DARPA Funds Qunnect to Improve Quantum Network Reliability
Insider Brief Qunnect has received a DARPA contract to advance its Carina quantum networking system, which distributes entanglement across deployed telecommunications fiber. The funding will support improvements to Carina’s polarization compensation technology, which helps maintain quantum signal quality across real-world fiber networks. Carina is currently being used in quantum network deployments in locations including New […]
Xanadu and University of Alberta Explore Quantum Computing for Cancer Drug Discovery
Insider Brief Xanadu Quantum Technologies and the University of Alberta have formed a research partnership to explore quantum algorithms for designing photosensitizers used in photodynamic cancer therapy. The collaboration will combine Xanadu’s quantum algorithm expertise with Professor Alex Brown’s research in computational modeling of photosensitizer systems. The research aims to investigate whether quantum computing can […]
BTQ Technologies Partners With ITCEN PNS to Expand Post-Quantum Security in Korea
Insider Brief BTQ Technologies has signed an MOU with ITCEN PNS to explore post-quantum cryptography and quantum-safe security solutions for financial, public-sector, and enterprise systems. The collaboration will focus on integrating PQC, quantum-safe authentication, and security infrastructure across digital identity, biometric authentication, financial networks, and enterprise platforms. The partnership combines BTQ’s post-quantum security technologies with […]
New York Opens $60 Million RFP for Quantum Technology Hubs
Insider Brief New York is offering up to $60 million to establish as many as four regional hubs focused on commercializing quantum technologies and supporting startups. Empire State Development anticipates awards of about $15 million per hub, with only one hub selected in each economic development region. Eligible nonprofit organizations must propose physical facilities that […]
SDT Partners With Open Quantum Design to Build Open-Source Quantum Hardware
Insider Brief SDT has joined Open Quantum Design as a member and manufacturing partner to support the development of open-source ion-trap quantum computing hardware. The partnership will have SDT manufacture components including vacuum chambers, ion-trapping electrodes, optical systems, and control electronics based on OQD’s publicly available designs. SDT and OQD aim to expand access to […]
D-Wave Awarded National Research Council of Canada Funding to Advance Commercial Annealing Quantum Computing
Insider Brief D-Wave received up to CAD $300,000 from Canada’s National Research Council to develop software aimed at expanding the capabilities of its Advantage2 annealing quantum computers. The project will develop new graph minor-embedding algorithms for D-Wave’s Zephyr topology and integrate them into the company’s open-source Ocean software development kit. D-Wave said the software is […]
Yonsei to Install IBM Nighthawk Quantum Processor for Research and Industry Applications
Insider Brief Yonsei University’s Quantum Initiative plans to install IBM’s Nighthawk quantum processor in November, making it the second reported Nighthawk-based quantum computing site after IBM Miami. The initiative will launch Q-Bridge, a platform designed to connect industrial users with quantum algorithms, data resources, and computing capabilities. Yonsei is expanding quantum research efforts through projects […]
Uncovering the Hidden Disorder in Silicon Quantum Computers
Insider Brief Researchers identified atomic-scale disorder in silicon quantum wells as the main source of variability in valley splitting, a persistent challenge affecting silicon spin-qubit reliability and fidelity. The team mapped valley splitting across an Intel-fabricated 12-qubit-class silicon quantum dot processor using electrical spectroscopy at Argonne National Laboratory’s Chicago Quantum Computing Testbed. The findings recast […]
ORIENTOM and softwareQ Partner on Quantum Computing Applications for Finance
Insider Brief ORIENTOM and softwareQ have signed an MoU to explore quantum and quantum-inspired computing applications for financial services, banking, and insurance. The collaboration will focus on use cases including derivatives pricing, portfolio optimization, risk management, machine learning, and quantum algorithm development. The companies plan to combine ORIENTOM’s quantum finance expertise with softwareQ’s quantum software […]
Qunova Appoints CFO and Two Business Development Executives
Insider Brief Qunova Computing has appointed Jake Hwang as CFO and board member, along with Evan Kang and Woomin Kyoung as business development executives. The new executives will focus on finance, strategic partnerships, enterprise expansion, and commercialization across pharmaceuticals, materials science, and other industries. Qunova said the appointments are intended to support its efforts to […]