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OrangeQS Appoints Raj Badoni as Chief Commercial Officer
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Orange Quantum Systems (OrangeQS) today announces the appointment of Raj Badoni as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). The appointment marks an important milestone in the company’s evolution as it strengthens its executive leadership and accelerates its commercial strategy, market development and global growth ambitions with customers and partners, Demand for
Qunova’s Hybrid Computing Method Matches Classical Benchmark for Iron-Sulfur Cluster
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Qunova Computing, a world leader in quantum computations for advanced chemistry, today announces that its HI-VQE algorithm has become the first quantum algorithm to reach chemical accuracy (a level of precision required for practical use) at 80 qubits. It did so while simulating the 4Fe-4S iron-sulfur cubane cluster in a […]
CyberRisk Collaborative Announces Virtual Event on Post-Quantum Readiness
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — CyberRisk Collaborative, a membership organization for senior cybersecurity leaders, today announced Post-Quantum Readiness: Preparing for Q-Day, a virtual event taking place Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2027, focused on the security, risk, and technology implications of advances in quantum computing. The program will bring together cybersecurity and technology leaders to
Xanadu Reports Revenue Growth as Photonic Partnerships and Government Support Expand
Insider Brief Xanadu reported higher revenue in the third quarter of 2026 and expanded government support as it added manufacturing partners and classical computing tools to advance its plans for a photonic quantum data center. The Toronto-based company generated $1.3 million of revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 30, up 32% from a year earlier, […]
IBM Unveils 520-Qubit Nighthawk r3 Processor, 1,040-Qubit Linked Roadmap, and Managed Hybrid Workflows at QDC 2026
IBM introduced the Nighthawk r3 processor with 520 programmable qubits and a roadmap to 1,040 qubits by 2027, demonstrating advancements in quantum computing hardware and software. The company also unveiled an expanded software stack, including Managed Workflows, and reported significant speedups and circuit executions with its Nighthawk r2 processors. These developments are geared towards achievi
Q-CTRL Deploys Fire Opal Dynamics Simulator on IBM Quantum Functions, Achieving 12× Speedup on Nighthawk
Q-CTRL has deployed its Fire Opal Dynamics Simulator on IBM Quantum Functions, achieving a 12x speedup on Nighthawk r2 processors compared to Heron r3 systems for large-scale fermionic many-body physics simulations. This allows researchers to execute complex simulations with a single API call, significantly accelerating computational chemistry and materials modeling. The Dynamics Simulator, availa
Q-CTRL Expands Fire Opal Suite with Constrained Optimization, Estimator Twirling, and Monte Carlo Solver
Q-CTRL has updated its Fire Opal platform with new features including constrained optimization for QAOA, significantly increasing approximation ratios. They've also introduced Monte Carlo integration for quantitative finance, capable of scaling hardware execution up to 17-27 qubits. Additionally, Fire Opal now includes Estimator Pauli Twirling to improve signal-to-noise ratio with zero additional
Q-CTRL Demonstrates Push-Button Cold-Start Calibration on QuantWare Superconducting QPUs
Q-CTRL has demonstrated an autonomous, cold-start calibration process for QuantWare superconducting processors using its Boulder Opal control platform. This technology can bring a 21-qubit QuantWare Contralto-D21 device from an uncalibrated state to operational gate fidelities in under three hours, significantly reducing the manual effort and time typically required. This innovation addresses a ma
Q-CTRL Achieves RTCA DO-160 Airworthiness Qualification for Ironstone Opal Quantum Navigation
Q-CTRL's Ironstone Opal quantum magnetic navigation system has achieved RTCA DO-160 airworthiness qualification, becoming the first quantum navigation payload certified for commercial aerospace and UAV deployment. This system offers a passive alternative to satellite-based positioning, addressing issues of GPS jamming and spoofing by using atomic quantum sensors to measure Earth's magnetic field.
