QPerfect, BTQ Technologies to Advance Neutral Atom Quantum
BTQ becomes Europe's first fully integrated neutral atom quantum firm by buying QPerfect.
BTQ and QPerfect
A worldwide quantum technology business that protects mission-critical networks, BTQ Technologies Corp., exercised its option to fully purchase QPerfect SA. A major strategic manoeuvre. QPerfect is a well-known neutral atom quantum computing company based in Strasbourg, France, at the European Centre for Quantum Science (CESQ).
BTQ becomes the first fully integrated neutral atom quantum technology company to go public after a €2 million minority equity transaction. Subject to stock market and French foreign direct investment approval, the transaction should finalise by 2025 or January 2026.
Vertically Integrating Quantum Platform
The acquisition transformed BTQ from a post-quantum security expert to a full-stack, fully integrated quantum technology company that includes computers and quantum cryptography. By combining encryption, emulation, and fault-tolerant quantum control under a single corporate structure, BTQ hopes to accelerate the global migration to quantum-safe infrastructure.
CEO Olivier Roussy Newton said the acquisition makes BTQ Technologies a vertically integrated quantum technology pioneer, merging hardware and software capabilities to produce quantum-secure industrial solutions. This roadmap integrates hardware, software, security, and neutral atom computing, making BTQ a credible quantum solution provider.
Integrating Advanced Quantum Technologies
The MIMIQ emulator and Quantum Logical Unit (QLU) control framework are QPerfect's major products that tackle key quantum technology deployment barriers.
Commercial Traction and MIMIQ Emulator One of the most advanced quantum emulators is MIMIQ. Before deploying quantum algorithms on hardware, developers can swiftly design and test them in software. MIMIQ is licensed through recurring software contracts and cooperative R&D. Leading quantum companies and enterprise clients in North America, Asia, and Europe use it.
Eureka (France and Singapore) and peer-reviewed articles with major hardware partners have shown the platform's size and accuracy in error correction and control system modelling. This validation is important because QuEra and Quantinuum, two industry leaders selected for Stage B of the DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative, collaborated.
QLU, or Quantum Logical Unit The QLU is a multi-layered framework and critical control layer that ensures system stability and enables scalable, fault-tolerant quantum system deployment outside of labs. QPerfect is developing a QLU prototype to bridge machine-level error-corrected code and high-level quantum circuits for neutral atom quantum processors.
Competitiveness and European Growth
QPerfect's integration makes it Europe's leading software-driven neutral atom designer, according to BTQ. The merged BTQ and QPerfect entity prioritises the software and control layer (MIMIQ and QLU) needed to make neutral atom systems practical, error-tolerant, and interoperable, while competitors focus on huge hardware arrays. A modular stack comprising the QLU and MIMIQ may connect with several academic applications and neutral atom approaches, like aQCess in France.
BTQ will locate its European R&D in Strasbourg at CESQ to strengthen partnerships with renowned institutions and national programs. This localisation in a strong academic and industry context aims to speed up the transition from quality science to solid, marketable products. The Strasbourg centre plans to test quantum-safe digital signatures in operational systems and the QLU on local neutral atom hardware.
Strategy for Quantum Advantage
The united company will commercialise quantum-secure applications using a strategic roadmap:
Develop a blueprint for quantum one-shot signatures, a post-quantum cryptographic primitive for scalable quantum systems, and start the QLU prototype.
Hardware Integration & Demonstrations: Test quantum one-shot signatures on real hardware and demonstrate the QLU prototype using neutral atom hardware being built in Strasbourg, bridging physics and cryptography in practice.
Quantum Advantage and Industrialisation: Demonstrate commercial quantum advantage on scalable neutral atom platforms to start industrialising BTQ's fault-tolerant quantum computing systems and enable post-quantum cryptography applications.
By acquiring QPerfect's advanced quantum software portfolio, which includes Eur neutral atom computing opean patent families for quantum resource allocation, fault-tolerant control, and hybrid algorithm emulation, BTQ's intellectual property and legal foundation for cooperation and expansion are strengthened.