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Information / Computing Computer programming, consultancy and related activities Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
120 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 January 2025
Employment effect (start)
28 January 2025
Foreseen end date
30 December 2025
Description
Alice & Bob, a French startup specialising in quantum computing, is hiring 120 workers in 2025. After a second investment round of 100 million euros to develop a universal quantum computer, the startup will double its current workforce. Half of the investment will go toward this new workforce, while the other half will finance the ongoing construction of a laboratory and manufacturing unit.
Future French Champions, AVP, and Bpifrance are the primary investors. The computer will enable important research into the discovery of new molecules and cryptography and compete against American companies.
Eurofound (2025), Alice & Bob, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 202339, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/202339.
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