Anyon Technologies and Q-CTRL Partner on Self-Calibrating Hybrid Quantum Supercomputers
Anyon Technologies and Q-CTRL have partnered to create self-calibrating hybrid quantum supercomputers. They are integrating Q-CTRL's autonomous calibration software, Boulder Opal, with Anyon's superconducting quantum computing systems, which use NVIDIA GPUs. This collaboration aims to automate the setup and maintenance of quantum processors, reducing operational costs and making quantum computing
IBM, Mitsubishi Chemical, and Keio Train Generative Quantum Eigensolvers on 70-Qubit Hardware
IBM Quantum, Mitsubishi Chemical, Keio University, and NVIDIA have successfully demonstrated a quantum hardware training framework for generative quantum eigensolvers on a 70-qubit processor. This framework, using an autoregressive transformer, was used to simulate complex organotin photoresist molecules with significantly reduced gate counts and circuit depths compared to conventional methods. Th
Patero and Horizen Labs Partner on Enterprise Post-Quantum Migration and Network Protection
Patero and Horizen Labs have partnered to help enterprises migrate their digital communications to quantum-resistant encryption. The collaboration combines Horizen Labs' advisory services with Patero's discovery and hybrid encryption platforms to identify cryptographic assets, sequence migrations, and validate quantum-resilient controls on live infrastructure. This partnership aims to address the
Xanadu Reports Q3 2026 Results with $286M Cash Balance and Expanding R&D Commitments
Xanadu reported a 32% year-over-year revenue increase to $1.31 million in Q3 2026, driven by DARPA contracts and commercial partnerships. Despite an expanded operating loss due to increased R&D, the company maintains a strong liquidity position with $286.5 million in cash and significant funding commitments. Operationally, Xanadu is focused on reducing photonic error rates through industrial
Researchers Track Progress in Quantum Tech Development
Quantum investment surged in 2025, exceeding $10 billion, nearly four times the total from the previous year. This leap underscores accelerating economic activity demanding objective analysis within quantum technologies, now tracked with expanded scope including applications like quantum networking and defence. The second edition’s index assesses technical capability alongside workforce developmen
U.S. Quantum Primacy Commission Outlines Industrial Strategy to Counter Global Supply-Chain Risks
A U.S. Quantum Primacy Commission report warns that despite a current U.S. lead in quantum computing, China's higher public funding and lower manufacturing costs threaten long-term competitiveness. The report outlines a four-pillar strategy (Discovery, Development, Deployment, Scale) to maintain U.S. quantum primacy, emphasizing federal intervention to address supply chain vulnerabilities and dome
NTHU Researchers Identify Quantum Critical Point in Cuprate Superconductors
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Nearly 40 years after the discovery of cuprate high-temperature superconductors, the key mechanism behind their superconductivity at relatively high temperatures remains one of the most important unsolved problems in physics. An international research team including Chung-Yu Mou, Dean of the College of Science at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in […]
Gottesman Kitaev Preskill codes gain a dynamical formalism
Gottesman–Kitaev–Preskill (GKP) codes encode qubits in the continuous phase space of oscillators, but no dynamical formalism has been developed for them. This work introduces dynamical GKP codes, combining continuous-variable lattice encodings with time-dependent translation measurement dynamics, generalizing the stabilizer formalism of static codes.
Local feedback controls correlations between distant quantum spins
Quantum correlations between distant spins can be enhanced by monitoring intermediate cavities and feeding measurement records back—a process of local feedback—even for spins receiving no direct input.
