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State of Excitement Planqc Builds Blueprint for Scalable Neutral-Atom Quantum Computers

From Filipe Pereira Martins and Anna Kobylinska* | Translated by AI 10 min Reading Time

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PlanQC GmbH
Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ) der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Planqc, one of the first start-ups from Munich Quantum Valley, has the blueprint for scalable quantum computers. The company is currently building a thousand-qubit quantum computer for the Leibniz Supercomputing Center. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) also wants its own Planqc!

The Planqc management team shortly after the company was founded (from left to right): Prof. Dr. Johannes Zeiher, Principal Scientist and co-founder, Alexander Glätzle CEO and co-founder, Sebastian Blatt CTO and co-founder, and Lukas Reichsöllner, Head of Operations at Planqc and one of the co-founders. The core team also includes financial expert Prof. Dr. Ann-Kristin Achleitner and serial entrepreneur Markus Wagner (not pictured).(Image: MPQ)
The Planqc management team shortly after the company was founded (from left to right): Prof. Dr. Johannes Zeiher, Principal Scientist and co-founder, Alexander Glätzle CEO and co-founder, Sebastian Blatt CTO and co-founder, and Lukas Reichsöllner, Head of Operations at Planqc and one of the co-founders. The core team also includes financial expert Prof. Dr. Ann-Kristin Achleitner and serial entrepreneur Markus Wagner (not pictured).
(Image: MPQ)

A status update from the LRZ: In a network of research institutions and industrial partners, Planqc is working on a digitally programmable neutral atom system with over 1,000 qubits for the Leibniz Supercomputing Center (LRZ) in Garching near Munich. The device will be integrated as a co-processor into an existing HPC system as part of the (MAQCS) project and is scheduled to be inaugurated before 2027.

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