D-Wave Reports 179% Revenue Jump in 2025 as Bookings Accelerate
Insider Brief D-Wave reported 179% revenue growth in 2025 to $24.6 million, with higher gross margins and accelerating post-year-end bookings, alongside wider operating losses driven by investment and non-cash charges. Full-year gross margin rose to 82.6% under GAAP, while bookings totaled $18.7 million for 2025 and exceeded $32.8 million early in 2026, including major system […]
Xanadu and Lockheed Martin Announce Quantum Machine Learning Research Collaboration
Insider Brief Xanadu and Lockheed Martin launched a joint research initiative focused on advancing the theory and applications of quantum machine learning. The collaboration will study quantum generative models and explore how quantum computers can use Fourier-based operations that are not accessible to classical machine learning methods. The research aims to examine potential applications in […]
The Quantum Insider Strengthens Its Role as The Intelligence Center of The Quantum Industry With Appointment of Matt Cimaglia as Senior Advisor
Insider Brief The Quantum Insider appointed Matt Cimaglia as Senior Advisor to expand its analytics, strategic communications, and industry engagement as quantum technologies move closer to commercial deployment. Cimaglia, Founder and Managing Partner of Quantum Coast Capital, has worked across investment, policy, workforce development, and ecosystem collaboration to help institutions prepare for the operational and […]
QUDORA and ParityQC Partner to Optimize Quantum Algorithms for Trapped-Ion Systems
Insider Brief QUDORA and ParityQC formed a strategic partnership to optimize quantum algorithm performance on trapped-ion hardware platforms. The collaboration combines QUDORA’s Near-Field Quantum Control (NFQC) technology with ParityQC’s hardware-aware architecture framework, including its Parity Twine method. The companies will tailor algorithms to QUDORA’s trapped-ion systems to reduce gate counts and circuit depth, aiming to […]
SkyWater Technology Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2025 Results
Insider Brief SkyWater Technology reported fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2025 financial results and referenced a previously announced agreement to be acquired by IonQ. Fiscal year 2025 consolidated revenue was $442.1 million, up 29% year-over-year, with GAAP net income to shareholders of $118.9 million compared to a net loss in fiscal 2024. Fourth quarter […]
QuSecure Selected for Missile Defense Agency SHIELD Contract Vehicle
Insider Brief QuSecure Inc. was awarded a position on the Missile Defense Agency SHIELD indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle with a ceiling value of $151 billion. The contract enables QuSecure to deliver crypto-agile and post-quantum cryptography solutions, including its QuProtect R3 platform, across distributed and integrated defense networks. QuSecure’s offerings are based on NIST-approved post-quantum algorithms and […]
IonQ Surpasses $100 Million in Annual Revenue, Reports Quantum Sales Accelerating
Insider Brief IonQ reported $130 million in 2025 revenue, up 202% year over year, becoming the first publicly traded quantum computing company to exceed $100 million in annual GAAP revenue. The company ended the year with $3.3 billion in cash and investments, expanded commercial and international sales, and announced plans to acquire SkyWater Technology to […]
Keeper Security Integrates NIST-Approved Kyber Encryption
Insider Brief Keeper Security announced the integration of the Kyber key encapsulation mechanism, a NIST-approved post-quantum cryptography standard, across its platform to provide quantum-resistant encryption. The implementation uses a hybrid approach combining elliptic curve cryptography with Kyber to secure client-server authentication and encrypted data-in-transit against both current and future quantum threats. Kyber-based protections are live […]
Bloq Joins IBM Quantum Network to Build Quantum Algorithms at Utility Scale
Insider Brief Bloq Quantum has joined the IBM Quantum Network startup program, becoming one of only three Indian startups in the global ecosystem and gaining cloud access to IBM’s advanced quantum computers. The company is building an end-to-end development platform that enables organizations to move from data to quantum deployment in a single environment, claiming […]
Quantum-Inspired Chip Powers Real-Time Navigation in Autonomous Robot
Insider Brief Toshiba and MIRISE embedded Toshiba’s quantum-inspired Simulated Bifurcation Machine into an autonomous mobile robot, marking what they describe as the first deployment of such a system directly onboard a mobile platform for real-time control. The companies developed a new multi-object tracking algorithm implemented on an embedded FPGA that achieved 23 frames per second […]