Theo Pironen and Raphael Lescan, two young executives who are making France shine in the technology field.
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“A quantum computer will dramatically accelerate the solution of some very complex, or even unimaginable, problems, including the best current supercomputers, such as optimizing a global logistics network or simulating a molecule.” These words from Théau Peronnin sum up, in the most educational way possible, the fundamental challenge of the activity undertaken by the young CEO with his partner Raphaël Lescan in the startup Alice & Bob, which they founded four years ago.
Graduating respectively from the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) of Lyon and the Polytechnic of Paris for the first time, and from the École Normale Supérieure de Paris for the second, these two quantum physics enthusiasts have gained the conviction that France has unique knowledge in this field.
A pioneering technology that has achieved amazing success
They decided to implement the results of their thesis on the quantum cat, a pioneering technology they are using “Developing error-correcting quantum computers”. Today, with headquarters in Paris and Boston, Alice & Bob has already raised €30 million in funds, employed more than a hundred employees and shown experimental results superior to those achieved by technology giants such as Google or IBM. Cocorico!
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