In a lab on the western edge of Paris, Rémi tinker with cryostats, cooling particles to the brink of molecular stillness. These machines are quantum computers, and the future they hold could redefine medicine.

France's Alice & Bob is at the forefront, planning a $50m facility in northern Paris. Their 'cat qubits' promise a more efficient path towards reliable quantum computing, potentially solving problems beyond classical means.

The race to build scalable and reliable quantum computers is heating up. Companies like Google’s Atlantic Quantum are catching up with similar ideas, while Finland's IQM and the UK’s Oxford Quantum Circuits also make progress.

Quantum computing could revolutionise fields from medicine to cybersecurity but faces challenges in scaling and errors. France's efforts might just tip the scales towards European dominance, if they can keep their technology warm enough!