Guest Post: Denmark’s Quantum Playbook
Guest Post By Prineha Narang, Professor in Physical Sciences, and in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is a Visiting Professor of Physics at the Niels Bohr Institute (NBI) and an Operating Partner at deeptech venture fund DCVC. The bottom line: While many are still debating whether quantum […]
QUDORA Closes a Strategic Partnership with Kensho to Accelerate Quantum Computing Commercialization in Taiwan
Insider Brief QUDORA Technologies and Taiwan’s Kensho have formed a strategic partnership to expand trapped-ion quantum computing adoption in Taiwan and the wider Asia-Pacific region. Kensho will distribute QUDORA’s quantum systems and cloud solutions to universities, research institutions, and enterprises, leveraging its expertise in precision semiconductor equipment and Taiwan’s strong manufacturing base. The collaboration, announced […]
IonQ Reports Achieving Quantum Performance Milestone Three Months Ahead of Schedule
Insider Brief IonQ announced that its scientists have achieved a record algorithmic qubit score of #AQ 64 on its Tempo system. The #AQ 64 benchmark indicates Tempo can address complex real-world applications across energy, drug discovery, engineering, supply chain optimization, and fraud detection, with a computational space of over 18 quintillion possibilities. IonQ reported that […]
SC Ventures And Fujitsu Join Forces to Incubate Project Quanta
Insider Brief SC Ventures and Fujitsu launched Project Quanta on September 25 to create a platform integrating software and hardware for developing and testing quantum and quantum-inspired applications. The venture combines Fujitsu’s quantum R&D and superconducting hardware roadmap with SC Ventures’ financial sector expertise to accelerate use cases such as fraud detection, risk simulations, derivative […]
University of Birmingham Spin-Out Delta.g Raises £4.6 Million in Oversubscribed Seed Round to Scale Quantum Sensing Tech
Insider Brief Delta.g, a UK quantum sensing company, raised £4.6 million in an oversubscribed seed round led by Serendipity Capital with participation from NSSIF and existing investor SCVC to accelerate development and deployment of its gravity sensing platform. Spun out of the University of Birmingham’s UK Quantum Technology Hub for Sensors and Timing, the company’s […]
Proven Quantum Advantage: Researchers Cut Learning Task Time From 20 million Years to 15 minutes
Insider Brief A study in Science by researchers at DTU and international partners reports the first proven quantum advantage in a photonic system using entangled light. The experiment showed entangled beams can reduce the number of measurements needed to characterize a noisy quantum system from impractical scales to minutes. Conducted with standard optical components at […]
Qilimanjaro and Qblox Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance Hybrid Digital-Analog Quantum Computing
Insider Brief Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech and Qblox are expanding their partnership to deploy hybrid digital-analog quantum computing systems in Europe, anchored by Qilimanjaro’s Hybrid Quantum Data Center in Barcelona opening this November. The collaboration integrates Qilimanjaro’s analog processors with European superconducting digital systems and Qblox’s control stacks, creating the first unified platform to host both […]
Single Quantum And Qunnect Partner With CERN QTI to Launch Quantum Lab
Insider Brief Single Quantum and Qunnect are partnering with CERN’s Quantum Technology Initiative to establish a new quantum networking lab at CERN, the birthplace of the web. CERN integrated Single Quantum’s superconducting nanowire photon detectors with White Rabbit synchronization, while Qunnect deployed rack-mountable entanglement sources for synchronized distribution tests. The collaboration supports advanced metrology, time-synced […]
Miniaturized Ion Traps Show Promise of 3D Printing For Quantum-Computing Hardware
Insider Brief Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and University of California campuses have demonstrated the first miniaturized quadrupole ion traps created with ultrahigh-resolution 3D printing, a potential step toward scalable quantum computing. The printed millimeter-scale traps confined calcium ions with stability, coherence, and error rates competitive with state-of-the-art systems, enabling single- and two-qubit operations […]
Inspired Capital Founder Draws Parallels Between Quantum and AI’s Early Days
Insider Brief Venture capitalist Alexa von Tobel is betting on quantum computing through her firm Inspired Capital, despite acknowledging the technology may take decades to mature and carries a high risk of failure. Inspired Capital, which manages nearly $1 billion, has invested in Princeton professor Jeffrey Thompson’s startup Logiqal, focused on building scalable quantum hardware […]