FTQC)
2029
Lyra generation — 100 high-fidelity logical qubits, impactful FTQC; two-qubit gate fidelity target 99.9%
Founded 2019 shipped milestone public roadmap

Current flagship

Orion Gamma — neutral-atom Orion gen-3 (Rb-87, 140+ qubits, 2 logical qubits demonstrated)

Milestones

  1. 2026-03
    Announces business combination with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp II; Nasdaq listing planned 2026, Euronext Paris dual-listing to follow; EUR 340M new financing (EUR 170M private round + EUR 170M convertible)
    Quantum computers press source ↗
  2. 2026-02
    Delivers 140-qubit Orion-class neutral-atom QPU to CINECA (Bologna) under EuroHPC EuroQCS-Italy contract
    Quantum computers press source ↗
  3. 2025-10
    200-qubit neutral-atom system — what the company described as Saudi Arabia's first quantum computer — goes live at Saudi Aramco's data centre in Dhahran
    Quantum computers press source ↗
  4. 2025-06
    Releases updated 2025 roadmap — upgradable Orion / Vela / Centaurus / Lyra platform path toward early FTQC by 2028, impactful FTQC by 2029
    Quantum computers press source ↗
  5. 2024-11
    Inaugurates Orion Beta ("Ruby") QPU at GENCI/CEA (Saclay) and a second Pasqal QPU at Forschungszentrum Jülich under the HPCQS programme
    Quantum computers press source ↗
  6. 2024
    Exceeds 1,000 trapped neutral atoms in a single processor array
    Quantum computers press source ↗
  7. 2023-01
    Closes EUR 100M Series B led by Temasek to scale neutral-atom hardware
    Quantum computers press source ↗

Roadmap

  • 2026 250-qubit QPU targeted at quantum advantage on an industry-relevant problem (first half of 2026) source ↗
  • 2027 Vela generation — 200+ physical qubits, 20 logical qubits source ↗
  • 2028 Centaurus generation — ~10,000 physical qubits, early fault-tolerant quantum computing (early FTQC) source ↗
  • 2029 Lyra generation — 100 high-fidelity logical qubits, impactful FTQC; two-qubit gate fidelity target 99.9% source ↗

Capability details

Quantum computing

Qubit type
neutral-atom
Physical qubits
200
Logical qubits
2
1Q gate fidelity
2Q gate fidelity
T₁
T₂
EC code
Connectivity
programmable
6 unverified fields
  • modalities.qc.one_q_fidelity
  • modalities.qc.two_q_fidelity
  • modalities.qc.coherence_t1_ms
  • modalities.qc.coherence_t2_ms
  • modalities.qc.ec_code
  • modalities.qc.gate_set

People

  • Loïc Henriet — CEO (since 2025-03)
  • Wasiq Bokhari — Executive Chairman (since 2025-03)
  • Antoine Browaeys — Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer (since 2019)
  • Georges-Olivier Reymond — Co-Founder & Chief Strategic Alliances Officer (since 2025-03)
  • Barbara Bonneau — Chief Operating Officer (since 2024)
  • Véronique Dentan — Chief Production & Project Officer (since 2024)
  • Adrien Signoles — Chief Hardware Officer (since 2024)
  • Mourad Beji — Chief Software Officer (since 2024)
  • Jean-Yves Quentel — Chief Financial Officer (since 2024)
  • Christophe Jurczak — Co-Founder & Board Member (since 2019)
  • Alain Aspect — Co-Founder & Chair, Scientific Advisory Board (since 2019)
  • Thierry Lahaye — Co-Founder (Institut d'Optique) (since 2019)

References