Quantum Ledger
Vol. III·Cohort Profile·Alpine
Innsbruck, Austria·Founded 2018·Private
Boulder · Colorado
Analyst note · Trapped ion

Alpine Quantum Technologies (AQT) Trapped ion

Austrian Innsbruck-physics-lab spinout (Rainer Blatt) building rack-mounted commercial ion traps — the only true "quantum computer in a box" product on the market.

Austrian Innsbruck-physics-lab spinout (Rainer Blatt) building rack-mounted commercial ion traps — the only true "quantum computer in a box" product on the market.

— Ledger Desk · analyst thesis

Bull case

upside

Commercial rack-mounted ion trap systems (Pine + Marmot) deployed at LRZ, BMW Group, Atos. The only company shipping a self-contained 19-inch-rack quantum computer that fits in a standard data center. Strong EU sovereign customer demand. Heritage from Blatt's Nobel-grade trapped-ion lab.

Bear case

downside

Modest size relative to IonQ/Quantinuum. Lower-qubit-count systems (10–24 ions) limit current commercial workloads. Limited US presence.

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