Delta Gold Signs Quantum Research Licensing Deal With Penn State
Insider Brief Delta Gold will fund up to $2,991,426 over three years — including $997,142 in the first year — to support Penn State research expanding gold-based quantum technologies and generating new intellectual property. In exchange, Delta will receive an exclusive, sublicensable, royalty-bearing license to resulting IP in all fields except Human Health, and will […]
Study Reveals World’s Leading Quantum Ecosystems — And Why They Lead
Insider Brief A study finds that 96% of global quantum company funding now concentrates in 45 geographically dense “quantum clusters,” highlighting the increasing consolidation of commercial quantum activity. The top-ranked clusters — led by Cambridge, followed by Greater Helsinki, Oxford, the San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Glasgow — are evaluated across three dimensions: market […]
Guest Post — 2026 Global Strategy Briefing For Boards on Quantum And AI
Guest Post by Marvin Cheung Co-Managing Director, Quantum Oaks Advisory at Unbuilt Labs In my briefing last month, I offered an introduction to quantum for non-technical board members. This month, I want to unpack some of the latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI), most notably the phenomenon of Moltbook, and explore the intersection of quantum and […]
Vishal Chatrath, CEO and co-founder, QuantrolOx
Yuval Boger interviews Vishal Chatrath, CEO and co-founder of QuantrolOx, a quantum control software company focused on automating qubit tuning and calibration. They discuss how automation accelerates chip characterization, supports scalable manufacturing, and feeds into real-time calibration and error correction. The conversation covers competition in quantum control, open architectures, fundraising challenges, and what it takes […]
NSF Launches $100 Million National Quantum And Nanotechnology Research Infrastructure program
Insider Brief The U.S. National Science Foundation will invest up to $100 million to establish the NSF National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NQNI), a nationwide network of up to 16 open-access research facilities over five years. The program will provide students, researchers, community colleges, small businesses and industry with shared access to advanced fabrication, characterization […]
Xanadu Publishes Quantum Algorithm for Simulating Photochemical Reactions
Insider Brief Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc. published a preprint describing a quantum algorithm that reduces the resources required to simulate photochemical reactions on a fault-tolerant quantum computer. The algorithm simulates nuclear and electronic motion beyond the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, targeting nonadiabatic dynamics that are difficult for classical methods. For a benchmark reaction between ammonia and boron […]
AI Scientist Spots What Physicists Missed in Gluon Scattering
Insider Brief An artificial intelligence system first identified a general formula for a class of gluon interactions long thought impossible at the simplest level of calculation, a result later rigorously proven by the researchers in a new preprint. The study shows that when the particles are arranged in a particular way, the interaction does not […]
Photonic and TELUS Demonstrate Quantum Teleportation Over Commercial Fibre Network
Insider Brief Photonic Inc. and TELUS have demonstrated quantum teleportation over 30 km of TELUS’ existing commercial fibre network, marking a milestone in distributed quantum networking. The demonstration transferred quantum information into a matter-based quantum processor using Photonic’s Entanglement First architecture, enabling storage and further processing at a remote node. The expanded partnership aims to […]
Cosylab Webinar Explores Engineering Barriers to Scaling Quantum Sensing and NV Technologies
Insider Brief: Cosylab hosted a webinar titled “From Lab to Fab: Quantum Sensing and NV Control” to examine why many quantum sensing technologies struggle to transition from laboratory prototypes to production-ready systems, concluding that engineering challenges are the primary barrier to scale. Speakers including Dr. Jaka Pribošek (Silicon Austria Labs) and researchers from the Jožef […]
EuroHPC Deploys Euro-Q-Exa Quantum Computer in Germany
Insider Brief The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking has unveiled Euro-Q-Exa, a 54-qubit superconducting quantum computer based on IQM’s Radiance platform, at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) in Germany. The system is integrated into LRZ’s high-performance computing environment to support hybrid quantum–classical workflows and build local operational expertise within Europe. Euro-Q-Exa is part of a broader initiative […]