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WED-ID: Industry Day

WED-ID 5: Quantum Enabling I

WED-ID 5.2: Invited Talk

Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 15:10–15:30, ZHG105

From Bottlenecks to Breakthroughs: Simplified & Scalable Cryogenics for the Quantum Age — •Tomek Schulz — kiutra GmbH, Munich, Germany

As quantum technologies mature, testing at cryogenic temperatures is becoming a crucial bottleneck limiting the speed, scale, and cost-efficiency of innovation. At kiutra, we address this barrier by offering fast characterization solutions, giving quantum scientists and engineers a speed and cost advantage. Our unique, helium-3-free continuous adiabatic demagnetization refrigeration (cADR) technology enables modular, scalable platforms that support the long-term industrialization of quantum technologies sustainably. This talk will reflect on our journey from academic research to building a globally active hardware startup. It will highlight some of the challenges such as IP transfer, acquiring funding, managing investor expectations, securing first customers, and building a first-of-its-kind production facility. These milestones have helped us define our niche and illustrate what it takes to build a tech champion in quantum. The presentation will conclude with a call to action: To unlock the full potential of quantum, it will require not only scientific progress but also a joint effort from various actors to build better funding instruments, support industry knowledge transfer, as well as removing political barriers.

Keywords: Cryogenics; Adiabatic demagnetization refrigeration; Rapid testing