Researchers Survey Quantum Machine Learning for Medical Imaging
Until now, explorations into applying quantum computing to medical imaging remained largely theoretical calculations; reported studies evaluate nearly all published systems on small, downsampled data or simulations instead. This review shifts that landscape by surveying what has been attempted when applying quantum machine learning architectures, from support vector machines to convolutional neura
Patero and Horizen Labs Collaborate to Help Organizations Prepare for Post-Quantum Security
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Patero Inc. and Horizen Labs today announced a collaboration to help organizations identify where they rely on cryptography, decide what to migrate first, and test post-quantum protection for critical network connections. Most organizations have years of cryptographic decisions embedded in applications, infrastructure, and third-party services. Finding those dep
Researchers Explore Quantum Inspired AI Repair
Insider Brief Researchers have developed a method that repairs repetitive reasoning in small language models by changing selected internal weights, with a separate quantum hardware experiment testing a possible route for future work. The study, by Hadi Salloum of QDeep in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Ammar Ali of ITMO University’s Lab for Efficient AI and […]
Zhengyuan Quantum Raises Angel Funding For 1,000-Qubit Computer
Insider Brief Chinese quantum computing startup Zhengyuan Quantum has completed an angel funding round to support development of a 1,000-qubit superconducting computer, according to media reports. The company announced the financing Nov. 10, according to a Jiemian News report republished by Sohu. Investors include Shenzhen Capital Group, Pudong Venture Capital, Dening Capital, Xiangjiang Xincheng
7 Essential Financial Supports for Quantum Chemical Clusters & Quantum Life Science Clusters
Key Structural Differences in Funding Requirements Quantum Chemistry clusters require a heavy concentration of compute-credit subsidies and co-development capital alongside heavy-industry partners (e.g., aerospace, energy, agriculture). This capi...
Conductor and Elevate Quantum Partner on Training and Quantum Component Testing
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Conductor and Elevate Quantum today announced a collaboration to support workforce training and quantum component testing at the brand new Roadrunner Quantum Lab in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The collaboration brings together Elevate Quantum’s dilution refrigerator and quantum hardware with Conductor’s AI software to help engineers prepare and operate the system.
IBM Plans 1,040-Qubit Quantum System with Next-Generation Nighthawk Processors
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced IBM Quantum Nighthawk r3, its next-generation processor, will be built to accurately execute 10,000 quantum operations across 520 qubits to tackle larger, more complex problems while maintaining the speed and quality demonstrated by the current generation Nighthawk available today. In 2027, IBM plans to link […]
Guest Post: Quantum-Resistant Wallets Could Support Institutional Blockchain Adoption
Guest Post by Seb Audy | COO at AmericanFortress, COO at Moon Pursuit Capital Institutional finance has a problem with how it approaches blockchain security. We are spending billions building systems intended to hold and move assets for decades, while much of the cryptography protecting those assets was designed without quantum computing in mind. For […]
Rigetti Reports Q3 2026 Results and Updates Quantum Computing Roadmap
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Rigetti Computing, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGTI) (“Rigetti” or the “Company”), a pioneer in full-stack quantum-classical computing, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026 and provided an update on recent business and technology milestones. Third Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights Management Commentary “Rigetti delivered meaningful
SEAFOOD Puts OCTOPUS and Quantum Computers on the Same Menu
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Researchers at D3 Center and the Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology (QIQB), the University of Osaka, have created SEAFOOD, a platform that allows the university’s OCTOPUS supercomputer and superconducting quantum computers to work together in a single computing workflow. It is the first case in Japan of integrating […]
FBH Offers Diamond Processing For Quantum Technologies
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Diamond is attracting growing interest for quantum technologies. Defects in its crystal lattice, known as color centers, can behave like individual atoms. Their discrete spin states can be addressed through optical transitions, making them promising building blocks for quantum memories and light sources for quantum communication and sensing. Translating these [&
QuiX Quantum and Dutch Photonics Consortium Form National Mission for 100+ Qubit Computer
