Innovation portfolio

IQM

Full stack quantum computers and applications to HPCs, research institutes, universities and business enterprises.
A gold-plated cryostat sits half open with many cables coming out from the bottom.

Status:

Unicorns

SDGs:

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Industry:

ICT

Impact:

Sustainable systems

Origin:

-

School:

School of Science

Established:

2018

About IQM

Quantum computing will revolutionize industries like drug discovery, materials science and finance by solving complex problems in hours instead of years. 

Aalto University professor Mikko Mottonen, photo Mikko Raskinen

Mikko Möttönen selected as finalist for the European Inventor Award 2026

Möttönen is a finalist in the ‘Research’ category for developing an ultrasensitive cryogenic microwave sensor to diagnose interference in quantum computers.

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Close-up of a glowing dual processor on a dark motherboard with futuristic light effects and detailed circuitry.

New quantum record: Transmon qubit coherence reaches millisecond threshold

The result foreshadows a leap in computational capabilities, with researchers now inviting experts around the globe to reproduce the groundbreaking measurement.

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An artistic rendering of two chips on a circuit board, one is blue and the other is orange and light is emitting from their surf

New method of measuring qubits promises ease of scalability in a microscopic package

Aalto University researchers are the first in the world to measure qubits with ultrasensitive thermal detectors

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KQCircuits Chip Design. Picture: IQM.

IQM announces KQCircuits - An open-source software to design superconducting quantum processors

IQM Quantum Computers (IQM) announced today its open-source
software tool KQCircuits to automate the design of superconducting quantum processors. KQCircuits is a Python library jointly developed by Aalto University and IQM using the KLayout design program.

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Artistic impression of a unimon qubit in a quantum processor. Credits: Aleksandr Kakinen.

Unimon - A new qubit to boost quantum computers for useful applications

The researchers have achieved the first quantum logic gates with unimons at 99.9% fidelity — a major milestone on the quest to build commercially useful quantum computers.

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Wafer of qubits

Aalto quantum computing spinout secures €11.45m in funding

IQM hopes to commercialise groundbreaking research from Aalto and VTT

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From ideas to impact: ‘Better forecasts need a new kind of data’

Aalto’s student innovation grant gave the company’s founders resources to develop and test their concept.
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Cooperation, Research & Art, Studies Published:

From ideas to impact: ‘I found a real problem, so I just jumped in’

Aalto’s student innovation grant helped the team buy components for their prototype.
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Aalto ranks third in Europe for university spinout funding – this is the recipe for creating new industries

Aalto University's spinout companies, including quantum company IQM and satellite company ICEYE, have raised approximately EUR 2.6 billion in funding since 2010.
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Finland’s green transition requires innovation and collaboration

The alumni seminar of the school of chemical engineering brought together experts in research, industry and innovation to consider how Finland can harness the opportunities of the green transition.
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