By exercising its option to purchase QPerfect, BTQ becomes the first fully integrated neutral atom quantum company to be listed in Europe.
BTQ Technologies and QPerfect
BTQ Technologies Corp., a multinational quantum technology company specializing in protecting mission-critical networks, announced that it had exercised its option to fully acquire QPerfect SA. This was a significant strategic move. Based at the European Centre for Quantum Science (CESQ) in Strasbourg, France, QPerfect is a well-known neutral atom quantum computing firm.
Following a strategic investment of roughly €2 million for a minority stake, the deal makes BTQ the first fully integrated neutral atom quantum technology business to go public. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of 2025 or in January 2026, subject to approval from the stock market and the French authorities for foreign direct investment (FDI).
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Building a Vertically Integrated Quantum Platform
Through the acquisition, BTQ is greatly elevated from its previous position as a post-quantum security specialist to a full-stack, fully integrated quantum technology company that covers everything from computing to quantum cryptography. The goal of BTQ is to hasten the global shift to quantum-safe infrastructure by combining encryption, emulation, and fault-tolerant quantum control under a single corporate structure.
According to BTQ Technologies CEO Olivier Roussy Newton, the acquisition turns the business into a pioneer in vertically integrated quantum technology, bringing hardware and software capabilities together under a single vision to implement quantum-secure solutions on an industrial scale. By integrating hardware, software, security, and neutral atom computing onto a single roadmap, this approach establishes BTQ as a reliable supplier of complete quantum solutions.
Integrating Cutting-Edge Quantum Technologies
The MIMIQ emulator and the Quantum Logical Unit (QLU) control framework are the two main products that QPerfect offers, and they directly solve important bottlenecks in the deployment of quantum technology.
The Commercial Traction and MIMIQ Emulator MIMIQ is regarded as one of the most sophisticated quantum emulators available. Before implementing quantum algorithms on actual hardware, engineers can quickly design and test them in software. Recurring software contracts and cooperative research and development projects are how MIMIQ is licensed. Leading quantum organizations and enterprise clients in North America, Asia, and Europe are presently using it actively.
Collaborations like Eureka (France and Singapore) and peer-reviewed papers with significant hardware partners have proven the platform’s capabilities, yielding data proving performance at scale and accurate modelling of error correction and control systems. This validation is notable because QuEra and Quantinuum, two industry leaders selected for Stage B of the DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative, collaborated on it.
The QLU, or Quantum Logical Unit The QLU is a multi-layered framework and crucial control layer that is intended to preserve system stability and allow for the scalable, fault-tolerant deployment of quantum systems outside of laboratory settings. In order to bridge the gap between machine-level error-corrected code and high-level quantum circuits for neutral atom quantum processors, QPerfect has started working on a QLU prototype.
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Competitive Positioning and European Expansion
According to BTQ, QPerfect’s integration makes it the top software-driven creator of neutral atom designs in Europe. The merged BTQ and QPerfect entity gives priority to the software and control layer (MIMIQ and QLU) required to make neutral atom systems feasible, error-tolerant, and interoperable, whereas some competitors concentrate solely on creating large-scale hardware arrays. A modular stack consisting of the QLU and MIMIQ can interface with many academic programs and neutral atom techniques, including aQCess in France.
In order to establish strong links with top universities and national programs, BTQ will base its European research and development in Strasbourg at CESQ. Reducing the time between quality science and reliable, commercial-grade goods is the goal of this localization within a robust academic and industrial environment. Piloting next-generation, quantum-safe digital signatures in operational systems and proving the QLU on local neutral atom hardware are early goals for the Strasbourg center.
Strategic Roadmap Toward Quantum Advantage
The combined company intends to implement quantum-secure applications commercially by following a staged strategic roadmap:
- Prototype Development: Develop a blueprint for quantum one-shot signatures, a post-quantum cryptographic primitive intended for scalable quantum systems, and start the QLU prototype.
- Hardware Integration and Demonstrations: Test quantum one-shot signatures on real hardware and showcase the QLU prototype using neutral atom hardware being constructed in Strasbourg, bridging the gap between physics and cryptography in an applied setting.
- Quantum Advantage and Industrialization: Utilize scalable neutral atom platforms to demonstrate commercial quantum advantage, initiating the industrialization stage of BTQ’s fault-tolerant quantum computing systems and paving the way for practical post-quantum cryptography applications.
Additionally, the acquisition strengthens BTQ’s intellectual property and offers a strong legal basis for cooperation and expansion by combining QPerfect’s advanced quantum software portfolio, which includes European patent families addressing quantum resource allocation, fault-tolerant control, and hybrid algorithm emulation.
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