Technology hub: Quantum software stack
Programming frameworks, compilers, simulators of quantum computers, benchmarking and control software that make quantum hardware usable.
- Pillar
- Enabling technologies and supply chain
- Related codes
- EuroSciVoc: software (broader match)
- Axis in the faceted taxonomy
- Component or layer: Software stack (draft — to be completed by the responsible team)
- Validation
- Proposed — not yet validated by an expert
- Sources of the definition
1 source
- Quantum Flagship: Strategic Research and Industry Agenda (SRIA) for quantum technologies, draft for the second phase of the public consultation; chapter 3, Quantum Sensing & Metrology Roadmap Update 2026 (pp. 75 to 100), chapter 4, Supply Chain and Enabling Technologies Roadmap Update 2026 (pp. 101 to 134) (read 2026-10-29)
86 confirmed items. Including suggestions by rules or AI, not yet reviewed: 95. Suggestions are counted, not listed.
At a glance
- EU and national projects: 21
- Organisations and companies: 9
- Funding rounds: 18
- Quantum software: 33
- Courses and master’s programmes: 3
- Jobs and funding calls: 1
- News and events: 1
Key items: EU and national projects
- EuroQSS: Universal European Quantum Software Stack
- SINGULARITY: SINGULARITY: The first quantum software toolbox for finance
- Qu&Co-Flow: Quantum software platform for multiphysics simulations
Key items: Organisations and companies
Expert review sheet of the faceted taxonomy (every value, definition and source)
Overview
The technology atlas of Quantum software stack: its value chain, the documented actors by role, facilities, funding, patents and publications, standards and policy measures on one page, each from a source the portal already publishes. Each section says whether these sources document the technology, show an evidence gap or hold nothing about it.
| Section | State in these sources | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Value chain | No evidence found in these sources | 0 |
| Actors by role | Documented in these sources | 9 |
| Facilities and access | No evidence found in these sources | 0 |
| Funding | Documented in these sources | 5 |
| Patents and publications | Documented in these sources | 1 |
| Standards | No evidence found in these sources | 0 |
| Policy measures | Documented in these sources | 5 |
| Evidence gaps | No evidence found in these sources | 0 |
- Documented in these sources: at least one record of these sources is about this technology.
- Evidence gap in these sources: the parts tree names a stage, but no documented European actor is linked to it here. Evidence gap in these sources, not a finding of dependency.
- No evidence found in these sources: No evidence found in these sources. It means only that these sources hold nothing on it.
Public layer: structure and documented actors only. Actor roles come from typed, dated relationships and are never inferred from shared projects or patents. Supplier assessments of the restricted dependency map are not shown on this public page. No technology readiness level is given.
External context: EPO Observatory: quantum technologies · EPO Deep Tech Finder
Value chain
The stages of this technology in the parts tree, a reference structure from review articles and EU law, with the European companies whose own product page names a product line for the stage or a part under it (the curated supplier directory).
No evidence found in these sources. The parts tree has no platform or part for this technology.
Actors by role
Organisations with a documented relationship to this technology: a product line on the company’s own product page, the host or programme the infrastructure catalogue names for a facility, or the operator of an access route. Each row names its source and the date it was read. Roles are never inferred from taking part in the same project or patent.
| Role | Actors | State | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer or supplier of a part | 0 | No evidence found in these sources | 0 organisations in the table below. |
| Host, operator or access provider | 0 | No evidence found in these sources | 0 organisations in the table below. |
| Funder or programme | 0 | No evidence found in these sources | 0 organisations in the table below. |
| Researcher or developer | 9 | Documented in these sources | Organisations confirmed under this technology by the classification; listed in “Organisations and companies” below. Participants in EU-funded projects are counted per pillar in technology intelligence. |
| User | 0 | No evidence found in these sources | These sources record no user of this technology. |
No evidence found in these sources. No product line, facility host, programme or access route is recorded for this technology.
Organisations and companies
9 confirmed items. Including suggestions by rules or AI, not yet reviewed and not listed here: 15.
