Finnish AI startup QuTwo raises €25M angel round to advance hybrid AI and quantum computing platform

Wed, 06 May 2026 11:39:00 +0200

QuTwo, a Finnish artificial intelligence lab founded by former Silo AI CEO Peter Sarlin, has reached a valuation of approximately $380 million following a €25 million ($29 million) angel funding round. The company focuses on enterprise AI solutions while integrating elements of quantum and hybrid computing. Its main product, QuTwo OS, acts as an orchestration layer that assigns workloads across classical, quantum, or hybrid systems, emphasizing “quantum-inspired” computing that leverages classical hardware to simulate quantum capabilities more reliably.

Despite its quantum branding, QuTwo positions itself primarily as an AI company. Sarlin describes AI as the company’s central focus, with quantum computing seen as an emerging infrastructure layer rather than the core product. The startup has already secured around $23 million in committed revenue through design partnerships with companies such as Zalando, where it has helped build AI assistants.

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