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IQM CEO Advocates €300M R&D for Quantum Computing Advances

4/15/2026

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Jan Goetz, IQM's CEO, says IQM will pursue breakthroughs for superconducting quantum computers.
Goetz notes warnings from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) about current architecture limits.
IQM plans to raise €300 million for R&D to develop smaller, more efficient qubit tiles.
Goetz criticizes DARPA's heterogeneous architecture as speculative and impractical for immediate industry use.
He calls for pragmatic solutions that integrate quantum processors with classical high-performance computers.

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Jan Goetz, IQM's CEO, says IQM will pursue breakthroughs for superconducting quantum computers.
Goetz notes warnings from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) about current architecture limits.
IQM plans to raise €300 million for R&D to develop smaller, more efficient qubit tiles.
Goetz criticizes DARPA's heterogeneous architecture as speculative and impractical for immediate industry use.
He calls for pragmatic solutions that integrate quantum processors with classical high-performance computers.