Alice & Bob Breaks Ground with First Non-Clifford Gate on Cat-Qubit Hardware!

Alice & Bob has become the first quantum hardware company to successfully demonstrate a non-Clifford gate using cat-qubit technology. This milestone is part of Phase 1 results from France's €500 million PROQCIMA competition. The startup accomplished several complex tasks, including implementing noise-biased CNOT gates and running a three-qubit repetition code. However, their logical error rate remains above the fault-tolerance threshold. The results pave the way for developing a 'magic state factory.' CEO Théau Peronnin expressed confidence in cat-qubit potential. Alice & Bob aims to revolutionize quantum computing efficiency while competing against four other architectures in the race.