Niccolo Somaschi
Somaschi holds a PhD in semiconductor photonics and nanostructured materials, with doctoral and postdoctoral research focused on solid-state single-photon sources and hybrid organic-inorganic light-emitting devices. He co-founded Quandela in 2017 with Valérian Giesz and Pascale Senellart as a spinout from the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (C2N) in Paris. As CEO he has grown Quandela to around 100 employees, and in October 2023 delivered its MosaiQ photonic quantum computer to OVHcloud — the first photonic quantum computer deployed in a commercial cloud environment in Europe.


