HPC News Bytes 20250303: DOGE and Fears at U.S. Science Agencies, Cat Qubits for AWS Quantum, GPUs vs. ASICs for AI Compute

A happy start to March to you! We offer a quick (8:28) run through recent news from the world of HPC-AI, including: DOGE-led government layoffs and funding disruptions at U.S. ….

Quantum Computing: Alice & Bob Closes €100M Series B Round

Paris, Jan. 28, 2025 — Quantum computing company Alice & Bob announced a raise of €100 million in its Series B funding round, led by Future French Champions (FFC), AVP (AXA Venture Partners) and Bpifrance. FFC is a partnership between QIA and Bpifrance. The funding will accelerate Alice & Bob’s goal of building the world’s first […]

Quantum: Alice & Bob Announce Logical Qubit Emulator

PARIS, 26th November 2024 – Alice & Bob, a fault-tolerant quantum computing company, today announced Felis 1.0, its toolbox with logical qubit emulator designed to help users prepare for quantum computing by facilitating the transition from NISQ to fault-tolerant algorithms. “Many business leaders have yet to realize that the quantum algorithms their teams develop will […]

Riverlane Partners with Alice & Bob on Quantum Error Correction  

Cambridge, Paris, Boston, 29th May: Quantum error correction technology company Riverlane and fault tolerant quantum computing company Alice & Bob have signed an agreement to work on the integration of Riverlane’s quantum error correction (QEC) stack within the larger quantum computing system based on cat qubit technology that Alice & Bob is developing. Qubits, the […]

Alice & Bob and Partners Granted €16.5M to Cut Quantum Costs

PARIS — March 27, 2024 — Alice & Bob, a fault tolerant quantum computing hardware developer, and academic partners ENS de Lyon and Mines Paris – PSL, announced the receipt of a €16.5 million ($17.8 million USD) grant, a France 2030 initiative operated on behalf of the French state by Bpifrance, France’s public investment bank. […]

Former Atos CEO Elie Girard Joins Quantum Company Alice & Bob as Executive Chairman

PARIS — July 11, 2023 — Fault toerant quantum computing company Alice & Bob today announced the appointment of Elie Girard as its new executive chairman. Girard will advise the company in its efforts to develop logical qubits based on Cat Qubits technology. Cat Qubits are superconducting qubits with built-in error correction that drastically lower […]