- Quandela Company brief for investors: Quandela
- IQM Finland OY Company brief for investors: IQM Finland OY
- Pasqal Netherlands BV Company brief for investors: Pasqal Netherlands BV
- ALICE & BOB Company brief for investors: ALICE & BOB
- Kvantify Aps Company brief for investors: Kvantify Aps
See all 9: Organisations and companies · Companies of Quantum software stack in the investor screener
Facilities and access
Facilities of this technology in the infrastructure catalogue, the furthest milestone the deployment tracker evidences for each, and the current access routes that open them.
No evidence found in these sources. The infrastructure catalogue lists no facility for this technology.
Funding
Upcoming work-programme topics in this technology (the EU programme pipeline) and the funding instruments whose stated quantum relevance names it. The awards of its EU-funded projects and the announced funding rounds follow below.
Upcoming topics in the programme pipeline
Documented in these sources: 1 upcoming topic (pipeline read 2026-11-01).
- Secure PQC implementations, Cryptanalysis and Post-quantum Digital Trust
Pipeline topics of Quantum software stack
Funding instruments
| Instrument | Programme | Stated quantum relevance | Why it is shown |
|---|---|---|---|
| EIC Accelerator | Horizon Europe: European Innovation Council | The EIC Work Programme 2026 states that the Accelerator Open call remains available to start-ups and SMEs, including for quantum technologies, with specific safeguards on investments in quantum. | Names its pillar, Enabling technologies and supply chain |
| EIC STEP Scale Up | Horizon Europe: European Innovation Council, Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) | Quantum technologies are among the digital and deep-tech priority areas, and the EIC Work Programme 2026 says support for quantum start-ups will be pursued in particular through this call. | Names its pillar, Enabling technologies and supply chain |
| EuroHPC JU quantum technology calls (Quantum Flagship) | Horizon Europe: Quantum Flagship, implemented by the EuroHPC JU | Since Council Regulation (EU) 2026/150 entered into force on 20 January 2026, the JU implements the Union's quantum technology agenda, including the Quantum Flagship funded through Horizon Europe, and its 2026 calls cover quantum computing platforms, QKD, testing infrastructure, pilot lines, sensing, machine learning and standards. | Names its pillar, Enabling technologies and supply chain |
| Chips JU quantum actions (Chips for Europe Initiative) | Chips for Europe Initiative: Horizon Europe and Digital Europe Programme | The Chips for Europe Initiative includes dedicated quantum actions: building capacity for quantum chips, design libraries, dedicated pilots and testing facilities, from superconducting circuits to photonic, neutral-atom and ion-trap chips. | Names its pillar, Enabling technologies and supply chain |
6 more instruments are open to any field of research and are not listed here.
EU and national projects
21 confirmed items.
| Measure | Total | Projects with an amount | Projects without one |
|---|---|---|---|
| EU contribution (maximum grant agreed) | EUR 9,995,676.50 | 3 | 0 |
| Total cost (includes the award) | EUR 12,137,076.25 | 3 | 0 |
| Measure | Total | Projects with an amount | Projects without one |
|---|---|---|---|
| award value (Gateway to Research) | GBP 3,940,003 | 6 | 0 |
| funded amount | EUR 488,814 | 1 | 0 |
| NWO award amount | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| award value (Gateway to Research) | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| funded amount | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| total awarded | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Each project counts once. A total adds the amount each source states for its projects within one measure and one currency only: EU contributions, national awards and other measures are never added together. Total cost includes the award and is shown separately. A country filter keeps whole projects with a participant in the country, so its total is not the country's share. Programme envelopes, partner shares, co-funding and payments are separate layers and are never added to awards; payments are not published by the sources used. Outputs are linked only through an explicit project or grant identifier or reviewed documentary evidence, never by name alone; only a reviewed document can show a demonstrated contribution. CORDIS and Funding & Tenders amounts are one measure, the EU contribution (maximum grant agreed in the grant agreement, not payments). Country codes EL and UK are read as GR (Greece) and GB (United Kingdom). National and regional rows whose title names no quantum technology are left out unless asked for. EU and national totals are shown apart and never added.
