Alpine F1 Team and SEALSQ boost simulations with quantum tech

BWT Alpine Formula One Team and SEALSQ are expanding their partnership to integrate quantum-powered computation with quantum-secure infrastructure, a first for Formula One. The collaboration, building on an initial venture launched in November 2025, will use technology from ColibriTD, a company within SEALSQ’s investment portfolio, to enhance hybrid quantum-classical simulations. Engineers from all three companies met in July to map out a proof of concept, aiming to extract greater insight from existing resources as the 2026 Formula One season approaches. SEALSQ’s Quantum Fund is a strategic investment initiative launched in 2025 by SEALSQ and designed to accelerate the development of a fully integrated Quantum Vertical Sovereign Stack, a comprehensive end-to-end “Root-to-Qubit” ecosystem that ensures technological independence, cybersecurity resilience and trust in the emerging quantum era. With more than $30 million already deployed, the Fund targets quantum companies and technologies across photonics, quantum networking, and quantum sensing. ColibriTD, one of SEALSQ’s earliest investments through the Fund in 2025, has developed a solver capable of improving the calculation efficiency and accuracy of the equations that matter for applications including CFD, thermal, structural and multiphysics problems, the company says. Carlos Moreira, SEALSQ CEO: “This project with BWT Alpine Formula One Team is a perfect application of the Quantum Vertical Sovereign Stack SEALSQ is building through our $200 million Quantum Fund. By integrating the capabilities of portfolio companies such as ColibriTD within the SEALQuantum.com ecosystem, we are turning quantum technologies into practical solutions that deliver real performance gains in the most demanding industrial environments.” David Sanchez, Executive Technical Director, BWT Alpine Formula One Team: “We are in constant pursuit of better understanding in every area and are always looking at how emerging technologies can help us extract insight from data and simulations to underpin engineering decisions. Working with SEALSQ and ColibriTD gives us an exciting opportunity to explore the potential of quantum within our existing environment.” Laurent Guiraud, Co-Founder of ColibriTD“ColibriTD operates under constraints that mirror BWT Alpine Formula One Team own: today’s quantum hardware is limited in qubit count, coherence time and connectivity, much as the team’s simulation budget is limited by regulation. H-DES is built specifically for this reality—a near-term, hardware-agnostic approach that extracts computational value from current and emerging quantum processors without waiting for fault-tolerant quantum computing, deployed alongside classical HPC rather than in place of it”. Alpine F1 and SEALSQ Launch Quantum Security Collaboration SEALSQ’s $200 million Quantum Fund is directly enabling the integration of ColibriTD’s solver technology into BWT Alpine Formula One Team’s simulation workflows. ColibriTD’s solver is designed to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of complex equations used in computational fluid dynamics, thermal analysis, structural mechanics, and multiphysics simulations, areas critical to Formula One car development. The expanded collaboration, announced on September 10, 2026, builds upon an initial partnership established in November 2025, signifying a deliberate phase two approach to quantum technology integration within the sport. This meeting underscored a shift from preliminary discussions to concrete project planning, coinciding with the 2026 Formula One technical reset, a period of significant regulation changes demanding increased computational power for design optimization. SEALSQ’s commitment extends beyond software, with the company actively developing post-quantum cryptography semiconductors to protect critical systems from emerging quantum threats, according to the company. “By integrating the capabilities of portfolio companies such as ColibriTD within the SEALQuantum.com ecosystem, we are turning quantum technologies into practical solutions that deliver real performance gains in the most demanding industrial environments.” SEALSQ’s recent activity includes a $5 million investment from Quobly on July 10, 2026, a $24.5 million investment in pure-play quantum computing firms reported on August 31, 2026, and the deployment of more than $30 million from its Quantum Fund. SEALSQ acquired Miraex SA on June 2, 2026, with the acquisition completed at the end of July 2026, adding thin film lithium tantalate photonic integrated circuits to its portfolio. The company, listed on NASDAQ as LAES with approximately 300 employees, also maintains strategic partnerships with GlobalFoundries to co-develop secure semiconductor platforms and with Seoul to co-develop a quantum-resistant cryptographic key research center, as reported on September 11, 2026. SEALSQ’s chips received quantum-safe hardware security certification on July 30, 2026, and have already been deployed in India’s transit and digital payment systems, with Palm Technologies integrating the chips into PalmPay products, as reported on August 18, 2026. These developments position SEALSQ as a key player in the emerging field of post-quantum security, extending its reach beyond Formula One into diverse sectors requiring robust data protection. This project with BWT Alpine Formula One Team is a perfect application of the Quantum Vertical Sovereign Stack SEALSQ is building through our $200 million Quantum Fund. ColibriTD’s H-DES Enhances Hybrid Quantum-Classical Simulations This expansion of the partnership with SEALSQ builds on initial quantum-security work launched in late 2025 and introduces hybrid quantum-classical simulation capabilities to the demanding environment of Formula One engineering.

