Expanding its leadership team, Q.ANT welcomes Dr Lars Bach as VP Operations, signalling a shift from photonic processor development to industrial scaling and market readiness.
Q.ANT, the Stuttgart, Germany-based photonics processor company, has named Dr Lars Bach as Vice President Operations, strengthening its management team as it moves towards industrial scaling.
Dr Bach, who took up the role on 1 February, will oversee operational, infrastructure, and supply chain strategies, as well as organisational development. He will also focus on advancing the quality and industrialisation of Q.ANT’s photonic processors and server systems, which target commercial data centres and high-performance scientific and industrial applications.
With a doctorate in physics and more than two decades of international management experience, Dr Bach brings expertise from the semiconductor industry and related sectors, including solar energy, aerospace, and automotive.
He has previously held senior roles in organisations transitioning from research and development (R&D) to scaled production environments. Most recently, he served as Chief Operating Officer at MICLEDI Microdisplays, where he led technology and production expansion and positioned the company within global semiconductor and capital markets.
Q.ANT founder and CEO Dr Michael Förtsch said the appointment reflects the company’s effort to move photonic computing from development into industrial applications.
“Lars Bach has extensive experience in both of these areas, and his expertise in building global organisations is a key building block for Q.ANT’s growth and market leadership ambitions,” he said.
Dr Bach described Q.ANT as being at a pivotal stage, with technology ready for market adoption.
He further noted, “The combination of deep tech, entrepreneurial ambition, and a highly motivated team immediately impressed me.”
Founded in 2018, Q.ANT develops photonic processing solutions that compute using light, offering an alternative to transistor-based systems. Its light empowered native arithmetic (LENA) architecture is designed to deliver energy-efficient performance for AI and high-performance computing.
The company operates a thin‑film lithium niobate chip pilot line in collaboration with IMS CHIPS and is shipping its Native Processing Servers to selected partners.
