Prize
Qilimanjaro wins 4YFN Awards 2024
March 6, 2024
Quantum Computing Technologies GroupThe IFAE spin-off Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech, was recognized at the Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2024 as the best digital start-up in the world.
The company was chosen as the winner of the 4YFN Awards, a global start-up competition aimed at finding the best emerging companies from around the planet that represents the highest recognition offered to start-ups at the MWC.
Qilimanjaro has been elected “best startup” of the University of Barcelona (2021), the “best deeptech startup” at “Deeptech Barcelona” (2022), one of the ten selected European deeptech startups by Intel (2023) and now the “best startup” of the international MWC 4YFN24 (2024).
Publication
New QCT Group Paper on Superinductors and Ultrastrong Coupling
July 17, 2025
“A new preprint by IFAE’s Quantum Computing and Technologies (QCT) group, titled “Superinductor-based ultrastrong coupling in a superconducting circuit” , has been uploaded to arXiv.
Network
IFAE joins EU‑selected SUPREME consortium to scale industrial production of superconducting quantum chips
July 11, 2025
The Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) is one of the 23 partners from eight EU member states in SUPREME, a new European project selected under the Chips Joint Undertaking to establish pilot lines for the industrial production of superconducting quantum chips.
Role
Pol Forn Appointed as Spain’s Representative to CERN’s Quantum Technology Initiative Advisory Board
March 13, 2025
The CERN Quantum Technology Initiative (CERN QTI) has defined a roadmap and research programme in collaboration with its advisory board, as well as the high-energy physics and quantum-technology research communities