With EU backing, QuantumDiamonds aims to speed up chip manufacturing

German startup QuantumDiamonds secured €76 million in government funding and a €15 million equity round to expand chip inspection technology that uses synthetic diamonds and quantum sensing to detect defects across all chip layers in two minutes — versus weeks with traditional methods. With chips becoming increasingly multi-layered for AI applications, the startup is expanding from lab tools into full-scale factory testing, targeting global semiconductor manufacturers.