Niels Bohr Institute Spinout Pelagic Systems Targets Quantum Hardware Control
Insider Brief Pelagic Systems, a new spinout from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme (NQCP) at the Niels Bohr Institute, was announced on October 27, 2026, according to a company press release. The company is developing the software layer for operating quantum hardware at the frontier. Pelagic describes quantum processors as experimental systems that […]
IQM Demonstrates Entanglement Across a Complete 54-Qubit Processor
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — IQM Quantum Computers (Nasdaq: IQMX), a global leader in superconducting quantum computers, today announced that its cloud-accessible IQM Emerald system has fully entangled all 54 qubits on the chip simultaneously, a result that shows the system’s computational quality holds up when every qubit is put to work at once. IQM’s […]
Pasqal’s 256-Qubit Processor Finds Unexpected Quantum Magnet Behavior
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Pasqal (Nasdaq: PSQL), a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, today announced that its 256-qubit quantum processor has revealed an unexpected behavior in a two-dimensional quantum magnet: under certain conditions, the system takes far longer to settle after being disturbed than theory predicts. The results, released as a preprint with […]
Nord Quantique Secures $10 Million DARPA Funding Extension
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Nord Quantique, a Canadian quantum computing company pioneering hardware-efficient quantum error correction, today announced a US$10 million extension of its Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) Stage B agreement. The extension supports Nord Quantique’s continued participation in Stage B and its potential to deliver utility-scale quantum […]
Shionogi Wins NEDO Award for Quantum-Assisted Drug Discovery
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ: QBTS) (“D-Wave“), the only dual-platform quantum computing company providing both annealing and gate-model systems, software and services, today announced that its customer Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (“Shionogi”) has won first place in the Quality of Life (QOL) category of the NEDO Challenge for its research exploring […]
Delft Researchers Control The Magnetic Core of a Single Atom
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Researchers at Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) have succeeded in controlling the magnetism in the nucleus of a single atom with radio waves. This came as a surprise: until now, physicists believed that this nuclear spin could not be manipulated directly. The discovery could open up new possibilities for […]
Researchers Curb Unwanted Transitions in Ultrafast Quantum Gates
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Researchers from Jülich, Aachen and Cologne have performed a quantum operation on a qubit in just 6.8 nanoseconds – with more than 99.98 percent accuracy. Such operations typically take several tens of nanoseconds in superconducting quantum computers. The paper was published in Nature Communications. 6.8 nanoseconds – that’s how long it […]
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Advises Intel in Pending Acquisition of Classiq Technologies
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Global law firm Hogan Lovells Cadwalader advised Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) as it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Classiq Technologies Ltd, a leading provider of quantum computing software. The combination of Classiq’s synthesis platform with Intel’s spin-qubit manufacturing and existing software would create a user-friendly full-stack quantum computing […]
PsiQuantum Unveils Optical Circuit Switch for AI Data Centers
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — PsiQuantum today unveiled its Optical Circuit Switching (OCS) technology, demonstrating how the company’s advanced, low-loss silicon photonics platform can be applied to some of the most significant scaling challenges facing AI infrastructure. AI systems are scaling faster than computing infrastructure, with increasingly large pools of compute placing enormous demands on […]
NVision and HyperLight Partner to Develop Photonic Quantum Chips
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — NVision, a quantum technology company, announced the publication of landmark peer-reviewed research in Nature and a strategic partnership with HyperLight Corporation (“HyperLight”), an industry leader in thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonics. The companies will integrate NVision’s thin-film molecular qubits directly onto advanced photonic integrated circuits (PICs). Together, these milestones establish […]