Qoro Secures $750k to Build The Software Stack Uniting Quantum And Classical Compute
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Qoro has announced the close of its pre-seed funding round, securing $750,000 USD to build the missing software layer for hybrid quantum-classical computing. The round includes backing from UK-based Ada Ventures, European early-stage investor Superangels Venture Fund, and the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago, Illinois. While the tech industry […]
Quantonation Selects Yaqumo as Its First Japanese Investment
Insider Brief Yaqumo Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Kazuhiro Nakashoji), a startup developing scalable neutral-atom quantum computers, announced today that it has raised a Seed Extension Round from Quantonation II FPCI (“Quantonation”), the world’s largest venture capital fund dedicated to quantum technologies. This milestone marks Quantonation’s first-ever investment in a Japanese company. With this funding, […]
A New Trick Brings Stability to Quantum Operations
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum bits, or qubits, which are required for building quantum computers, come in different kinds. In recent years, many research institutes and companies have focused on superconducting circuits and trapped ions. However, neutral atoms trapped with laser light also have a lot going for them: since they carry no electric […]
QuantumDiamonds Unveils Quantum Sensing System to Target Chip Yield Crisis
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — QuantumDiamonds GmbH, the Munich-based pioneer in quantum sensing–based semiconductor testing, today announced the successful installation of its QD m.1 system at Eurofins EAG Laboratories in Sunnyvale, California. The deployment marks QuantumDiamonds’ first installation in the United States and is a defining moment in increased production efficiency and yield across the […]
Equal1 and Q-CTRL Partner on Autonomous Quantum Systems
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Equal1, a leader in silicon-based quantum computing, and Q-CTRL, the global leader in quantum infrastructure software, today announced a first-of-its-kind strategic partnership to integrate Q-CTRL’s infrastructure software for autonomous calibration into Equal1’s Silicon quantum computers, powering the mass deployment of rack-mount quantum computers into enterprise data centers. As enterprise interest […]
UT Names New Governor’s Chair for Quantum Devices
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, welcomes Deep Jariwala, a leading scholar in quantum materials and next-generation electronic devices, as the UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair for Quantum Devices. Jariwala, who will hold a joint appointment in UT’s Tickle College of Engineering and at ORNL, will officially join both institutions in January 2027. […]
Small Quantum System Outperforms Large Classical Networks in Real-World Forecasting
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Can a handful of atoms outperform a much larger digital neural network on a real-world task? The answer may be yes. In a study published in Physical Review Letters, a team led by Prof. PENG Xinhua and Assoc. Prof. LI Zhaokai from the University of Science and Technology of China of […]
Controls Developed to Reshape Quantum Arrow of Time
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — In new research published in Physical Review X, scientists have designed quantum control protocols that generate processes more consistent with time flowing backward than forward. The protocols — techniques to control quantum systems — modify a quantum system’s “arrow of time,” the concept of time as moving in one forward direction. […]
Cloudflare Accelerates Quantum-Security Push as New Research Shrinks Timeline
Insider Brief Cloudflare is accelerating its timeline to secure the Internet against quantum attacks, citing new research and industry signals that suggest the threat may arrive sooner than expected. The company said in a recent blog post that it is now targeting 2029 to achieve full post-quantum security across its services, including both encryption and […]
Rigetti Announces General Availability of 108-Qubit System
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Rigetti Computing, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGTI) (“Rigetti” or the “Company”), a pioneer in full-stack quantum-classical computing, today announced the general availability of its 108-qubit quantum computing system, Cepheus™-1-108Q, now accessible to customers and partners via the Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services (QCS®) Platform and through Amazon Braket, the quantum computing service by […]