- EuroQSS: Universal European Quantum Software Stack
- SINGULARITY: SINGULARITY: The first quantum software toolbox for finance
- Qu&Co-Flow: Quantum software platform for multiphysics simulations
- Developer Experience in Iterative Quantum Software Engineering (DEQSE)
- Prosperity Partnership in Quantum Software for Modeling and Simulation
Funding rounds
18 confirmed items.
- Alice & Bob: Series B, 2025-01-28
- Alice & Bob: Public equity investment (EIC STEP Scale Up), 2026-04-27
- Alice & Bob: Extension or further close, 2026-05-22
- IQM Quantum Computers: Public equity investment (EIC STEP Scale Up), 2025-04-03
- IQM Quantum Computers: Series B, 2025-09-03
See all 18: Funding rounds · Funding rounds tracker of the investor view
Jobs and funding calls
1 confirmed item.
Patents and publications
Patent counts come from EPO Open Patent Services in technology intelligence, by CPC group, and per EPO quantum concept in the technology intelligence reports; publications by OpenAlex topic. The patent series of this node and its documents follow below.
Documented in these sources: 1 indicator page of this technology.
Patent landscape of Quantum software stack in technology intelligence · All technology intelligence reports
Patents
No patent series for this node. Quantum software falls mostly under G06N 10/60 and G06N 10/80, which are counted with quantum computing; no separate series is drawn so that the same documents are not shown twice.
Standards
Standards, specifications, committees and roadmaps of the standards tracker in the scope of this technology, each with its body and status.
No evidence found in these sources. The standards tracker has no scope for this technology.
9 tracked items are about quantum technologies in general.
Policy measures
Actions of the Quantum Europe Strategy (COM(2025) 363) that name this technology or its pillar, or that link one of its facilities, with their status in the strategy tracker.
Documented in these sources: 5 actions.
| Action | Status | Target | Why it is shown | Where in the strategy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Establish six quantum pilot lines under the Chips Joint Undertaking | Delivered (evidence) | 2025 | Names its pillar, Enabling technologies and supply chain | Section 2.3.1 (p. 12) and action list (p. 15); Appendix, Area 3 (p. 23) |
| Launch a quantum design facility | Announced | 2026 | Names its pillar, Enabling technologies and supply chain | Section 2.3.1 (p. 12) and action list (p. 15); Appendix, Area 3 (p. 23) |
| Release a Quantum Chips Industrialisation Roadmap | Announced | 2026 | Names its pillar, Enabling technologies and supply chain | Section 2.3.1 (p. 12) and action list (p. 15); Appendix, Area 3 (p. 23) |
| Assess supply-chain vulnerabilities of quantum technologies | In progress (evidence) | 2025-2026 | Names its pillar, Enabling technologies and supply chain | Section 2.3.4 (p. 14) and action list (p. 15); Appendix, Area 3 (p. 23) |
| A Europe-wide network of open-access quantum testbeds | In progress (evidence) | Names its pillar, Enabling technologies and supply chain | Section 2.3.2, first measure (p. 12) |
Evidence gaps
Stages of the value chain for which these sources link no documented European actor. Evidence gap in these sources, not a finding of dependency. A company may well supply the stage without a product page the directory has read; a missing record is never proof of a strategic dependency.
No evidence found in these sources. No value chain is recorded for this technology, so no gap can be named.
Quantum software
33 confirmed items.
Courses and master’s programmes
3 confirmed items.
News and events
1 confirmed item. Including suggestions by rules or AI, not yet reviewed and not listed here: 4.
Further reading
- Understanding Quantum Technologies 2025 (Olivier Ezratty, 8th edition, version 8.1 of 30 October 2025, arXiv:2111.15352 (v6), doi:10.48550/arXiv.2111.15352, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)See Part 2: Computing hardware
- Understanding Quantum Technologies 2026 (Olivier Ezratty, 9th edition, version 9.0 of 17 October 2026 (latest edition))See Part 2: Computing hardware
Olivier Ezratty, Understanding Quantum Technologies (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Links only; no text of the book is reproduced on this portal.
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