LG Electronics Buys Into Nobel Prize Winner’s Quantum Startup

LG Electronics Inc. is buying a stake in French quantum-computing developer Pasqal SAS, strengthening their strategic partnership aimed at bringing the technology to real-world industrial applications.

The companies will co-develop quantum algorithms to accelerate innovation in product design and performance, they said Thursday in a joint statement. They didn’t disclose the size of the investment by the South Korean consumer-electronics maker.