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Problems Classical Computers Can't Solve.

Quantum computers don't replace classical computers. They work alongside them on a specific group of problems — optimisation, simulation, and pattern recognition where the problem size breaks classical approaches.

Broad enterprise advantage is still years away. The companies building expertise now will be the ones ready when it arrives.

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How It Works

What Qubits Actually Do.

Classical computers process information as bits — zeros and ones, sequentially. A quantum computer uses qubits, which can exist in multiple states at once and influence each other regardless of distance.

Quantum computers are not universally faster. They handle one specific type of problem much better than classical hardware: situations where you need to evaluate a vast number of possible combinations at once and pick the optimal one.

Think: optimal routing across 10,000 delivery points. Portfolio construction across millions of correlated assets. Molecular interactions involving thousands of particles.

For these problems, even the world's best supercomputers eventually hit a wall — and adding more processors doesn't change that.

Honest Assessment

What Works Today.
What Doesn't Yet.

Works Today

Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing

First production deployments exist for specific optimisation use cases — combining quantum processors with classical computing for the parts each handles best.

Documented examples

  • Logistics: workforce scheduling reduced from an 80-hour task to 15 hours per week (D-Wave, retail).
  • Finance: bond trading fill-probability prediction (HSBC) and portfolio optimisation pilots (BBVA).
  • Energy: grid optimisation pilots (E.ON) and renewable integration modelling.

Quantum-as-a-Service (QaaS) platforms — IBM Quantum, AWS Braket, Azure Quantum, and Austria's AQT via cloud — let you experiment without hardware investment.

Not Yet

General Quantum Advantage

Broad quantum superiority over classical computers for general enterprise workloads does not yet exist. Today's quantum computers are NISQ devices — Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum — meaning error rates limit the complexity of calculations that produce reliable results.

What is not yet possible

  • Running complex enterprise applications natively on quantum hardware.
  • Replacing high-performance computing infrastructure.
  • Achieving ROI from quantum for most use cases without hybrid classical support.

Honest timeline: meaningful fault-tolerant quantum computing for broad enterprise use is estimated late 2020s to early 2030s.

Use Cases by Industry

Where Quantum Creates Value
in Your Sector.

Not every business problem benefits from quantum computing. These are the areas where the evidence for quantum advantage is strongest — today or within the next 3–5 years.

Finance & Insurance

Research
Hybrid Pilots
Production
Mature

Portfolio Optimisation

Evaluate millions of correlated asset combinations simultaneously to find optimal allocations.

Risk Modelling

Explore complex scenarios at a scale classical computing cannot match — relevant for insurance pricing, derivatives, and stress testing.

Fraud Detection

Identify subtle patterns across transaction networks that classical machine learning misses.

Energy & Utilities

Research
Hybrid Pilots
Production
Mature

Grid Optimisation

Manage complex energy networks with thousands of generation and consumption points in real time — critical for integrating variable renewables.

Demand Forecasting

Model complex interactions between weather, consumption patterns, and generation capacity with higher precision.

Infrastructure Planning

Optimise long-lived investment decisions across many interdependent variables.

Logistics & Transport

Research
Hybrid Pilots
Production
Mature

Route Optimisation

The travelling-salesman problem at scale — optimal routes across thousands of delivery points, vehicles, and time windows.

Supply Chain Resilience

Model complex supplier dependencies and identify optimal response strategies for disruption scenarios.

Scheduling

Complex resource allocation across large operations — manufacturing lines, workforce, logistics assets.

Pharma & Chemistry

Research
Hybrid Pilots
Production
Mature

Molecular Simulation

Simulate molecular interactions at quantum level — enabling more accurate drug candidate screening and faster early-stage discovery.

Materials Discovery

Design new materials with specific properties (conductivity, strength, reactivity) by simulating atomic behaviour directly.

Manufacturing & Industry

Research
Hybrid Pilots
Production
Mature

Production Scheduling

Optimise complex manufacturing sequences across multiple lines, constraints, and dependencies.

Quality Control

Quantum-enhanced machine learning for defect detection in high-dimensional sensor data.

Supply Chain Optimisation

See Logistics above — applies equally to industrial supply chains.

By the Numbers

The Honest Picture.

$250B

Projected total long-term market value unlock from quantum computing across pharma, finance, logistics, and materials — Bain Technology Report, 2025

2027–29

Estimated timeframe for first production quantum deployments with measurable ROI

76%

Of companies investing in quantum in 2024 reported gaining value — a 3× increase from 2023 (Deloitte, 2025)

3–4

Years on average from first quantum awareness to a structured enterprise approach (Bain, 2025)

Austria's Quantum Computing Ecosystem

World-Class Hardware.
Built in Austria.

