Thomas Monz
Founder
AQT
AQT delivers turn‑key trapped‑ion quantum computers that operate at room temperature and fit into standard 19‑inch rack units, enabling easy integration into existing high‑performance computing data‑centers. Their modular PINE SET‑UP and LYNX series provide up to 50 qubits with high quantum volume while consuming less than 2 kW of power, and can be accessed on‑site or via cloud APIs using major quantum software stacks. This allows research labs and enterprise R&D teams to run quantum algorithms for finance, chemistry, logistics, and other domains without the need for cryogenic cooling or extensive infrastructure.
- Hardware
- Quantum Computing
Updated 5 months ago
Funding
Raised to date
$11.2MRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Funding rounds are not available yet.
Founders
Rainer Blatt
Founder
Peter Zoller
Founder
Product
Problem
Access to high-performance quantum computing is limited by bulky, cryogenic hardware, complex integration requirements, and the need for specialized expertise, making it difficult for research institutions and industry to adopt quantum acceleration for real-world problems.
Solution
AQT provides turn‑key trapped‑ion quantum computers that operate at room temperature and fit into standard 19‑inch rack units, enabling straightforward integration into existing high‑performance computing (HPC) data‑center environments. The modular PINE SET‑UP offers a table‑top ion‑trap processor supporting up to 50 qubits, while the LYNX series delivers record‑breaking quantum volume in a compact, low‑power (<2 kW) package. Customers can access the hardware on‑site or via cloud APIs, receiving reproducible quantum results through a universal gate set and supported SDKs (Qiskit, Cirq, PennyLane, pytket). AQT’s solution eliminates the need for specialized cooling, extensive infrastructure, and in‑house quantum engineering, allowing users to run quantum algorithms for finance, chemistry, logistics, and other domains with minimal overhead.
Target Audience
Primary customers are research laboratories, HPC data‑center operators, and enterprise R&D teams in sectors such as finance, chemistry, materials science, and logistics that require scalable quantum acceleration.
Features
- Room‑temperature trapped‑ion architecture requiring no cryogenic cooling, water, or extensive power infrastructure
- Compact form factor: full quantum system fits in two custom 19‑inch racks and consumes less than 2 kW
- Modular PINE SET‑UP provides a table‑top ion‑trap capable of storing and manipulating up to 50 qubits with low background‑gas collision rates (<0.02 s⁻¹)
- LYNX series achieves a quantum volume of 32 768, the highest reported for a European system
- High‑NA optics and fiber‑based optical interfaces enable single‑qubit addressing with <1 % crosstalk and fast state readout
- Cloud access via API and support for major quantum software stacks (Qiskit, Cirq, PennyLane, pytket)
- Fault‑tolerant universal gate operations with error rates below 1 % and quantum memory lifetimes supporting ~1000 gate operations
- Designed for seamless integration into existing HPC data‑center racks and compatible with standard industry infrastructure