LYNX Series by Alpine Quantum Technologies (AQT): status and timeline

Milestones

Next · First units available to strategic partners

LYNX Series announced with QV=32,7685 May 2026Complete.
First units available to strategic partnersTarget Q4 2026Current milestone.
Broader commercial availabilityTarget 2027Not yet reached.

Most important updates

AQT's LYNX Series achieves Quantum Volume 32,768, setting European record5 May 2026

Upcoming

Q4 2026First units available to strategic partners (next)
2027Broader commercial availability

Current obstacles

Manufacturing reproducibilityScaling production of trap chips and lasers with tight tolerances while maintaining performance is a key manufacturing challenge.

Physics limits

Spontaneous ion decayTrapped ions eventually decay to lower energy states, losing quantum information. This decay rate sets the time available for computation before error correction is needed.
Laser phase noiseFluctuations in laser frequency and phase limit how precisely quantum gates can be performed, setting a floor on two-qubit gate errors.

How it works

3 parts

Qubits

Calcium-40 ions

Individual charged atoms suspended in electric fields, manipulated with laser pulses to encode and process quantum information.

Gates

Laser-based quantum gates

Specially designed laser pulses perform single and two-qubit operations with high fidelity and reduced sensitivity to environmental noise.

Infrastructure

Standard datacentre cooling

The system integrates into a 19-inch rack with only internal cryogenic cooling, requiring no special facility modifications.

Spec sheet

Spec	LYNX Series
Quantum Volume	32,768^R (reported)
Qubits (register)	15^R (reported)
Form factor	19-inch rack^R (reported)
Two-qubit gate fidelity	~98.7%^R (reported)

^R reported by the company

Update log

1 update

Tue 5 May

Major: AQT's LYNX Series achieves Quantum Volume 32,768, setting European recordPressHardware

About Alpine Quantum Technologies (AQT)

The team behind LYNX Series

Alpine Quantum Technologies (AQT)

Trapped-ion quantum computers, LYNX, IBEX

AQT builds general-purpose quantum computers using trapped-ion technology. Founded in 2018 as a University of Innsbruck spin-off by leading quantum physicists, it develops rack-mounted systems integrating with existing HPC infrastructure.

LYNX Series achieved Quantum Volume 32,768 in May 2026, the highest QV for any quantum computer designed and built in Europe.
Rack-mounted design with no specialized cryogenic infrastructure beyond internal cooling.
First units available to strategic partners Q4 2026 via AQT Cloud and cloud partners.

aqt.eu (opens aqt.eu)Company profile →

Founded: 20188 yrs
Headquarters: Austria
Status: Private
Valuation: private
Raised: $32M2 rounds
Last round: Series A · $21MJun 2022
Works in: QuantumTrapped ion
Coverage: 1 program · 1 updatelatest 5 May 2026checked 10 Oct
Lead investors: European Innovation Council (EIC)FFGUniversity of InnsbruckAustrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
Partners: Amazon Braket (opens aws.amazon.com)
People: Dr. Thomas Monz (opens aqt.eu)CEO & Co-founderProf. Rainer Blatt (opens aqt.eu)Co-founderProf. Peter Zoller (opens aqt.eu)Co-founder

Spec

LYNX Series

Quantum Volume

32,768^R (reported)

Qubits (register)

15^R (reported)

Form factor

19-inch rack^R (reported)

Two-qubit gate fidelity

~98.7%^R (reported)