Austria is home to two of Europe's most advanced quantum computing companies — both emerging from the University of Innsbruck quantum physics tradition that earned Anton Zeilinger the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for work partly conducted at Innsbruck.

This gives Austrian corporates privileged access to hardware, expertise, and pilot opportunities that most European companies have to look abroad for.

Both AQT and ParityQC work directly with enterprise partners on use case identification and pilot projects, with FFG as the national funding and advisory body for Austrian corporates exploring quantum applications.

  • AQT — Alpine Quantum Technologies

    Innsbruck · Quantum Computer Hardware

    Europe's most advanced trapped-ion quantum computer and the first EU-hosted trapped-ion system available on a major cloud platform (AWS Braket, since November 2025). Room-temperature operation, rack-mounted, under 2 kW power. Founded by Rainer Blatt, Peter Zoller, and Thomas Monz (CEO).

    aqt.eu →

  • ParityQC

    Innsbruck · Quantum Architecture & Software

    The world's only quantum architecture company — provides blueprints and the ParityOS operating system for scalable quantum computers across all major hardware platforms (ion trap, superconducting, neutral atom, silicon spin). Spin-off of the University of Innsbruck and the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW). Co-CEOs: Magdalena Hauser and Wolfgang Lechner.

    parityqc.com →

  • FFG

    Vienna · Austrian Research Promotion Agency

    Austria's federal funding agency for applied research and innovation. For corporates pursuing quantum initiatives, FFG is the first stop for identifying funding pathways and connecting with the Austrian quantum research ecosystem.

    ffg.at →
How to Start

You Don't Need a Quantum Computer
to Get Started.

Quantum-as-a-Service platforms allow organisations to experiment with quantum computing via the cloud — no hardware investment, no specialist team required to begin. Here is a realistic starting path.

Step 1

Now

Identify Your Optimisation Problems

Not every problem benefits from quantum. The first step is identifying where classical computers genuinely struggle in your organisation — complex scheduling, routing, portfolio construction, simulation at scale. A structured use case workshop with quantum experts takes 1–2 days and produces a prioritised shortlist.

Effort: 1–2 days with the right partner

Step 2

Next 3–6 months

Run a Feasibility Assessment

For your top 1–2 use cases: assess whether a quantum or hybrid approach would deliver meaningful advantage over your current solution — and at what cost. This does not require internal quantum expertise. Structured feasibility programmes are a standard offering from quantum hardware providers, specialist software companies, and technical consultancies — both within Austria and across the wider European ecosystem.

Effort: 4–8 weeks with an experienced partner

Step 3

6–18 months

Pilot on Cloud Infrastructure

Access quantum hardware via established Quantum-as-a-Service platforms — without capital expenditure. Run your priority use case on real quantum hardware alongside classical baselines. The goal is not to prove quantum wins today. The goal is to build internal knowledge, establish vendor relationships, and be positioned when quantum advantage becomes commercially relevant.

Effort: 3–6 months, team of 2–3 people

Realistic Timeline

When Should Your
Organisation Act?

Now – 2026

Identify & Learn

Identify use cases, run feasibility assessments, build internal quantum literacy.

Action: Use case workshop + FFG advisory

2026 – 2028

Hybrid Pilots

Hybrid pilots become enterprise-standard. Cloud infrastructure matures, hybrid classical-quantum approaches for optimisation problems deliver measurable results across more industries.

Action: Pilot programme via QaaS platform

2028 – 2030

Production at Scale

Production deployments with measurable ROI scale across finance, logistics, and energy. Fault-tolerant quantum computing approaching.

Action: Scale pilots that show ROI

2030+

Broad Advantage

Broad quantum advantage across more problem classes. Companies without quantum experience will face significant competitive disadvantage.

Action: Production operations

Next Step

Understand Quantum Computing
With Your Peers.

The Quantum Reality Check — Roundtable on Computing for enterprise leaders. Invite-only, Austrian corporate innovation managers. Topics: which problems in your organisation are quantum-relevant? What does a realistic first pilot look like? What are AQT and ParityQC actually building — and for whom?

No physics knowledge required.

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Go Deeper

Explore the Quantum Topics

Cryptography

Post-Quantum Cryptography

The threat that is already happening — and what to do about it today.

Sensing

Quantum Sensing

Infrastructure monitoring with precision that classical sensors cannot achieve.

Readiness

Quantum Readiness Guide

Where does your organisation stand — and what is the right next step?

Ecosystem

Austrian Quantum Ecosystem

Startups, research institutions, corporate first movers, and funding.