French cryogenic technology SME providing quantum hardware infrastructure to Europe's flagship quantum simulation and quantum internet programmes.
MY CRYO FIRM (MYCRYO) is a French SME specialising in cryogenic technology, contributing equipment and engineering know-how to quantum hardware research consortia. Their participation in PASQuanS and QIA indicates they supply the cryogenic infrastructure — cooling systems, cryostats, or related components — that quantum experiments running on ultracold atoms, trapped ions, or Rydberg platforms fundamentally depend on. They operate as a specialist industrial partner inside large academic-led consortia, bridging laboratory quantum research and real engineering constraints. Their presence in both a quantum simulation flagship and the Quantum Internet Alliance signals broad applicability across the quantum technology stack.
Both PASQuanS and QIA involve platforms (ultracold atoms, trapped ions, quantum repeaters) that require sub-Kelvin or millikelvin environments, pointing to cryogenic engineering as the core industrial contribution.
In PASQuanS (EUR 300,000), MYCRYO contributed to programmable large-scale quantum simulation involving Rydberg atoms and trapped ions.
In QIA (EUR 235,884), MYCRYO was part of the Quantum Internet Alliance, covering quantum repeaters and secure quantum communication links.
Both H2020 projects began in 2018, so there is no meaningful multi-year timeline shift within this dataset — the keyword split reflects parallel work rather than sequential evolution. Within that parallel work, one track focused on quantum computing hardware (simulation, annealing, optimisation problems) while the other addressed quantum networking (cryptography, repeaters, quantum internet). If the company continues on the QIA trajectory, quantum-secure communications and quantum repeater engineering may become their dominant focus, given the accelerating European investment in quantum networking post-2022.
MYCRYO appears to be moving from enabling quantum computing experiments toward the quantum communications and networking infrastructure layer, which aligns with the current EU investment direction under the Quantum Flagship.
MYCRYO exclusively participates as a consortium member — they have never coordinated a project — which suggests they prefer contributing defined technical components rather than managing multi-partner programmes. Both their projects belong to very large flagship consortia (PASQuanS and QIA each involved dozens of partners), indicating they are comfortable operating inside complex, academically-led structures. This makes them a reliable specialist partner for consortia needing industrial cryogenic or quantum hardware capacity without administrative burden.
From just two projects, MYCRYO has built connections with 36 unique consortium partners across 10 countries, reflecting the large-consortium nature of the FET/Quantum Flagship programmes they joined. Their network is pan-European and skewed toward top quantum research groups and national labs, which is a significant asset for any new quantum technology consortium seeking an industrial cryogenics partner.
As a private SME in cryogenics operating inside premier EU quantum flagship projects, MYCRYO occupies a rare niche: industrial-grade cryogenic capability with direct experience in the most demanding quantum hardware environments in Europe. Most cryogenics suppliers in this space are either large corporations or academic spin-offs; a small, agile SME with flagship-level references is genuinely uncommon. For a consortium needing an SME tick-box and real cryogenic expertise, MYCRYO offers both.
