Alice & Bob has been selected for the French Tech Next40, the French government’s strategic support program for high-growth technology companies. This marks the first inclusion of a quantum computing firm in the initiative, which targets startups demonstrating significant commercial traction through revenue or capital raised. The selection places Alice & Bob within a national framework designed to accelerate scaling and internationalization of France’s most advanced tech firms.
The company qualified based on its €130 million in fundraising between 2022 and 2025, and will receive tailored support from the Mission French Tech team and affiliated public agencies. Services include regulatory assistance, export facilitation, standards support, and access to a coordinated government network focused on industrial and technological sovereignty. The Next40 cohort operates alongside the broader French Tech 120, comprising the 120 most promising startups across sectors including AI, cybersecurity, and deep tech.
Alice & Bob develops quantum processors based on a cat qubit architecture, which improves fault tolerance by natively encoding information in superposition states. This reduces physical qubit requirements for logical error correction, addressing a central scaling barrier in quantum computing. The company’s selection reflects France’s broader commitment to industrial quantum technologies and its alignment with the goals of the France 2030 strategic innovation plan.
Quantum technologies now represent a growing portion of national innovation policy. In the 2025 cohort, 29 of the 120 companies are categorized as deep tech, with quantum named alongside AI and cybersecurity as priority sectors. The inclusion of Alice & Bob in this policy framework formalizes its position as a nationally supported actor in Europe’s quantum ecosystem.
Read the official announcement here, the French Tech Next40/120 program overview here, and the full government press dossier here.
June 4, 2025
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