Moth Expands Into The US With Senior Hires From Amazon And IBM to Accelerate Growth
Insider Brief UK-based quantum company Moth is expanding into the U.S. with two senior hires and a new office aimed at accelerating North American growth. The company appointed Sebastian Hassinger (business development) and Stewart Smith (product), both bringing experience from major technology firms including Amazon and IBM. Moth is positioning itself around real-world, accessible quantum […]
IQM Deploys Quantum System to Polish Company
Insider Brief IQM Quantum Computers will deploy a 54-qubit quantum system at Galaxy Systemy Informatyczne, marking the first installation of such infrastructure in a private enterprise. The system will be installed in Poland in 2026 and will support applications across industry, academia, and sectors such as energy, finance, and space technologies. The deployment strengthens Poland’s […]
S&P Analysts Report Quantum Computing Arriving Just as Energy Sector Prepares For a Compute-Driven Future
Insider Brief Quantum computing is moving from theory to strategic planning in the energy sector as rising compute demand, driven by AI, forces companies to evaluate new technologies alongside existing systems. Early quantum systems are being tested for applications such as grid optimization, materials discovery and energy system modeling, with most near-term use expected to […]
Delft Circuits Hires Karen Keenan to Scale Quantum I/O Hardware Manufacturing
Insider Brief Delft Circuits appointed as COO to scale its global quantum I/O hardware manufacturing operations. The leadership change includes Maarten Hendriks shifting focus to expanding the company’s Quantum Fab infrastructure in the Netherlands. The move aligns with Delft Circuits’ broader strategy to industrialize production and meet growing demand in the quantum computing sector. PRESS […]
FNAL-Led Team Develops Tunable Dark Matter Detector
Insider Brief Researchers developed an electronically tunable quantum detector that significantly speeds up the search for dark photons, a candidate for dark matter. The system uses a SQUID-based design with flux tuning to scan frequencies faster and with less noise than traditional mechanical methods. The detector achieved a 20× faster scanning rate over a 22 […]
China’s Quantum Sector Sees Investment Surge as Larger Funding Rounds Return
As Beijing’s 15th Five-Year Plan designates quantum as the country’s top “future industry,” two startups close ~$145 million rounds within days of each other, marking the return of large-scale capital to a sector that went quiet after Alibaba and Baidu walked away. SpinQ Technology, a Shenzhen-based superconducting quantum computing company, completed a CNY 600 million ($87 million) Series C+ on April 3, bringing […]
Chinese Quantum Startup QBoson Raises $145 Million to Scale Chip Production
Insider Brief QBoson raised CNY1 billion ($145 million) in a Series B round to scale quantum chip production and expand its computing systems. The company will use the funds to build a pilot chip production line, expand its Shenzhen quantum factory, and address technical barriers to practical quantum computing. QBoson has deployed systems to early […]
Q-Factor Emerges From Stealth With $24 Million and Backing From Intel Capital
Insider Brief Q-Factor raised $24 million in seed funding to develop a neutral atom quantum computing architecture designed to scale from thousands to potentially millions of qubits. The company aims to address a central industry limitation—scaling beyond a few thousand qubits—by introducing a new system architecture rather than relying on incremental improvements. Founded by leading […]
How Quantum Computing Affects Cryptography
Insider Brief Quantum computing poses a fundamental threat to widely used encryption systems including RSA, elliptic curve cryptography, and Diffie-Hellman key exchange, which secure everything from online banking to government communications, with algorithms like Shor’s algorithm capable of breaking these schemes exponentially faster than classical computers. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has […]
How Noise Limits The Size of Quantum Circuits
Insider Brief A new theoretical study finds that noise in quantum circuits effectively limits their usable depth, causing deep circuits to behave like much shallower ones and reducing their computational advantage. The researchers show that in noisy systems, only the final layers of a quantum circuit significantly influence the output, as earlier operations are progressively […]