Maud Vinet is the visionary CEO of Quobly, the France-based quantum startup founded in 2022.
Maud is leading the development and market launch of an operable silicon quantum processor that will leverage Europe’s existing semiconductor fabs.
A major milestone on Maud’s journey to quantum was her tenure at CEA-Leti, a world-leading RTO specializing in semiconductor devices. Just before founding Quobly, she ran the organization’s pioneering quantum computing R&D program, laying the foundation for a large-scale quantum computer based on silicon qubits.
Maud’s scientific career began with a PhD in Physics from Université Grenoble Alpes. But she rapidly honed her semiconductor expertise when she joined CEA-Leti in 2001 as a CMOS integration and device engineer. Between 2009 and 2013, she worked out of Albany, NY, orchestrating the development of fully-depleted SOI technologies with the IBM Alliance alongside STMicroelectronics. In 2015, Maud's strategic vision was instrumental in launching the 22FDX program with GlobalFoundries in Malta, NY.
Upon her return to CEA-Leti, from 2013 to 2018, she took the helm of the advanced CMOS integration team, driving innovation and navigating the complexities of next-generation CMOS technology. Quantum computing was also within the scope of this role, and it was in this context that she met Tristan Meunier in 2016. Together with Silvano De Franceschi, the three of them received a prestigious ERC Synergy Grant to tackle the scientific challenges on the path to large-scale quantum computing on silicon. In 2019 she stepped into a new role leading CEA-Leti’s quantum computing program.
An intellectual powerhouse, Maud has published some 300 much-cited papers and owns more than 70 patents. She was admitted into the Order of the French Legion of Honor in 2019. She lives in the Grenoble, France area.
