Q.ANT Appoints Michael Krueger as Vice President Commercials
PRESS RELEASE — Q.ANT, a leading provider of photonic processors for energy-efficient high-performance computing and artificial intelligence, is strengthening its leadership team with a strategic new appointment: Michael Krueger started in the newly created position of Vice President of Commercials effective April 1, 2026. In this role, he will be responsible for sales and business […]
University of Nebraska Engineer Aims to Build ‘Bridge’ For Quantum Superhighways
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum computers are often described as the supercharged engines of the future — machines capable of solving certain problems that are classically intractable for today’s most powerful computers. But there’s a catch: even the most advanced quantum computers cannot yet easily communicate with one another over long distances. “It’s like […]
Safe But Slow? Quantum-Safe Security Could Slow High-Speed Blockchains
Insider Brief Solana’s push toward quantum-resistant security could sharply reduce its transaction speeds, highlighting a growing trade-off between future-proofing crypto networks and maintaining performance. Solana has built its reputation on speed, processing transactions far faster than most rivals, enabling it to support large volumes of decentralized finance activity, including trading, lending, and payments. According to […]
China’s Quantum Sector Sees Investment Surge as Larger Funding Rounds Return
As Beijing’s 15th Five-Year Plan designates quantum as the country’s top “future industry,” two startups close ~$145 million rounds within days of each other, marking the return of large-scale capital to a sector that went quiet after Alibaba and Baidu walked away. SpinQ Technology, a Shenzhen-based superconducting quantum computing company, completed a CNY 600 million ($87 million) Series C+ on April 3, bringing […]
Chinese Quantum Startup QBoson Raises $145 Million to Scale Chip Production
Insider Brief Chinese quantum startup QBoson has raised CNY 1 billion — or about $145 million USD — to expand chip production and scale its quantum computing systems, according to YiCai Global. The move reflects Beijing’s overall push to move the technology from lab experiments into industrial use. The Beijing-based company said it completed a […]
Q-Factor Emerges From Stealth With $24 Million and Backing From Intel Capital
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Q-Factor, a neutral atom quantum computing company, today announced $24 million in seed funding. The round was led by NFX and TPY Capital, with participation from Intel Capital, Korea Investment Partners, Deep33, and the Matias family, along with a grant from the Israel Innovation Authority. The Technion – Israel Institute […]
How Quantum Computing Affects Cryptography
Insider Brief The relationship between quantum computing and cryptography represents one of the most consequential technological races of the coming decade. On one side stands the promise of quantum computers powerful enough to break the encryption protecting global commerce, government secrets, and personal privacy. On the other stands the effort to develop and deploy new […]
How Noise Limits The Size of Quantum Circuits
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Imagine you’re trying to build a very long, complicated chain of dominoes. The aim is that each domino hits the next one perfectly, all the way down the line, producing an amazing result at the end. A quantum circuit is like a domino chain: A long chain of tiny steps […]
Is There a Silver Lining Behind The Looming Dark Clouds of Quantum’s Crypto-busting Powers?
Insider Brief The alarm over Google Quantum AI’s latest findings has centered on risk, but the same advance is sharpening the case that useful quantum applications may arrive sooner than expected. A recent white paper written by a Google-led research team outlined how a sufficiently large quantum system — on the order of hundreds of […]
Palm Beach State College Takes Aim at Quantum Workforce Demand
Insider Brief Quantum technology is often portrayed as a field staffed by people with doctoral degrees and years of academic experience. That may be how it is now, but experts are increasingly concerned that as quantum moves out of theory and into practice and out of the laboratory and into the real world, its success […]