Infineon and ZuriQ Deepen Partnership to Advance Scalable Quantum Chips

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) and ZuriQ AG, a Swiss quantum computing company spun out of ETH Zurich, today announced the expansion of their collaboration to advance scalable quantum computing hardware. The partnership combines ZuriQ’s pioneering trapped-ion quantum computing architecture with Infineon’s expertise in semiconductor manufacturing, advanced […]

Eclipse Qrisp Wins Quantum Effects Award 2026 for Quantum Software

Eclipse Qrisp Quantum Effects Award

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The Eclipse Foundation, one of the world’s largest open source software foundations, today announced that Eclipse Qrisp, an open source framework for high-level quantum programming initiated by Fraunhofer FOKUS, has won the Quantum Effects Award 2026 in the Quantum Computing Software & Algorithms category. As quantum computing advances, one of […]

Zumo and Quantum Chain Partner on Quantum-Secure Financial Infrastructure

Zumo Quantum Chain

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Zumo and Quantum Chain have teamed up to explore opportunities for quantum-secure financial infrastructure in the United Kingdom. The collaboration brings together Quantum Chain’s quantum-secure blockchain infrastructure with Zumo’s digital asset infrastructure and experience supporting enterprise and institutional applications spanning quantum-secure private networks, digital currencies and tokenized assets. As financial […]

Quanfluence Raises $10 Million to Build Photonic Quantum Computer

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quanfluence, a Bengaluru-based deep technology company building photonic quantum computers, has raised USD 10 million in a funding round led by Chiratae Ventures. Pi Ventures, which led Quanfluence’s seed round in 2024, returned as co-investor. Rainmatter by Zerodha also invested in this round. The capital will be deployed to build […]

Quantum City Relaunches With Focus on Quantum Training and Careers

Quantum City UK

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum City, the public engagement initiative representing the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme, has relaunched today with a redeveloped website, updated resources and a new strategy aimed at highlighting training opportunities and career pathways for the sector. Designed for a wide range of audiences, Quantum City makes quantum science and […]

Project Eleven Launches Strongpoint for Post-Quantum Digital Asset Custody

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Project Eleven, the post-quantum security company for digital assets, today introduced Strongpoint, its flagship custody platform built for navigating the transition to post-quantum cryptography. Zcash Foundation joins Project Eleven as an initial development partner, helping shape Strongpoint’s institutional custody architecture. Strongpoint is designed to give institutions a consistent control layer for […]

Chandigarh University and 247VC Partner on Quantum Startup Investment

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Chandigarh University’s CUBIC, India’s first university-led quantum incubator for deep-tech startups became an academic and incubation partner for PRAGATI Q-Foundry 2026, a national initiative of the Ministry of Science and Technology, aimed at accelerating the development and commercialization of quantum technologies, and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 247VC […]

Kai Voges Leads €5.8 Million Research Project on Hybrid Quantum Systems

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — When the scientific community discusses quantum computers, it is usually the question of the underlying system that causes division. Ion traps, Rydberg atoms, or perhaps superconducting circuits? At Leibniz University Hannover, Dr Kai Voges has launched a new research group that positions itself between these factions and aims to combine […]

RapidFort and SpaceWERX Sign Agreement on Space Cybersecurity

RapidFort SpaceWERX

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — RapidFort, the leader in Software Supply Chain Security (SSCS) with the largest distribution of curated truly open-source software, today announced it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the United States Space Force (USSF) and a division of the Air Force Research […]

New X-ray Technique Helps Scientists Watch Quantum Materials Respond to Laser Pulses

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Creating a quantum device often begins by intentionally damaging a crystal. Scientists fire an ultrafast laser pulse into a material, knocking atoms out of place and leaving behind tiny imperfections called vacancies. Far from being flaws, these vacancies can behave as qubits — the fundamental building blocks of quantum information. […]