Peak Quantum

In today's WirtschaftsWoche Andreas M. asks whether AI is eating its own engineers. I was quoted in the piece, and my answer is simple: not ours. The article paints a picture of an industry in flux. DeepL cutting 25% of staff, Cloudflare letting 1,100 people go, Meta announcing 8,000 layoffs. The common justification: AI makes humans redundant. And yes, AI is reshaping how we work at Peak Quantum too. Documentation, literature research, internal coordination, planning. All of that moves faster now, and that's a good thing, because it frees up time for the work that actually matters. But AI does not do hands-on cryogenic engineering to push dilution fridges to their limits, it does not come up with creative fabrication process steps that no textbook or paper has documented, and it does not develop the physical intuition you need when your qubit behaves in ways the model didn't predict. We build superconducting quantum processors, and that demands people who have spent years building that kind of judgment. No shortcuts - yet, at least. That is why we are hiring, not downsizing. We are currently looking for: ◾ Quantum Design Engineer ◾ Quantum Measurement Engineer ◾ R&D Fabrication Engineer If you want to work on problems so hard that no AI is coming for your job anytime soon, we should talk. Link to the WiWo article in the comments.

A long time in the making: SUPREME kicks off ! Just finished two days of kickoff meetings for the SUPREME Superconducting European Quantum Pilot Line. The goal: establish an industrial fabrication line high-quality quantum chips accessible to European researchers and companies. Peak Quantum leads the work on high-quality qubit fabrication and operates the German hub together with Infineon Technologies, Fraunhofer EMFT, Walther-Meissner-Institute (WMI) and Max Planck Halbleiterlabor - HLL. SUPREME brings together a strong consortium of 23 partners from across Europe, combining semiconductor fabrication expertise, quantum hardware development, and end-user perspectives, where IQM Quantum Computers, Alice & Bob, and Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech inform the development from beginning. #QuantumComputing #EUChipsAct #SUPREME #Fabrication #MadeInEurope

Everyone in quantum is chasing more qubits. But what if that's the wrong race entirely? In the latest episode of The Quantum Economy Podcast, Anders Indset sits down with Thomas Luschmann, Co-Founder and COO of Peak Quantum, a Munich-based startup taking a fundamentally different approach: building error protection directly into the hardware, rather than trying to fix errors after the fact. It's a technical bet with big implications, and Thomas makes a pretty compelling case for it. They get into: - Why qubit count alone will never deliver industrially useful quantum computing - How Peak Quantum's approach compares to cat qubits, fluxonium, and topological qubits - What it actually takes to go from university research to a fundable deep-tech company - Whether Europe can build a real sovereign quantum future, or whether the economics will force its best startups to look elsewhere Thomas also walks through Peak Quantum's 12-month proof-of-concept roadmap and gives a pretty honest take on fundraising and talent in the deep-tech space. Worth a listen if you're following quantum hardware, European innovation, or just curious where this is all heading. 🎧 Links in comments. #QuantumComputing #QuantumHardware #DeepTech #EuropeanTech #QuantumEconomy #PeakQuantum

Peak Quantum ist ein Münchner Startup, das supraleitende Quantenprozessoren mit einem anderen Ansatz, als der bisherige Industriestandard, entwickelt. Thomas Luschmann erklärt im Interview, warum. Das Problem: Gängige Quantenchips verlieren ihre Informationen häufig – die Fehlerrate ist hoch. Die Branche reagiert darauf meist mit mehr Bits. Peak Quantum geht einen anderen Weg: Fehlerschutz wird direkt in die Hardware eingebaut, nicht nachträglich korrigiert. Das Startup betreibt zudem eine der europäischen Pilotfertigungslinien im Rahmen des EU Chips Act – mit dem Ziel, Quantenchips nicht nur zu entwickeln, sondern auch in Europa herzustellen. Heute haben wir mit Thomas über fehlerresistente Quantenprozessoren, die Rolle Europas in der Quantentechnologie und den Aufbau der Pilotlinie SUPREME gesprochen. Link in den Kommentaren!

We announced our pre-seed round earlier this week. The funding is in place, now we need the people to put it to work. We are hiring across multiple roles in Munich, from chip design to measurement. If you want to build error-protected quantum processors and help scale Europe's quantum chip pilot line, have a look at our open positions: https://lnkd.in/e2XYCqi8

We announced our pre-seed round earlier this week. The funding is in place, now we need the people to put it to work. We are hiring across multiple roles in Munich, from chip design to measurement. If you want to build error-protected quantum processors and help scale Europe's quantum chip pilot line, have a look at our open positions: https://lnkd.in/e2XYCqi8

We are proud to announce that Peak Quantum has raised a €2.2M pre-seed round, bringing our total secured funding to over €5 million. The round is led by Cloudberry Ventures, with participation from United Founders, QAI Ventures, and Golden Egg Check, alongside experienced business angels. We are grateful for their trust and excited to have them on board. This funding comes on the heels of our selection to operate Europe's quantum chip pilot line under the EU Chips Act, which kicks off this month. It marks a strong signal of confidence in both our technology and our ability to build the manufacturing infrastructure that the European quantum ecosystem needs. At Peak Quantum, we are developing superconducting quantum processors where error resilience is a physical property of the hardware itself. Rather than relying on software-based correction after the fact, we design qubits that suppress errors at the physics level, reducing system complexity and accelerating the path toward quantum processors that can tackle real-world problems. To bring these chips to production, we are building the industrial infrastructure to manufacture them at scale, in Europe. Our pilot line will serve as the foundation for a scalable, sovereign quantum chip production capability on the continent. Using the fresh capital, we will advance development of our advanced chip architecture, grow our team of experts in Munich, and ramp up pilot line operations as fast as possible. Thank you to all partners, investors, and supporters backing this mission. 

Last week at the APS Global Physics Summit, we had the chance to meet many of you at booth 1824 — the conversations about superconducting quantum hardware, fabrication, and where the field is headed were exactly why we go to these events. It was especially great to feel the interest of so many researchers and students looking to break into the quantum industry! If you're one of the people we spoke with, or if you recently discovered Peak Quantum — we're hiring actively for the following positions: 🔹 Quantum Design Engineer 🔹 Quantum Measurement Engineer Details and application at https://lnkd.in/e2XYCqi8 #PeakQuantum #APSSummit #APS2026 #QuantumComputing #WeAreHiring

it was super cool to see this collaboration live at APS! Zurich Instruments is dialing into our qubits live at the Walther-Meissner-Institute (WMI) and performed a tune-up remotely! Peak Quantum Munich Quantum Valley