Qubo Consulting and Mitacs Offer Quantum Workshops for Canadian Students
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Qubo Consulting Corporation, a quantum training and advising organization, is offering six quantum workshops in partnership with Mitacs to prepare post-secondary students for the quantum workforce. The workshops will dive into a variety of quantum topics including: “At Mitacs, we open the door to opportunity, creating jobs and equipping students […]
Diraq Advances to Stage C of DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Diraq today announced it has been selected by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to advance to Stage C of the agency’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI), the final stage of the world’s most rigorous program evaluating whether any quantum computing approaches can achieve utility-scale operation by 2033. Utility […]
IonQ Advances to Stage C of DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the world’s leading full-stack quantum platform and foundry, has advanced to Stage C of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI). IonQ and DARPA have signed a Stage C agreement with a potential value of up to $300 million to continue validating IonQ’s approach […]
Atom Computing Advances to Final Stage of DARPA Quantum Program
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Atom Computing today announced it has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to advance to the final stage of the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI), a landmark program assessing the feasibility of building utility-scale quantum computers on an accelerated timeline. This stage, with potential funding of up […]
Crystal Material’s Spiral Structure Could Lead to New Electronics And Computer Memory
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A University of Texas at Dallas scientist and her colleagues have discovered an unusual atomic pattern in a uranium-based material that gives it a rare combination of magnetic properties, a finding that could open new pathways for designing advanced electronic and computer memory devices. Dr. Mengke Liu, an assistant professor […]
Universal Quantum Raises Over $100 Million Series A
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Universal Quantum, the company building large-scale quantum computing systems for real-world use, today announced it has secured over $100 million in Series A funding – marking the largest Series A ever raised by a quantum firm headquartered in the UK. The funding will accelerate the company’s global expansion, as well […]
IBM Advances to Stage C of DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has been selected for Stage C, the third phase of the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) led by DARPA, the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. This phase will advance IBM through DARPA’s verification process, in which independent experts extensively test and measure quantum […]
KQC Quantum and Charlton Aria Agree on Nasdaq Business Combination
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — KQC Quantum, Inc. (“KQC Parent”), the Delaware parent company of Korea Quantum Computing Co., Ltd. (“KQC” or the “Company”), which helps enterprises adopt quantum computing and quantum-safe security, and Charlton Aria Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: CHAR) (“Charlton Aria”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, today announced that they have entered […]
Haiqu Releases AgenticOS to Plan and Check Quantum Research
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Existing AI models have advanced to the point that they can contribute to real science, but they have their limits. An AI agent can produce convincing math and working code, but it might alter the underlying science while doing so, leaving researchers with results that look right but aren’t. Today, Haiqu is […]
Federal Quantum Readiness Falls Short as Agencies Face Cryptography Skills Gaps
Insider Brief None of the 24 major federal agencies reviewed by the Government Accountability Office fully completed the preparation practices it assessed for protecting government systems against future quantum computing attacks. That’s according to the GAO’s recently released 2026 report, which is the public version of a 2025 report, although portions of the original 2025 […]