When the innovators in the DIANA Programme meet for the first time at accelerator sites throughout NATO, they get to know each other and learn about their different companies.
In fact, it’s intentionally built into the curriculum.
“One of our first homework assignments was to look at the other companies to see if we have synergies,” says Jay Toth of Quantropi. “It opens up the possibility to integrate our product with another company’s product.”
When several innovators in the 2025 DIANA cohort gathered at the BioInnovation Institute — BII in Copenhagen in January, it didn’t take long for the networking to begin.
“We were looking for any cohort companies where we could accomplish something meaningful together in the defense space,” says Asger Trier Bing of Alea. “And then, we met the Quantropi team here. It was a perfect fit.”
Over the last few months, the two innovators have worked together on an ambitious collaboration: sending and receiving quantum secured network traffic from one side of the Atlantic to the other.
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