Insider Brief planqc won the Commercialising category at the Made in Europe Award 2026 for its work developing and commercializing quantum computing technology in Europe.
planqc is building a 100-qubit neutral-atom quantum computer for DLR and a 1,000-qubit system for LRZ, with both systems expected to come online in 2027.
The company is developing quantum computing applications with partners including Airbus, ESA, BMW and Fraunhofer while maintaining research, engineering and supply-chain activities in Europe.
This award shows that a sovereign European path in quantum technology is not just possible, it is already underway.
Research, engineering and supply chain all sit in Europe: a quantum computing industry the continent can call its own, and exactly what the Made in Europe Award was created to recognize.