ZuriQ raises $25.5 million to scale new groundbreaking 2D quantum architecture

Zu ich, Switze la d, July 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zu iQ, a Swiss qua tum computi g compa y spu out of ETH Zü ich, today a ou ced it has aised $25.5 millio i seed fu di g to scale its t apped-io qua tum p ocesso s. The ou d builds o the compa y’s $4.2 millio p e-seed ou d i 2025 a d is led by Qua to atio , with pa ticipatio f om Fo wa d.o e, Exta tia, Fi gu Ve tu es, a d all p evious ou d i vesto s. Zu iQ will use the ew capital to expa d its team alo gside esea ch a d developme t effo ts as it wo ks to sig ifica tly i c ease the umbe of qubits its a chitectu e ca suppo t.

Team Zu iQ o a missio to i c ease the umbe of qubits it ca put o a si gle chip.

Most t apped-io qua tum compute s a e built o a a chitectu e fi st p oposed mo e tha two decades ago, i which io s a e held i esse tially o e-dime sio al chai s stitched togethe i to la ge g ids usi g complex ju ctio st uctu es. Zu iQ has take a fu dame tally diffe e t oute with p ocesso s that a e atively two-dime sio al. Usi g Pe i g mic o-t aps, the compa y uses a static mag etic field i place of the apidly oscillati g fields most legacy a chitectu es ely o , eplaces the oscillati g fields of co ve tio al desig s with a static mag etic field, allowi g io s to move f eely i a y di ectio without the ju ctio s that co st ai eco figu atio .

Fi st eve ative 3×3 io qubit A ay – Io T ap i backg ou d.

“What makes this app oach powe ful is geomet y,” said P ofesso Jo atha Home of ETH Zü ich, a d a scie tific advise to Zu iQ. “Hold io s i a li e a d the cou t g ows o e at a time; hold them i two dime sio s, a d it g ows with the a ea of the chip — o a sta da d chip, that is the diffe e ce betwee te s of io s a d ma y thousa ds. Just as impo ta t, the io s ca be moved f eely i th ee dime sio s, so they ca be co ected togethe fa mo e flexibly, a d that co ectivity is what ultimately makes a qua tum compute mo e capable. Reachi g the scale a d co ectivity that eal applicatio s will eed has bee the ce t al challe ge fo the whole field.”

Zu iQ is scali g limits of co ve tio al systems by apidly i c easi g the umbe of io s o a chip to e able powe ful, comme cially useful machi es.

Zu iQ is p ovi g out its ative two-dime sio al a chitectu e with a wo ki g demo st ato – successfully developed i just 18 mo ths. The demo st ato comp ises a 3×3 a ay of i e i dividually co t olled io s, the la gest two-dime sio al a ay of its ki d demo st ated to date, built i collabo atio with esea che s at ETH Zü ich. The chips behi d it we e fab icated with Zu iQ’s ma ufactu i g pa t e , I fi eo , showi g the desig ca be p oduced with established i dust y p ocesses.

With the a chitectu e a d its ma ufactu i g oute established, the compa y’s focus ow tu s to scale: apidly i c easi g the umbe of io s o a chip to e able powe ful, comme cially useful machi es. Si ce its last i vestme t, Zu iQ has g ow f om fou people to eightee . The compa y has att acted wo ld-class tale t with backg ou ds f om leadi g qua tum a d photo ics o ga izatio s, i cludi g Io Q, Xa adu, a d Hamamatsu. The ew capital will go towa d fu the hi i g, expa di g the compa y’s esea ch p og am, a d scali g up chip fab icatio – the g ou dwo k fo putti g hu d eds of qubits o a chip.

“The t apped-io compa ies that sta ted the ace bega with o e-dime sio al desig s that we e useful steppi g-sto es, but the eal challe ge is whethe they ca successfully pivot to two dime sio s as they attempt to scale,” said D . Pavel H mo, co-fou de a d CEO of Zu iQ. “We spe t lo ge i the lab, a d that time allowed us to ide tify a alte ative oute that is i he e tly easie to scale. Ou a chitectu e is two-dime sio al f om the g ou d up, so the umbe of qubits we ca place o a chip will g ow fa mo e eadily tha i systems built o a legacy bluep i t. This fu di g lets us tu ou tech ical mome tum i to comme cial scale with mo e people, mo e esea ch, a d a accele ated path to i dust ial applicatio s.”

Ch istophe Ju czak, Fou di g Pa t e , Qua to atio , said, “A commo misco ceptio is that the qua tum ace is al eady decided, but that is fa f om eality. Zu iQ is demo st ati g that the e emai sig ifica t a d t a sfo matio al physics b eakth oughs still to be made i Qua tum a chitectu es. The scie tific calibe of the team is wo ld-class, which is why Zu iQ has bee phe ome ally successful i att acti g global tale t to joi them a d build 2D- ative qua tum compute s whe e t apped-io qubits fi ally have the f eedom to move a d co ect.”

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About Zu iQZu iQ is a qua tum computi g compa y based i Zü ich, Switze la d. Spu out of the ETH Zü ich labo ato y of P ofesso Jo atha Home by fou de s D Pavel H mo, D Tobias Sägesse a d D Sh eya s Jai , the compa y has developed a ew app oach fo t apped-io qubits that combi es elect ic a d mag etic fields to c eate atively two-dime sio al a ays to b eak th ough the scali g limits of co ve tio al systems. Zu iQ is apidly solvi g the most challe gi g aspects of qua tum computi g p ocesso desig to develop a chitectu es that suppo t the thousa ds of qubits equi ed fo i dust ially useful qua tum computi g.