Grenoble / Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, July 17, 2025 – Quobly, a pioneer in quantum microelectronics, and Inria, France’s national institute for research in digital science and technology, announce a strategic partnership to align silicon-based quantum hardware with advanced control software. This alliance aims to structure a sovereign value chain by combining software excellence with hardware engineering. By expanding its R&D to include low-level software layers – such as those found in embedded, industrial, and operating systems – Quobly reaffirms its ambition to build a fully integrated, fault-tolerant, and scalable quantum computing architecture.

Structuring software development for large-scale quantum computing

Through this partnership, Quobly and Inria are launching a joint effort focused on extending development into the low-level software layer known as middleware – the critical link between physical qubits and quantum algorithms. By combining their expertise, the two organizations aim to develop an integrated quantum computing stack where hardware and software are designed in coherence, to meet the key challenge of scaling up.

Their collaboration will focus on the co-design of robust quantum error correction protocols and middleware specifically tailored to the unique characteristics of silicon-based qubits. This approach paves the way for real-world applications in areas such as complex systems modeling, optimization, chemistry, materials science, and pharmaceutical innovation.

Supporting the emergence of sovereign solutions

This partnership strengthens the national quantum innovation ecosystem, bringing together start-ups, public research laboratories, and industry stakeholders around national and European initiatives. Both partners are actively involved in the national Q-Loop program, launched in September 2024 and funded by France 2030, jointly coordinated by CEA and Inria. The program aims to advance error correction technologies on hardware platforms available in France, with the broader ambition of building French and European leadership in quantum computing.

This new partnership also reflects the shared commitment of both institutions to contribute to Europe’s strategic thinking through white papers and coordinated actions.

A partnership aligned with a controlled industrialization roadmap

This initiative is fully consistent with Quobly’s industrial roadmap, recently marked by the launch of a “perfect” quantum emulator in June 2025, deployed on OVHcloud. This first milestone in an evolving software suite enables the testing of algorithms designed for silicon qubits, in preparation for scaling up Quobly’s future quantum computer.

To support this growth and ensure coherence between software development, hardware constraints, and industrial objectives, Quobly has expanded its software engineering teams.