Ephos
Ephos designs and manufactures glass-based quantum photonic chips at its facility in Milan, the first of its kind worldwide. Founded by researchers from Stanford, Harvard, and Politecnico di Milano, the company has secured EUR 41.5M under the EU Chips Act to build a second manufacturing facility for glass photonic chip production in Italy.[1]
- Founded:
- Country: Italy
- Type: hardware
- Headquarters: Milan, Italy
- Funding: EUR 50M+
- photonics
- quantum-chips
- glass-photonic
- eu-chips-act
What does Ephos do?
Ephos designs and manufactures glass-based quantum photonic chips at its facility in Milan, the first of its kind worldwide. Founded by researchers from Stanford, Harvard, and Politecnico di Milano, the company has secured EUR 41.5M under the EU Chips Act to build a second manufacturing facility for glass photonic chip production in Italy.
Where is Ephos based?
Ephos is headquartered in Milan, Italy, in the European quantum computing ecosystem.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does Ephos do?
Ephos designs and manufactures glass-based quantum photonic chips at its facility in Milan, the first of its kind worldwide. Founded by researchers from Stanford, Harvard, and Politecnico di Milano, the company has secured EUR 41.5M under the EU Chips Act to build a second manufacturing facility for glass photonic chip production in Italy.
Where is Ephos based?
Ephos is based in Milan, Italy.
When was Ephos founded?
Ephos was founded in 2022.
Sources
- "Ephos Official Website", accessed 2026-03-19 — ephos.io
- "Milan-based Ephos raises EUR 7.6 million to deliver glass-based quantum photonic chips - EU-Startups", accessed 2026-03-19 — eu-startups.com