About eleQtron
eleQtron builds trapped-ion quantum computers, in which charged atoms held in electromagnetic traps act as qubits. Its MAGIC concept, short for Magnetic Gradient Induced Coupling, controls the ions with microwaves instead of lasers, which the company says is more precise and scales better. The company was founded on 12 May 2020 and is based in Siegen, Germany. It lists the German Aerospace Center DLR as a 2023 customer and Forschungszentrum Jülich as a 2024 customer, with a system integrated into the Jülich supercomputing centre.
eleQtron was founded in 2020 and is based in Siegen, Germany. It is listed under Quantum Computing. Reported funding is €57M Series A (May 2026, Schwarz Digits-led).
Compute Technologies
- Quantum Computing
What eleQtron works on
Quantum Computing
A quantum computer is a machine that uses the rules of quantum physics to process information. Its basic unit is the qubit. A classical bit is either 0 or 1. A qubit can be in a superposition, a state that combines both, and its measured result is probabilistic.
