Quantum Sovereignty Unveiled: French DOD Initiates Proqcima with Transparent Priority

French quantum startups have received a substantial boost from the French Military Defense program. Three years following the inception of France’s national quantum strategy, which pledged billions of USD to be infused through a blend of public and private initiatives, #PROQCIMA, the new DOD program, is allocating $546 million USD towards advancing quantum capabilities within the French startup ecosystem.

Expectations and spending are dispersed across a multi-year program, aiding both government investment and tangible outcomes from startups in a technology that is still in its nascent stages.

The program selected five French startups: @pasqalio, @Alice__Bob, @C12_Quantum, @Quandela_SAS , and #Quobly with the initial objective of establishing a functional underlying infrastructure for a quantum computer within the next few years.

This aims at the emergence of a working standard of Quantum computing - a scientific question still pending…

An ambitious initiative to bring #France back in the center of the playground...

Is it going to be enough?

Think encore !