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EU launches EUR 50 million Q-PLANET quantum chip pilot line with 28 partners

The EU backed Q-PLANET, a EUR 50 million Horizon Europe pilot line coordinated by France's Pasqal with 28 partners across 11 member states, to industrialise European-made neutral-atom quantum chip components for computing, sensing and communication.

Verified Pasqal press release, 13 July 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish that the pilot line has produced a single quantum chip yet, only that the funded project has started.

How this item counts. Towards autonomy: it changes who made the parts. Binding 2 of 3 (agreed or funded), scale 3 of 3 (large), Verified counts in full: weight +6 of 36 possible. EU-funded pilot line across 11 states to localise quantum chip parts, not yet producing. European Sovereignty Index

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