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This article marks the first major deployment of Pasqal’s neutral‑atom quantum processors outside Europe, signaling a strategic push to diversify the global quantum ecosystem by tapping into Saudi Arabia’s ambitious Vision 2030 agenda. The joint venture with Eleven Ventures could accelerate regional talent development, supply‑chain formation and industry pilots in sectors such as energy and aerospace, complementing recent moves by other vendors to establish Middle‑East research hubs. While the partnership promises rapid commercialization, it remains contingent on scaling neutral‑atom hardware—a technology still in its early commercial phase.
— Mark Eatherly
Summary
Insider Brief Press release – Pasqal, a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, and Eleven Ventures, a Kingdom of Saudi Arabia based investment platform and venture capital firm, today announced an agreement to establish a commercial joint venture to deploy, commercialize and scale Pasqal‘s quantum computing systems across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (the “Kingdom”) […]