QuiX Quantum is leading a Dutch national initiative to build a 100+ qubit universal quantum processor by December 2028. This three-year program, involving eight academic and industrial partners, focuses on developing manufacturing and architectural foundations for the quantum computer. The mission addresses key challenges like loss, detection, and high-speed control in photonic quantum systems, ai
Colorado Partners with IBM to Deploy AI-Driven Quantum Ecosystem Mapping and Workforce Tools
In a two-year initiative, Colorado has partnered with the IBM Impact Accelerator to advance quantum technology. This collaboration, coordinated by the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), aims to enhance quantum readiness, analyze the ecosystem, and develop the workforce across the Mountain West. The project will utilize IBM's AI-driven analytics to map supply c
Carahsoft Builds Federal Quantum Catalog with IonQ and PQSecure Partnerships
Carahsoft has partnered with IonQ and PQSecure to provide U.S. federal agencies with streamlined procurement of quantum computing hardware and post-quantum cryptographic solutions. This collaboration aims to standardize access to active quantum technology and quantum-resistant security measures, facilitating the integration of these advanced capabilities into government IT and cybersecurity framew
Diraq Installs Silicon Spin Quantum Computer in Equinix Commercial Data Center
Diraq has installed an eight-qubit silicon quantum computer in an Equinix commercial data center in Sydney, Australia, to test its viability outside of lab environments. This deployment aims to assess hardware performance in a real-world data center setting, with plans to upgrade to a 256-qubit processor soon. Diraq's "Quantum at Work" white paper suggests quantum simulation could significantly re
University of Chicago and Tohoku University Establish Joint Quantum Materials Hub in Japan
The University of Chicago and Tohoku University have partnered to establish a five-year Quantum Hub in Sendai, Japan, funded by the Japanese government. This collaboration, building on a 2023 alliance, combines UChicago's theoretical expertise with Tohoku's experimental capabilities to advance quantum materials research. The hub will also foster workforce development and entrepreneurship through j
Google DeepMind and Google Quantum AI Use Lean 4 to Discover Formally Verified Quantum Algorithms
Google DeepMind and Google Quantum AI have used Lean 4 to discover formally verified quantum algorithms, detailed in their paper "Discovering Formally Verified Quantum Programs with AI." Their automated discovery pipeline uses large language model agents and formal quantum Hoare logic to synthesize and verify quantum programs, even at scales exceeding classical simulation capabilities. This approa
RIKEN and Quantinuum Demonstrate Heterogeneous Multi-QPU Workflows on Fugaku
Researchers successfully demonstrated a hybrid quantum-classical computing architecture integrating the Fugaku supercomputer with two distinct quantum processors: Quantinuum's trapped-ion Reimei and IBM's superconducting ibm_kobe. This setup enabled a multi-modality workflow, significantly reducing energy error in a 16-site 2D Transverse-Field Ising Model calculation by combining the strengths of
Scientists discover new way to control magnetic waves for future quantum technologies
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Ames National Laboratory have discovered a way to control the handedness of magnons, tiny magnetic waves that can carry information through materials. By changing the material's magnetic state with an external magnetic field, they were able to switch magnon behavior, a finding with potential applications in quantum information and quantum comput
Classical–quantum light interactions could make complex quantum behavior easier to simulate
An international collaboration demonstrates that classical nonlinear dynamics can drive single- and two-photon states to thermalize, opening new avenues for simulating complex quantum many-body systems within accessible optical architectures.
Repeatable laser measurements reveal 'forbidden' vibrations in single molecules without destroying them
The possibility of controlling "forbidden" excitations of vibrations in molecules could form the basis of extremely accurate clocks, quantum bits and precise tests of the fundamental laws of physics. Researchers at the University of Basel have now identified and controlled such "forbidden" transitions in single isolated nitrogen molecules without destroying them.
College Park Team Cuts Simulation Costs up to 17x
For a $120 × 120$ square lattice Heisenberg model, computational costs have fallen by up to seventeenfold compared with existing methods. This advance stems from “patch routing”, an approach that efficiently encodes complex interactions using hierarchical structures and exploiting inherent symmetries within materials. The technique promises scalable block encodings suitable for large fault-toleran
Quantinuum, RIKEN, and SoftBank Partner to Advance Quantum-AI Supercomputing and Domestic Fault-Tolerant Systems
Quantinuum, RIKEN, and SoftBank have partnered to advance quantum-AI supercomputing and develop fault-tolerant systems in Japan. This collaboration involves commercializing hybrid quantum-AI supercomputing using Quantinuum's Reimei H2 quantum computer, RIKEN's ROQUO GPU system, and Supercomputer Fugaku. The partnership also aims to create a "Made with Japan" fault-tolerant quantum computer and int