Quobly launches Canadian arm in Sherbrooke to accelerate silicon quantum integration

Quobly has set up a Canadian subsidiary in Sherbrooke as a strategic foothold to advance the industrialization of silicon-based quantum processors. The company intends to tap into Sherbrooke’s specialized assets—skills in silicon spin qubits, advanced packaging, and cryogenic facilities—while collaborating with academic and industrial platforms to accelerate integration work. Local partnerships will focus on hardware–software co-design, cryo-electronics interfaces, and pilot integrations that bridge laboratory prototypes and manufacturable devices. By embedding within DistriQ and working with the Université de Sherbrooke and C2MI, Quobly expects to shorten feedback cycles between device fabrication, cryogenic testing and systems-level software. This presence in Quebec also positions the firm closer to Montreal’s application and software talent pool, enabling hybrid classical–quantum workflows and early industrial use cases. The Canadian unit is explicitly linked to the company’s longer-term target of developing large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum machines by 2032, a roadmap that requires scaled integration and industrial partnerships beyond Europe. Quobly plans to build a local team by hiring roughly ten engineers and researchers over the next two to three years to support R&D and integration projects. The expansion is presented as both a technical acceleration—access to cryogenic testbeds and packaging know-how—and a commercial step to engage North American customers and HPC partners. Strategically, placing activities in Quebec reduces distance to key ecosystem collaborators and helps validate manufacturing pathways using semiconductor industry practices. The move also formalizes ties with STMicroelectronics and other supply-chain players that are central to moving from prototypes toward volume-capable processes. While the subsidiary itself is modest in scale initially, its operational role is targeted: integrate, test, and mature silicon quantum modules within a North American context. If executed well, the Sherbrooke hub could become a repeatable node in Quobly’s international industrialization strategy, transferring validated integration methods between sites and strengthening its position in silicon quantum hardware.