France Finalizes World-First Acquisition of Alice & Bob Cat-Qubit Quantum Computer Under HQI Initiative

At the VivaTech 2026 conference, France's national high-performance computing agency, GENCI (Grand Équipement National de Calcul Intensif), and French hardware developer Alice & Bob signed a historic public procurement contract for the acquisition of an 18-cat-qubit quantum computer. Funded entirely by the HQI (France Hybrid HPC Quantum Initiative) under the comprehensive France 2030 investment plan, [...] The post France Finalizes World-First Acquisition of Alice & Bob Cat-Qubit Quantum Computer Under HQI Initiative appeared first on Quantum Computing Report .

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