Xanadu and AMD Accelerate Quantum Computing for Aerospace and Engineering
Insider Brief Xanadu Quantum Technologies and AMD demonstrated hybrid quantum-classical aerospace simulations using Xanadu’s PennyLane quantum software running on AMD high-performance computing infrastructure. The demonstration compiled and executed a computational fluid dynamics model with a 256×256 matrix using 20 qubits and approximately 35 million quantum gates in a hybrid simulation environment. Researchers also accelerated the […]
Serendipity Capital Reports Group Valuation Hits $1.25 Billion, Eyes Next Phase of Growth
Insider Brief Serendipity Capital reported strong FY25 results, with group valuation reaching $1.25 billion, total net asset value of $810 million, and NAV per share growth of 9.9x since inception. The firm generated a 53% internal rate of return and a 6.6x multiple on invested capital, outperforming global venture capital benchmarks and public market comparators. […]
Zapata Quantum Appoints Three Members to Growth Advisory Board
Insider Brief Zapata Quantum announced the appointment of three industry leaders—Steve Suarez, Steven Lau, and M. Jeff Brittain—to its Growth Advisory Board to support enterprise adoption and vertical-specific quantum applications. The new members bring experience across consulting, investment, and enterprise technology leadership, including roles connected to organizations such as HorizonX, WorldQuant Foundry, and the FedEx […]
Sydney Researchers Build Ultra-Compact AI Chip Operating at Speed of Light
Insider Brief Researchers at the University of Sydney built an ultra-compact nanophotonic AI chip that performs neural network calculations using light instead of electricity, enabling computation at the speed of light. The prototype encodes AI models directly into nanoscale photonic structures that manipulate photons to carry out machine-learning operations in picoseconds while generating far less […]
Quantinuum Researchers Demonstrate Quantum Computations With Dozens of Protected Logical Qubits
Insider Brief Researchers at Quantinuum and collaborators demonstrated quantum computations using up to 94 protected logical qubits, showing that encoded qubits can outperform unprotected hardware operations on a trapped-ion quantum processor. The study reports logical gate error rates of roughly one error in ten thousand operations, significantly lower than the processor’s raw hardware gate errors. […]
Eros Innovation and enQase Partner to Develop Quantum-Safe Infrastructure for AI and Cultural Data
Eros Innovation announced a strategic joint venture with enQase to develop the Eros Sovereign Trust Layer, a quantum-resilient infrastructure designed to protect cultural data, digital identity, and AI assets. The initiative integrates quantum-resilient encryption, physics-based quantum randomness, and advanced key lifecycle management to secure long-lived digital assets against future computational threats. The platform is intended […]
Podcast with Kike Miralles, investment director at Intel Capital
Kike Miralles, investment director at Intel Capital, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. They speak about corporate venture investing in quantum technologies. Kike explains Intel Capital’s focus on quantum hardware and middleware, compares leading modalities, and outlines emerging themes like QPU scale-out networking, hybrid classical–quantum error correction, and the growing role of logical qubits as a […]
Guest Post: How Smaller Nations Should Navigate the Quantum Future — With Lessons Learned from AI’s Growth
By Alexander Brunner, Chief Executive Officer of Brunner Digital There’s no question the quantum future is coming. As nations and businesses look at how, when and where growth will come from in this exciting emerging sector, recent history can provide useful insights. For smaller nations, security and economic lessons from the development of AI cannot […]
Scientists Propose Using Quantum Computers Could Generate Data to Train AI For Chemistry
Insider Brief In an essay, researchers from IonQ and Microsoft suggest that quantum computers could help generate highly accurate data that can train artificial intelligence models to simulate chemical systems more efficiently. The approach would combine the precision of quantum simulations with the speed of AI models running on classical computers, potentially accelerating materials and […]
Zurich Instruments Launches the ZQCS Quantum Control System to Master the Long-Lived Logical Qubit Challenge
Insider Brief Zurich Instruments introduced the ZQCS Quantum Control System, a platform designed to operate large-scale quantum computers and support the development of long-lived logical qubits. The system integrates scalable RF control electronics, deterministic real-time networking, and FPGA-based processing to coordinate thousands of control channels and support quantum error correction experiments. Built on a modular […]