About Q.ANT GmbH
Q.ANT GmbH is a photonic deep-tech company founded in 2018 as a spin-off from TRUMPF’s 
R&D division, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. The company develops advanced photonic computing and sensing technologies that process data using light instead of electricity.
Its flagship product, the Native Processing Unit (NPU), is a PCIe-compatible photonic processor based on Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) that offers significant gains in energy efficiency and computational density. The NPU supports 16-bit floating-point precision with near-perfect accuracy and integrates seamlessly into standard data center environments, offering native compatibility for x86 architecture and common AI frameworks, including PyTorch and TensorFlow. The NPU is deployed within Q.ANT’s Native Processing Server (NPS)—a rack-mounted system designed for AI inference, physics simulations, and high-performance computing workloads.
Q.ANT’s architecture has demonstrated as much as 90× lower power consumption per workload and up to 100× greater data center capacity, without requiring traditional active cooling systems. The company has also established in-house pilot-scale production of its photonic chips in Stuttgart, leveraging a CMOS-compatible 90 nm lithography line.
Q.ANT serves customers across AI infrastructure, aerospace, scientific research, medical technology, and advanced industrial automation sectors. Its mission is to enable sustainable, scalable compute platforms that reduce energy consumption and support European digital and technological sovereignty in next-generation photonics.
For more information, please visit https://www.qant.com.
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