Speakers Point to Risk Appetite And Capital as UK Deep-Tech Bottlenecks at City Quantum & AI Summit
Insider Brief Speakers at the City Quantum & AI Summit in London said the UK has much of what it needs to put quantum and AI technology into the hands of its armed forces and to grow the companies that build it, but that the institutions buying the technology and holding the capital are moving […]
France National Quantum Update: October 2026
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY France expanded its quantum technology ties with Vietnam in October, combining a business delegation with agreements covering computing infrastructure, research and workforce development. The activity highlighted international expansion alongside efforts at home to integrate quantum processors with conventional computing and improve error correction. Business France organized a three-day delegation to Hanoi and Ho […]
Foxconn Aims to Become World’s Largest Quantum Computer Manufacturer
Insider Brief Foxconn wants to become the world’s largest quantum computer manufacturer, betting on machines its chairman says will accelerate specialized calculations while taking at least another two years to become commercially viable. Chairman Young Liu told CNBC that the company sees an opportunity to build quantum computers for businesses that develop the underlying technology. […]
Wolfspeed Introduces Optical-Grade Silicon Carbide for Augmented Reality and Quantum Computing
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Wolfspeed, Inc. (NYSE: WOLF), a global leader in silicon carbide (SiC) technology, today announced the commercial introduction of its proprietary transparent silicon carbide (TSiC™) technology expanding the potential of silicon carbide to enable next-generation augmented reality (AR), quantum computing and advanced optical applications. Wolfspeed builds on more than 35 years […]
MBHB Launches Quantum and Semiconductor IP Practice
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Full-service intellectual property law firm McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP (MBHB) has launched a Quantum, Optics, and Semiconductors Practice Group. The team of attorneys and patent agents, which includes former nanotechnology, electromagnetics, and optics researchers, will help innovators secure patents, assemble patent portfolios, and enforce their intellectual property rights. […]
pQCee and Carahsoft Partner on Post-Quantum Security for Government
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — pQCee Pte Ltd, a provider of post-quantum cryptography and quantum-safe cybersecurity solutions, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, today announced a strategic partnership to expand the availability of pQCee’s products and services to Federal, State and Local Government agencies, as well as Education and Healthcare organizations. […]
Guest Post: What Makes The Next Breakthrough Possible? Lessons From The ‘Fosbury Flop’ For AI and Quantum in Biotech
By Kamran Tavangar, Head of Science Strategy and Partnerships at LabCentralImage: LabCentral When 21-year-old Dick Fosbury went over the high-jump bar backwards at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, he used a radically different technique, cleared an Olympic record 2.24 meters, and won gold. This feat was the culmination of years of practice throughout Fosbury’s high […]
Lumen Announces AI Networking, Quantum Research and PQC Plans
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Lumen Technologies (Nasdaq: LUMN) today announced three new initiatives using intelligent networking to address AI energy challenges, future quantum connectivity, and emerging security threats. As enterprises’ AI and quantum ambition begin to outgrow traditional networks, Lumen is turning its network into an active platform for innovation—combining fiber connectivity scale, programmable […]
Alice & Bob Estimates 22,593 Qubits to Break RSA-2048
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Alice & Bob, a leader in fault-tolerant quantum computing, sets a record low for the total quantum resources (qubits multiplied by runtime) required to run Shor’s algorithm on today’s encryption. Its cat-qubit architecture needs 40 times fewer physical qubits than Google Quantum AI’s Craig Gidney 2025 estimate to break RSA-2048 […]
E.ON and Qoro Test Hybrid Quantum Computing for Energy Scheduling
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Qoro, E.ON, and the UK National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) have successfully developed a proof-of-concept, exploring future applications of hybrid quantum-classical computing in peer-to-peer energy trading. With SparQ grant funding, the team developed a new decomposition-based optimisation pipeline, built using Qoro’s open-source software development kit (SDK), Divi, and orchestrated through […]