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Pasqal and KACST Partner to Advance Post-Quantum Cryptography in Saudi Arabia
Neutral-atom quantum hardware vendor Pasqal (Nasdaq: PSQL) and Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) have signed a strategic research collaboration agreement to advance quantum technology R&D and post-quantum cryptography (PQC) readiness across the Kingdom. Executed via KACST’s National Center for Quantum Technologies (NCQT), the multi-year research program pairs Pasqal’s quantum processing architectures and cloud platform with Saudi national research infrastructure.







