France-based Egerie, was founded in 2016 by Jean Larroumets (CEO) & Pierre Oger (VP). The startup offers cybersecurity software to enterprises by building a “digital twin” of their information assets & processes; offering a centralized vision of the “cyber risk mapping”. Moreover, thanks to the decision-making capabilities of “the equation”, Egerie can formulate effective cybersecurity strategies/ responses & calculate ROI i.e. “we can now model the financial & operational consequences of specific vulnerabilities on a given business process in real-time”. The firm is said to be work with <300 clients across 90 countries, including Veolia, Orange & Accenture; with multiple cyber risk models for digital environments, specific business functions & industry sectors already. The new...

Germany-based, planqc is building an innovative quantum computer - nothing less! Its basic principle is as follows: an element e.g. metal strontium is heated up in a furnace so that an atomic beam is created. The neutral atoms (in the element) (used as qubits) are then slowed down with electromagnetic fields & lasers, so that a certain number of them can be held in place by other lasers in a vacuum chamber. There, the neutral atoms can be observed with quantum gas microscopes & in turn manipulated individually (with laser beams that are sent through the microscopes & by putting them into an “excited” state using the energy of the laser/ high-speed Rydberg gates). This...