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Trapeons launches Korea's first ion-trap quantum computer startup in late 2026
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Fusion42 · 29 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Trapeons, South Korea's first ion-trap quantum computing startup, will launch in late 2026. The company plans to leverage its chip fabrication technology and Korea's established semiconductor infrastructure to out-iterate competitors like IonQ and Quantinuum, targeting a 128-qubit product by 2029.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Quantum Computing.
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South Korea's new quantum firm is using existing chip fabs to iterate faster than western rivals. This distributed production model is a direct challenge to any deep tech hardware company relying on slow, vertically-integrated manufacturing.
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