Raphael Lescanne from Alice & Bob announced a plan to hire 100 new employees by mid\u20112026, following a $100\u202fmillion Series\u202fB round and the opening of a $50\u202fmillion quantum laboratory in Paris that houses a nanofabrication cleanroom for prototyping advanced quantum processing units. The company, which currently employs about 150 people\u2014one third of whom hold a PhD or higher\u2014aims to double its workforce to accelerate the development of its cat\u2011qubit architecture, which has been shown to reduce the hardware requirements for a useful large\u2011scale quantum computer by up to 200\u202ftimes compared with competing approaches. The hiring drive will focus on 90 technical roles, including scientists, engineers and technicians in physics, quantum error correction, firmware, software development, machine learning and quantum hardware infrastructure, while the remaining 10 positions target business and management talent to support the commercial arm. With this expansion, Alice & Bob intends to deliver the first utility\u2011scale quantum computer for industrial applications by 2030, positioning itself at the forefront of fault\u2011tolerant quantum computing.<\/p>\n
Alice and Bob Announces 100 New Hires to Accelerate Quantum Computing Roadmap<\/p>\n
Alice & Bob<\/a> announced on 16\u202fSeptember\u202f2025 that it will recruit 100 new employees by mid\u20112026, effectively doubling its workforce from roughly 150 staff to 250. The hiring plan, funded by a $117\u202fmillion Series\u202fB round secured in September\u202f2025, targets 90 technical posts\u2014covering physics, quantum error correction<\/a>, firmware, software, machine learning and quantum\u2011hardware infrastructure\u2014and 10 business\u2011development roles. The expansion will span the company\u2019s Paris and Boston campuses, broadening the talent pool to specialists from over twenty countries and fostering cross\u2011disciplinary collaboration essential for iterating the cat\u2011qubit architecture that underpins the 2030 roadmap to deliver the first utility\u2011scale fault\u2011tolerant quantum computer. The $50\u202fmillion quantum laboratory in Paris, inaugurated in September\u202f2025, houses a nanofabrication cleanroom and a large\u2011scale test area for prototyping and validating qubits. Valentine\u202fZatti, Vice\u2011President of People and Culture, described the initiative as creating a new labour market with unprecedented roles and team scopes, a source of pride for the French workforce. One\u2011third of the existing staff hold doctoral degrees, and the new hires will help meet ambitious milestones that rely on the company\u2019s 2030 roadmap.<\/p>\n Cat\u2011Qubit Technology Reduces Hardware Requirements by 200 Times<\/p>\n Conceived by co\u2011founders Raphael\u202fLescanne (CTO) and Thau\u202fPeronnin (CEO) and later adopted by Amazon, the cat\u2011qubit architecture exploits super\u2011coherent states to encode each logical qubit in a single physical device that is intrinsically resistant to common error channels. This compactness cuts the number of physical components required for a scalable quantum processor by a factor of 200 relative to conventional approaches, dramatically shrinking the hardware footprint needed to achieve fault\u2011tolerant quantum computing and accelerating the path to commercial deployment. The 200\u2011fold hardware savings reinforce Alice & Bob\u2019s claim to leadership in fault\u2011tolerant quantum computing, giving it a competitive edge over Google and IBM.<\/p>\n