Pasqal in Talks to Raise €200 Million at Unicorn Valuation, Bloomberg Reports
Insider Brief Pasqal is in talks to raise €200 million in a funding round that would value the French quantum computing startup at more than $1 billion pre-money, according to Bloomberg. The Paris-based company builds neutral atom quantum processors and provides both hardware and software, positioning itself as a full-stack quantum computing firm. The potential […]
Tower and Xanadu Advance Manufacturing for Photonic Quantum Chips
Insider Brief Tower Semiconductor and Xanadu have expanded their collaboration to develop advanced silicon photonics for fault-tolerant quantum computers using Tower’s high-volume silicon photonics platform. The companies have co-engineered a custom material stack and production flow designed to support scalable, architecture-compatible photonic quantum hardware. Current efforts focus on optimizing ultra-low-loss silicon nitride (SiN) and integrated […]
IBM Ventures Invests in Two Quantum Software Startups to Accelerate Quantum innovation
Insider Brief IBM has invested in quantum software startups SQK and QodeX Quantum as part of its strategy to expand the quantum software ecosystem. SQK is applying hybrid quantum-classical algorithms to medical image reconstruction, while QodeX Quantum is developing quantum-native AI models integrated into machine learning workflows. IBM is also supporting quantum software development in […]
Palm Beach Economic Group Secures $1M Federal Grant for Quantum Workforce Efforts
Insider Brief The Business Development Board of Palm Beach County has received $1.031 million in federal funding secured by Lois Frankel to support workforce development and regional coordination in quantum technologies. Palm Beach State College was awarded more than $2 million in federal funding to establish a Quantum Innovation Center focused on education, research, and […]
MicroAlign Receives €2.5M EIC Grant to Scale Fiber-Array Production
Insider Brief MicroAlign has secured a €2.5 million EIC Accelerator Grant with an equity component to scale and automate production of its ultra-high-precision fiber arrays for photonic quantum computing. The company’s active-alignment micro-manipulation technology enables nanometer-level fiber positioning designed for low-loss, high-volume manufacturing beyond traditional datacom and telecom standards. MicroAlign plans further miniaturization in 2026 […]
UK Defence Tests Next-Generation Atomic Clocks
Insider Brief A trial led by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has advanced the development and testing of next-generation atomic clocks to strengthen UK military position, navigation and timing capabilities. The trial enabled manufacturers to test atomic clock components and full systems in realistic, long-term operational conditions to assess resilience outside laboratory environments. […]
apexanalytix Report Examines Quantum Risk for Supply Chain Leaders
Insider Brief apexanalytix has released a report warning supply chain leaders that procurement decisions made today will determine long-term exposure to quantum-enabled cybersecurity risks. The report highlights the “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later” threat, noting that adversaries are already collecting encrypted data that could be decrypted in the future once quantum computing advances. It recommends practical […]
Aliro Raises $15 Million in Oversubscribed Round
Insider Brief Aliro raised an oversubscribed $15 million funding round led by Gutbrain Ventures to expand deployment of its physics-based cybersecurity platform that shifts digital trust from computational assumptions to physical law. The company’s vendor-agnostic software stack operates over existing optical fiber networks, supports more than 50 entanglement and classical network devices, and enables high-assurance […]
SEALSQ and Lattice Partner on Post-Quantum Security for FPGAs
Insider Brief SEALSQ Corp and Lattice Semiconductor announced a collaboration to integrate TPM-based post-quantum security into select Lattice FPGA platforms. A proof-of-concept combines Lattice secure FPGAs with SEALSQ’s QS7001 and QVault TPM secure root-of-trust technologies to demonstrate embedded post-quantum cryptography at the hardware level. The joint solution targets mission-critical edge and embedded applications and will […]
Guest Post: A Quantum Chip, Remote Eye Care And The Business of Preventing Blindness
Guest Post by Quantum Exponential In parts of remote Australia, people can wait months for specialist eye scans — or travel hundreds of kilometres to reach a suitable scanner. For some, that delay is the difference between a condition that can be treated and sight that is lost. Diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration […]