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 […]
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 […]
SEALSQ Releases Preliminary 2025 Financial Metrics
Insider Brief SEALSQ Corp reported preliminary FY2025 revenue of $18 million, up 66% year over year, with Q4 revenue of $8 million and guidance reaffirmed for 50–100% revenue growth in FY2026. The company expects a FY2025 net loss of $30–40 million, reflecting increased R&D, sales and marketing expenses, acquisition-related consolidation of IC’ALPS SAS, and non-cash […]
Kipu Quantum Launches Rimay Quantum Feature Extraction Service
Insider Brief Kipu Quantum announced general availability of Rimay, a quantum feature extraction service designed to enhance classical machine learning model performance. Rimay integrates into existing ML pipelines and has been deployed on IBM Quantum hardware, with reported accuracy improvements across industrial use cases including credit risk, predictive maintenance, and leak detection. The service is […]
Pasqal Delivers Neutral Atom QPU to Italy’s CINECA
Insider Brief Pasqal delivered a 140-qubit neutral atom quantum computer to CINECA in Bologna, strengthening Italy’s hybrid HPC–quantum infrastructure under the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking program. The system will be integrated with the Leonardo pre-exascale supercomputer to enable hybrid workflows combining quantum processing with large-scale classical HPC resources. The installation, co-funded by EuroHPC JU and Italy’s […]
Quantum Scientists Publish Manifesto Opposing Military Use of Quantum Research
Insider Brief A group of quantum scientists has published a manifesto opposing the use of quantum research for military purposes and is seeking additional signatories worldwide. The document calls for a collective rejection of defense-funded projects, greater transparency around military-academic partnerships and the creation of a public database listing military-funded research at universities. The signatories […]
Comcast, Classiq and AMD Demonstrate Quantum Algorithm for More Resilient Internet
Insider Brief Classiq, Comcast, and Advanced Micro Devices completed a joint trial demonstrating a quantum algorithm for improving network routing resilience and backup path identification. The project tested quantum techniques alongside GPU-accelerated classical simulation using AMD Instinct GPUs to identify independent, low-latency backup paths during network maintenance scenarios. The trial combined execution on quantum hardware […]