About QuiX Quantum
QuiX Quantum builds photonic quantum computers, which use particles of light as qubits and route them through chips instead of through large optical tables. Its products include Carina, which the company describes as a universal system, and Alqour 2.0, a programmable photonic processor for research. A photonic processor steers light through a network of tiny waveguides etched in a chip, so interference between photons does the calculation. The company lists offices in Enschede and Amsterdam in the Netherlands and in Stuttgart and Ulm in Germany.
QuiX Quantum was founded in 2019 and is based in Enschede, Netherlands. It is listed under Quantum Computing, Photonic Computing. Reported funding is €15M Series A (Jul 2025, co-led by Invest-NL and EIC Fund; total ~€24M).
Compute Technologies
- Quantum Computing
- Photonic Computing
What QuiX Quantum 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.
Photonic Computing
Photonic computing uses light instead of electricity to carry or process information. Photons have no charge, so light in a waveguide does not cause the resistive heating that current in a wire does, though lasers and modulators still use power, and many wavelengths can share one waveguide. The industry has two quite different parts: moving data with light, and computing with light.
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Single Quantum, Orange Quantum Systems, Delft Circuits, SMART Photonics, Qblox
