SandboxAQ Tests GPS-Free Navigation on Northrop Grumman Drone
Insider Brief SandboxAQ and Northrop Grumman completed what they described as the first test combining magnetic and visual navigation on an attritable, one-way attack drone. SandboxAQ’s AQNav system provided Northrop Grumman’s Lumberjack drone with positioning capabilities that do not depend on GPS or other externally transmitted signals. Engineers installed the hardware-agnostic AQNav software on the […]
Keyfactor Surpasses $200 Million in Annual Recurring Revenue
Insider Brief Keyfactor exceeded $200 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in early Q3 2026 as demand for machine identity and digital trust infrastructure grows. The company says it manages hundreds of billions of machine identities annually for more than 1,000 customers and has expanded adoption across financial services, retail, technology and government. Keyfactor is […]
IonQ Uses Investor Day to Detail Superion Roadmap, SkyWater Strategy and Quantum Security Plans
Insider Brief IonQ used its first investor day following the SkyWater acquisition to present an integrated strategy covering quantum computing, semiconductor manufacturing, cybersecurity and foundry services. The company introduced its 256-qubit Superion platform, targeted customer deliveries for 2027 and raised its combined 2026 revenue forecast to between $450 million and $460 million. IonQ also detailed […]
Quantum Startups Among 16 Finalists Selected for Constructor Start Demo Day
Insider Brief Constructor Start selected 16 finalists from more than 2,100 applicants to compete for investment at its Sept. 21 Demo Day in Bremen, Germany. Constructor Capital will invest $100,000 in each of three winning teams, while finalists could access up to $1 million through the program’s investor network. The cohort includes startups in industrial […]
QUDORA Joins EuroHPC Quantum Grand Challenge With Near Field Quantum Control Project
Insider Brief QUDORA Technologies has been selected as one of 13 European companies under the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking’s Quantum Grand Challenge to develop scalable quantum computing platforms. QUDORA’s NEQTAR project will develop a technical and financial roadmap for scaling its Near Field Quantum Control technology and integrating it with European HPC infrastructure. The Quantum Grand […]
Daniel Freedman Joins Quantum X Labs as Distinguished Quantum Scientist
Insider Brief Quantum X Labs has appointed Professor Daniel Freedman as Distinguished Quantum Scientist, effective immediately. Freedman will contribute to the company’s scientific strategy and technology roadmap, with a focus on applications at the intersection of artificial intelligence and quantum technology. His research background spans AI, quantum physics, quantum chemistry, computational science and applied mathematics, […]
IonQ Launches Superion 256 Quantum Computing Platform
Insider Brief IonQ has launched Superion 256, a 256-qubit trapped-ion quantum computing platform designed as the foundation for its future compute products. The system uses IonQ’s Electronic Qubit Control technology and semiconductor manufacturing through SkyWater, with the company targeting customer deliveries in 2027. IonQ is developing Superion 256 alongside Superion 10K, with the platform intended […]
India’s Global Fintech Fest 2026 to Highlight Quantum Technology, AI and Tokenization
Insider Brief India’s Global Fintech Fest 2026 is set to open in Mumbai on September 8, with quantum technology, agentic AI and tokenization among the main topics on the agenda. The four-day event will bring together regulators, financial institutions, technology companies, investors and academics to discuss emerging technologies and financial systems. Maharashtra officials are positioning […]
Guest Post: QML4Africa Highlights Growth of Africa’s Quantum Research Community
Guest Post by Somtochukwu Igwegbe, African Quantum Consortium Correspondent, Research & Development, Quantum Africa. Quantum computing hardware is being built almost entirely outside Africa, in laboratories across North America, Europe, and Asia. That fact has shaped how the continent is usually written into the story: as a market to eventually reach, not a place doing […]
Sparrow Quantum Sets Record With 500 Million Usable Photons Per Second
Insider Brief Sparrow Quantum and Ruhr University Bochum developed a deterministic source that delivers more than 500 million usable photons per second into optical fiber. The source operates at 1 gigahertz with more than 50% fiber efficiency while maintaining high photon purity and indistinguishability without spectral filtering. The increased photon supply could enable experiments involving […]