The Quantum Weekly: A Quarter to Remember
The Quantum Daily reviews quantum tech’s second quarter, Uruguay’s first QC startup, the first quantum IPO and more in this edition of The Quantum Weekly.
Spotlight Story: The Quantum Daily’s Quarterly Report Reviews Quantum Tech’s Historic Second Quarter
“The quarterly report also offers a look at how those second quarter investments were split among the QC startups and highlights the groundbreaking funding of several startups in particular. In government funding, the report documents dramatic moves by Germany, the United Kingdom and Finland to jump start quantum computing research in their respective countries.” — The Quantum Daily
Business
The Quantum Gold Rush Updated: 2020 Biggest Year Yet For Investment — The Quantum Daily
The Convergence of Emerging Technology — The Quantum Daily
JP Morgan Chase Unleashes Honeywell’s Quantum Computer on Tough Fintech Problems — The Quantum Daily
Quantum South: Uruguay’s First QC Startup — The Quantum Daily
QuantumCTek to be China’s First Quantum IPO — The Quantum Daily
Science and Technology
SpooQy Action at a Distance — Quantum Entanglement Demonstrated Aboard Orbiting CubeSat — The Quantum Daily
John Preskill joins Amazon to advance Quantum Computing — The Quantum Daily
Welcome Anyons! Physicists Find Best Evidence Yet For Long-Sought 2D Structures — Nature
“Spooky Popcorn of the Universe” Revealed: Quantum Fluctuations Can Jiggle Objects on the Human Scale — SciTech Daily
‘Hybrid’ Quantum Networking Demonstrated for First Time — Scientific American
Culture
Creating the Stunning, Surprisingly Realistic World of 2020’s Most Underrated Sci-Fi Release — Polygon
Jobs
Quantum Software Scientific Manager — Cambridge Quantum Computing
University Research Partner — QuantFi
Nanofabrication Engineer — OQC
Quantum Control Engineer – Q-CTRL
Platform Engineer – Tech lead — Riverlane
QKD Researcher — QEYnet
Director of Research, Quantum Computing Software for Finance — QuantFi
Applied Quantum Computing Scientist — BI X GmbH at Boehringer Ingelheim
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Matt Swayne
With a several-decades long background in journalism and communications, Matt Swayne has worked as a science communicator for an R1 university for more than 12 years, specializing in translating high tech and deep tech for the general audience. He has served as a writer, editor and analyst at The Quantum Insider since its inception. In addition to his service as a science communicator, Matt also develops courses to improve the media and communications skills of scientists and has taught courses.
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Honeywell
Honeywell Aerospace, founded in 1906, is a global company focused on aviation technology, with hardware and avionics utilized on nearly all commercial and military aircraft. The division specializes in designing and manufacturing advanced aircraft engines, flight decks, satellite communications, and auxiliary power systems.
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QuantumCTek
QuantumCTek specializes in quantum secure communication and broader quantum information technology, focusing on telecom infrastructure, enterprise networks, cloud computing, government, finance, energy, and national grid users. It develops QKD equipment, quantum secure communication network products, quantum key management systems, quantum secure application products, quantum computing control systems, and quantum precision measurement products to address secure communications, key distribution, encrypted network access, and quantum information infrastructure use cases. It emphasizes commercial deployment of quantum-secure communication products, working with government, financial, energy, telecom, and research-sector users to deliver quantum-safe communications infrastructure.
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Amazon
Amazon is a multinational technology company founded in 1994, headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The company focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Through its Climate Pledge Fund, established in 2020 with an initial $2 billion investment, Amazon invests in companies developing sustainability-focused technologies and services to help achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
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