Klea Dhmitri (Hamamatsu): Photonics as the hidden backbone of quantum hardware scaling
Klea Dhmitri of Hamamatsu joins Yuval to discuss the company’s role as a photonic component provider for trapped-ion and neutral-atom quantum computers. She explains key technologies such as photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), SPADs, and quantitative CMOS cameras, and how scaling to larger qubit arrays changes requirements for speed, resolution, and integration. Klea also shares how customer […]
SEALSQ Reports 131% Revenue Growth in H1 2026
Insider Brief SEALSQ reported H1 2026 revenue of $11.2 million, up 131% year over year, while reaffirming its FY2026 revenue guidance of $27 million to $36 million. Gross profit increased 233% to $5.4 million, while the company reported a $32.2 million operating loss and $27.8 million net loss for the period. SEALSQ said its active […]
Stevens Researchers Take Step Toward More Precise, Practical Quantum Technologies
Insider Brief Stevens researchers and collaborators have proposed a laser-pulse technique designed to control quantum systems while reducing unwanted multiphoton processes caused by intense laser fields. The theoretical method uses a sequence of 12 short, low-intensity laser pulses, with their timing, intensity, frequency and phase calculated to reproduce the effect of a longer, stronger pulse. […]
The Quantum Insider Launches Datasets, Analyst-Verified Quantum Market Information
Insider Brief The Quantum Insider launched analyst-verified quantum market datasets sold individually as Excel workbooks and PDF briefings. The three initial datasets cover quantum computer sales, government funding and market forecasts through 2035. Each dataset costs $2,999 for a single license or $5,999 for an organization-wide corporate license. The Quantum Insider (“TQI”), the market intelligence […]
Bull Selected to Modernize Spain’s National Weather Forecasting Infrastructure
Insider Brief Bull secured a €31 million contract to modernize AEMET’s supercomputing infrastructure for weather, climate and environmental forecasting in Spain. The four-year project will deploy hardware, software and 24/7 monitoring across two sites in the Madrid area. The infrastructure is expected to increase computing performance by 10% while supporting AI applications and improving energy […]
Quantum Cybersecurity Explained: Preparing for Quantum Computing
Insider Brief Quantum cybersecurity covers measures organizations can use to protect data, networks and cryptographic systems against current threats and future quantum computing capabilities. Preparing for quantum threats includes assessing cryptographic dependencies, planning post-quantum cryptography migration and updating security infrastructure where needed. Organizations can reduce transition risks by identifying vulnerable systems early and adopting cryptographic […]
Researchers Send Twin Photons 7 Kilometers Across Brazil’s Guanabara Bay
Insider Brief Brazilian researchers sent one photon from each twin pair 7 kilometers across Guanabara Bay while detecting the other at the source. The experiment recorded 7,000 coincident detections in five seconds despite atmospheric turbulence and other sources of signal loss. Researchers have not yet confirmed that entanglement survived the journey and plan to test […]
Altera and Riverlane Partner to Bring Quantum Error Correction Support to Agilex FPGAs
Insider Brief Altera and Riverlane announced a partnership to support quantum hardware developers with FPGA-based systems for parallel quantum control and real-time error correction. Riverlane validated its QEC Interface (QECi) design example on an Altera Agilex 7 FPGA, with the design example available through its open-source GitHub repository. The partnership combines QECi’s standardized interface with […]
Researchers And AI Agents Cut Estimated Quantum Cost of Attacking Bitcoin Encryption by 86%
Insider Brief An open research project using human scientists and AI agents cut the estimated quantum resources for a key step in attacking blockchain encryption by 86.1%. The best circuit at the study’s cutoff used 1,151 logical qubits and about 1.3 million Toffoli gates for elliptic-curve point addition. The results do not demonstrate a working […]
Infleqtion and Cisco Collaborate on Quantum Networking Research
Insider Brief Infleqtion and Cisco announced a joint research and development collaboration focused on connecting, operating and scaling distributed quantum computing and sensing systems. The companies will explore quantum networking architectures spanning neutral-atom quantum systems, quantum memory, optical transduction and network-aware software. The collaboration will examine distributed sensing and computing, methods for linking quantum states […]