8 Industry Use Cases for Quantum Computing
Insider Brief Every few months, a headline claims quantum computers are about to cure cancer or usher in a new era of artificial intelligence, but things aren’t that simple. Quantum computers cost tens of millions of dollars to build, and currently operate with error rates that limit what they can reliably compute. Most of what […]
‘Hey. You. Get on Our Quantum Cloud’: IBM Celebrates a Decade of Its Quantum Cloud
Insider Brief IBM’s decision to put a quantum computer on the cloud 10 years ago helped transform a niche research field into a globally accessible computing platform with growing industrial use. On May 4, 2016, IBM made its first quantum processor available over the internet, allowing users to run experiments on real quantum hardware for […]
IonQ CEO Says 2025 Marked Turning Point for Quantum Commercialization
Insider Brief IonQ is positioning itself as a full-stack quantum technology provider with growing commercial traction, arguing that recent technical and financial milestones mark a turning point for the industry, according to its latest annual letter from Chairman and CEO Niccolò de Masi. The letter frames 2025 as an “inflection point” for IonQ, with the […]
PsiQuantum Appoints Lip-Bu Tan to Board of Directors
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — PsiQuantum today announced that Lip-Bu Tan, a leader of the semiconductor industry and Chief Executive Officer of Intel Corporation, has joined the PsiQuantum Board of Directors. Tan brings decades of experience building and scaling the foundational technologies that underpin modern computing. Before his 2025 appointment as CEO of Intel, he […]
Liquid Instruments Expands with $50M Investment Round
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Liquid Instruments, a pioneer in software-defined test solutions, today announced the close of its $50 million Series C funding round, co-led by Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a global leader in design, emulation, and test solutions, and the Australian Government’s National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC). In addition to investing, Keysight […]
Podcast with Joab Rosenberg, Partner, Deep33
Yuval Boger interviews Joab Rosenberg, partner at Deep33, a new deep-tech venture fund focused on the future of compute. They discuss the fund’s investment thesis across quantum computing, AI infrastructure, and energy, and why Joab expects near-term commercial quantum applications. The conversation also covers hardware vs. software opportunities, fundraising realities, geopolitics, education in quantum, and […]
Oxford Team Achieves First-ever ‘Quadsqueezing’ Quantum Interaction
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Researchers at the University of Oxford have demonstrated a new type of quantum interaction using a single trapped ion. By creating and controlling increasingly complex forms of “squeezing” – including a fourth-order effect known as quadsqueezing – the team has, for the first time, made previously unreachable quantum effects experimentally accessible. […]
Qruise Collaborates with Goethe University on NV Center Systems
PRESS RELEASE — Saarbrücken and Frankfurt, Germany | Monday March 23rd, 2026 – Following its ambition to become completely hardware agnostic, Qruise is working with XeedQ and the Modular Supercomputing and Quantum Computing (MSQC) group at Goethe University Frankfurt to enable reliable operation of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centre quantum systems. As part of this, Qruise has demonstrated automated bring-up, simulation, and […]
What Is “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later” and Why Should You Care?
Insider Brief Adversaries are collecting encrypted data right now. They cannot read it yet. But they do not need to because their strategy involves intercepting communications, storing them, and simply waiting. When quantum computers become powerful enough to break today’s encryption, that archived data will potentially become readable. This is known as “harvest now, decrypt […]
IBM and Dallara to Advance AI and Quantum-Powered Design for High-Performance Vehicles
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the Dallara Group, a world-leading racing and high-performance vehicle manufacturer, today announced a collaboration to advance vehicle design and optimization using AI and explore the use of quantum computing. The work combines Dallara’s expertise in high-performance vehicle engineering with IBM’s leadership in AI for physics and quantum […]