Recently, Kipu Quantum, a German quantum software startup, announced the strategic acquisition of PlanQK, a commercially available quantum computing platform built by Anaqor. In addition to acquiring the platform, key members of the platform's expert team have also joined Kipu. The company said that this acquisition will accelerate the commercialization of its application and hardware-specific algorithms and provide services through the PlanQK platform, enabling frictionless access for organizations to integrate quantum solutions into their existing processes.