CEO of Quandela Niccolo Somaschi speaks during the presentation of a Quandela photonic quantum computer as part of France's President's visit to the European Forum on Computing Power, Quantum Sciences and Technologies, and Semiconductors at the Very Large Computing Centre of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in Bruyeres-le-Chatel, south of Paris on May 22, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)