Validate your algorithms, accelerate your experiments, and get ready for quantum.
Whether you’re a quantum developer, ML engineer, R&D team, or early-stage startup, you need hands-on access to real QPUs and high-performance emulators to test your algorithms, build PoCs, validate your assumptions, and scale.
Every quantum challenge calls for the right architecture. The program is structured around three distinct pathways designed to match your algorithmic needs. Each pathway gives you access to the specific QPU you need, across leading European platforms including Pasqal, Quandela, IQM, AQT, and Quobly.
Stop juggling multiple platforms. Scaleway provides an end-to-end R&D environment. Use powerful GPU-based emulation to design and validate your circuits securely, then move seamlessly to physical QPUs - all within a unified ecosystem.
The photonic playground for Quantum Machine Learning and data science.
€900 total, over 6 months
The gate-based track for variational and general-purpose algorithms (Shor, Grover...).
€1800 total, over 6 months
The heavy-compute track for complex combinatorial optimization and Hamiltonian simulations.
€3300 total, over 6 months
Looking for expert guidance rather than hands-on compute?
The program is open to DeepTech startups, quantum developers, ML engineers, and R&D labs. Selection is application-based. We primarily evaluate three criteria: the relevance of the business use case, the clarity of the R&D plan, and the project's alignment with one of the program's three tracks.
To avoid the trap of credits burned in a single click, the grant is split into non-rolling monthly allocations over six months. At the beginning of each month, the account is credited with emulation hours and QPU access on our Quantum as a Service platform. Unused credits expire at the end of the month, encouraging a steady development pace.
No worries. The track selection during registration is used to calibrate initial access. If your research evolves (for example, if you realize the optimization problem in track 1 requires the neutral atom approach of track 3), a technical review with the Scaleway team will allow you to readjust your track along the way.
You retain 100% of your intellectual property and source code. At the end of the six months, laureates who have validated their PoC can switch to the standard Scaleway Startup Program to obtain global infrastructure credits, or move to a custom contract to integrate Scaleway's classical and quantum solutions into production.