The team anticipates that using ColibriTD’s technology will be particularly valuable given the 2026 Formula One technical reset, where maximizing insight from simulations is crucial. ColibriTD’s MPQP, a hardware-agnostic quantum workflow platform, is designed to address these limitations by enabling near-term simulations for complex industrial applications, including computational fluid dynamics, thermal analysis, and structural mechanics. This approach allows the team to explore the potential of quantum computing without being entirely dependent on the availability of fault-tolerant, large-scale quantum computers. David Sanchez, Executive Technical Director at BWT Alpine Formula One Team, emphasized the team’s commitment to leveraging emerging technologies. SEALSQ’s acquisition of Miraex SA on June 2, 2026, with completion at the end of July 2026, adding thin-film lithium tantalate photonic integrated circuits, further strengthens this position. Beyond the immediate benefits to aerodynamic and mechanical simulations, the collaboration also uses SEALSQ’s advancements in post-quantum cryptography, including its chips certified for quantum-safe hardware security on July 30, 2026. This dual focus on simulation and security underscores the comprehensive approach SEALSQ is taking to establish a robust quantum ecosystem.

The team’s 1000-strong workforce at Enstone is now positioned to explore these new computational avenues as they develop the A526 car for the 24-race 2026 season. ColibriTD operates under constraints that mirror BWT Alpine Formula One Team own: today’s quantum hardware is limited in qubit count, coherence time and connectivity, much as the team’s simulation budget is limited by regulation. SEALSQ’s Quantum Fund Drives “Root-to-Qubit” Ecosystem Development SEALSQ’s Quantum Fund is actively deploying capital to build a complete quantum technology stack, evidenced by a July meeting in Enstone where engineers from BWT Alpine Formula One Team, SEALSQ, and ColibriTD began mapping a project roadmap. SEALSQ’s approach extends beyond computational acceleration to address the looming threat of quantum computers breaking current encryption standards. The company is developing Post-Quantum Semiconductors designed to provide robust, future-proof protection for sensitive data across multiple sectors, including multi-factor authentication, smart energy, healthcare, defense, and industrial automation. By embedding post-quantum cryptography into semiconductor solutions, SEALSQ intends to safeguard critical systems and enhance resilience against quantum threats, with products engineered to protect data across diverse industries. SEALSQ’s commitment to this vertical integration is underscored by a July 10, 2026, investment of $5 million from Quobly, specifically to integrate post-quantum security technologies into silicon quantum computing platforms, and a parallel arrangement with EeroQ to advance CMOS-based quantum technology through 2027, the company states. In March, SEALSQ launched a $200 million Quantum Fund, with more than $30 million already deployed. We are in constant pursuit of better understanding in every area and are always looking at how emerging technologies can help us extract insight from data and simulations to underpin engineering decisions. Source: https://www.sealsq.com/investors/news-releases/bwt-alpine-formula-one-team-and-sealsq-advance-formula-ones-first-quantum-security-partnership-with-hybrid-quantum-classical-simulation More like thisQuantum SecurityQSE warns stored satellite data could be decrypted by future quantum computersQuantum SecurityQShield ran for 72 hours with post-quantum encryption, zero failuresQuantum Computing Business NewsQuantum B wins European patent for secure data sharing with entanglementQuantum Computing Business NewsGdańsk conference hears Quantum B on post-quantum securityStay currentSee today’s quantum computing news on Quantum Zeitgeist for the latest breakthroughs in qubits, hardware, algorithms, and industry deals. Tags: