QbitSoft joins Le Village by CA Paris with a quantum-as-a-service pitch
A small French software company that wants to plug quantum optimisation algorithms into ordinary enterprise systems, without tying customers to one machine.
Le Village by CA Paris, Crédit Agricole's start-up campus, announced in early September 2026 the arrival of QbitSoft, a French company offering quantum as a service: a hardware-independent software layer to integrate quantum optimisation algorithms into corporate information systems. Target uses range from route optimisation and network planning to insurance, fraud detection, finance and defence.
Why it matters
Most companies will never buy a quantum computer. Whether they use one will depend on intermediaries like this, selling optimisation as a service through familiar software. The announcement is thin on proof, so it is a name to watch rather than a result to cite.
Key takeaways
- QbitSoft positions itself as quantum as a service: a software layer independent of the underlying hardware, meant to bring quantum optimisation algorithms into existing enterprise systems.
- Use cases put forward: route optimisation, network planning, logistics, insurance, fraud detection, finance and defence.
- The announcement names Lionel Rigaud as founder and chief executive and Olivier Pegeon as chairman and co-founder; directory data describe a company created in 2022 in the Paris region with fewer than ten employees.
- Sources are limited to the campus announcement and company directories: the company's own domain was not live when this note was written, and no customer or funding figure is public.
Le Village by CA Paris, the start-up campus of Crédit Agricole, announced in early September 2026 that QbitSoft had joined its residents. The company describes itself as quantum as a service: rather than selling access to a particular machine, it develops a software layer independent of the hardware, meant to integrate quantum optimisation algorithms directly into a company's information systems.
The use cases it puts forward are the classic optimisation problems of business: delivery routes, network planning, logistics, but also insurance, fraud detection, finance and defence. The pitch is to turn algorithms that only specialists can handle into functions an enterprise can call.
The announcement names Lionel Rigaud as founder and chief executive and Olivier Pegeon as chairman and co-founder. Company directories describe a business created in 2022 in the Paris region, with fewer than ten employees. That is about all that is public: when this note was written, the company's own domain was not live, and no customer, benchmark or funding figure has been disclosed. Quantum Momentum records it as an actor to follow, on the demand side of the market, not as a result.
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