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June 15, 2026

Françoys Labonté Appointed Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Luqia

Sébastien Proulx, Chair of the Board of Directors of Luqia Technologies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Françoys Labonté as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer. Until now, Mr. Labonté served as General Manager of Luqia, where he oversaw all of the organization’s operations.

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May 21, 2026

Quadbridge and Luqia Collaborate to Make Advanced AI Capabilities More Accessible to the Mid-Market

Quadbridge and Luqia, the industrial innovation laboratory formed through the merger of INO and CRIM, today announced a strategic collaboration focused on helping mid-market organizations accelerate AI adoption.

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May 6, 2026

Change in the Leadership of Luqia Technologies

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Luqia Technologies , Mr. Sébastien Proulx, is pleased to announce the following changes to the organization’s leadership, resulting from the merger of CRIM and INO on April 1.

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April 23, 2026

DÉCLIC AI: Helping SMEs Move from Idea to Action

Discover how DÉCLIC AI helps SMEs structure their artificial intelligence projects, compare solutions, and move toward concrete deployment.

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March 30, 2026

Luqia accelerates its development with a $141-million investment from the Government of Québec

Luqia, an industrial innovation laboratory formed from the merger of the l’Institut national d’optique (INO) and the Centre de recherche informatique de Montréal (CRIM), marks a new stage of its development thanks to an investment of more than $141 million from the Government of Québec.

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February 20, 2026

Creation of Luqia: the leading industrial innovation laboratory in photonics and artificial intelligence

Formed through the consolidation of INO and CRIM’s activities, Luqia becomes the largest industrial innovation laboratory dedicated to Canadian companies. It has a clear objective: to locally develop and industrialize critical technologies in artificial intelligence, advanced photonics, and quantum technologies.

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January 28, 2026

Inauguration of INO’s KIRQ Quantum Communication Test Bench

The KIRQ quantum communication test bench will enable companies and organizations in the Québec City region to access a unique environment for experimenting with systems and applications based on quantum and post-quantum communication technologies.

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November 18, 2025

QUEL Imaging and INO Announce Technology Transfer to Advance Biomedical Optics

INO is pleased to announce that QUEL Imaging, a leader in biomedical optical characterization tools and services, has acquired specialized assets previously used in our optical phantom development activities. 

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