Q-Day Just Got Closer: Three Papers in Three Months Are Rewriting the Quantum Threat Timeline
The quantum resources needed to break modern encryption have dropped by an order of magnitude since May 2025. Here is what happened, what it means, and what organizations should do about it. In fewer than twelve months, three research papers have sharply reduced the estimated quantum resources required to break the cryptographic systems that protect […]
STV Group and Post-Quantum Test Quantum-Secure Drone Communications
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — STV Group, an European defence technology integrator with platforms deployed in Ukraine and allied theatres, and Post-Quantum, the UK cybersecurity company today announced successful testing of the world’s first quantum-safe drones for active deployment across allied theatres. As allied nations adapt to war-fighting defined by autonomous systems and drones, the […]
UK Launches SPOQC Satellite for Quantum Communications Research
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A landmark space mission built on UK research excellence is set to accelerate progress in quantum communications, as the Heriot-Watt University led Integrated Quantum Networks (IQN) Hub launches the pioneering “Satellite Platform for Optical Quantum Communications” (SPOQC). Emerging from research and development efforts led by the preceding Quantum Communications Hub […]
Research Team Finds Useful Quantum Computers Could Be Built with as Few as 10,000 Qubits
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum computers of the future may be closer to reality thanks to new research from Caltech and Oratomic, a Caltech-linked start-up company. Theorists and experimentalists teamed up to develop a new approach for reducing the errors that riddle today’s rudimentary quantum computers. Whereas these machines were previously thought to require […]
QuSecure Collaborating with NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence to Address Post-Quantum Algorithm Migration
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — QuSecure™, Inc., the market leader in post-quantum cybersecurity and cryptographic agility, today announced it is collaborating with the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) in the Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography Project Consortium to bring awareness to the issues involved in migrating to post-quantum algorithms and to develop practices to ease migration from current public-key […]
London Tech Week 2026 to Showcase Global Deep Tech Innovators in Space, Robotics, Sciences, Quantum and AI
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — London Tech Week 2026 (8-12 June 2026) has announced its dedicated Deep Tech Stage, exploring the most exciting breakthroughs in space, robotics, materials, life sciences, AI and quantum computing. At a time when governments and industry are racing to turn scientific breakthroughs into economic and strategic advantage, the programme is […]
Alice & Bob Secures $3.9M ARPA-E Award to Use Quantum Computing to Design Rare-Earth-Free Magnets
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Alice & Bob, a leader in fault-tolerant quantum computing, has been awarded $3.9 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Quantum Computing for Computational Chemistry (QC 3) program to develop fault-tolerant quantum algorithms aimed at discovering rare-earth-free permanent magnets – a critical component in electric motors and turbines. To meet their goal, Alice & Bob […]
Monarch Quantum Surpasses $100 Million in Capital and Contracts with $55 Million Growth Round to Scale Quantum Photonics Infrastructure
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Monarch Quantum, a developer of integrated photonics hardware for quantum technologies, today announced a $55 million oversubscribed growth round, led by Serendipity Capital, a leading deep tech investor, with participation from 55 North, the world’s largest dedicated pure play quantum fund, and Global Innovation Labs. Founded in 2025, Monarch entered […]
memQ Raises $10 Million in Series A
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — memQ™, the industry leader in quantum networking solutions for distributed quantum computing, announced today the closing of its $10M Series A round of financing. The round was co-led by Quantonation and Ocean Azul Partners, with syndicate participation from both existing and new investors. Quantum computing is the next major shift in computing, forecasted […]
Oratomic Launches to Build Utility-scale Quantum Computers
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Oratomic, a startup founded by pioneers of fault-tolerant quantum computing and neutral-atom technology, launches with a mission to build utility-scale quantum computers by the end of the decade. Groundbreaking research from Oratomic in collaboration with scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) shows that utility-scale quantum computers may require […]