SEALSQ Expands Investment in Quantum Startup EeroQ
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — SEALSQ Corp (NASDAQ: LAES) (“SEALSQ” or the “Company”), a global leader in semiconductors, PKI, and post-quantum cybersecurity technologies, today announced a new strategic investment in EeroQ, a U.S.-based quantum chip design company pioneering a breakthrough quantum computing architecture based on electrons on helium (eHe). This represents one of several investments […]
D-Wave Joins Southeastern Quantum Collaborative as Inaugural Member
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) (“D-Wave” or the “Company”), the only dual-platform quantum computing company, providing both annealing and gate-model systems, software and services, today joined the Southeastern Quantum Collaborative (SQC) as an inaugural member, along with The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Davidson Technologies, IBM and Alabama A&M University. The SQC will bring together […]
Pasqal in Talks to Raise €200 Million at Unicorn Valuation, Bloomberg Reports
Insider Brief Pasqal SAS is in discussions to raise €200 million in new financing at a valuation exceeding $1 billion before the investment, according to media reports. Bloomberg reported that the French startup is negotiating the funding round, which would value the company at more than $1 billion pre-money, citing people familiar with the matter. […]
Tower and Xanadu Advance Manufacturing for Photonic Quantum Chips
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Tower Semiconductor, the leading foundry of high-value analog semiconductor solutions, and Xanadu, a leading photonic quantum computing company, today announced an expansion of their collaboration in developing advanced silicon photonics for fault tolerant quantum computers based on Tower’s high-volume silicon photonics platform. These developments build on prior collaborative technical achievements, […]
IBM Ventures Invests in Two Quantum Software Startups to Accelerate Quantum innovation
Insider Brief IBM announced new investments in quantum software startups SQK and QodeX Quantum, stating that the company is committed to developing quantum software and maintaining the Qiskit open-source quantum software development kit while partnering with and investing in startups to accelerate adoption and impact. The company said it has invested in SQK and QodeX […]
Palm Beach Economic Group Secures $1M Federal Grant for Quantum Workforce Efforts
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The Business Development Board of Palm Beach County (BDB) has been awarded $1,031,000 in federal funding secured by U.S. Representative Lois Frankel – the largest federal grant in the organization’s history – to advance workforce development and regional coordination in quantum technologies as part of a broader effort to build […]
MicroAlign Receives €2.5M EIC Grant to Scale Fiber-Array Production
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — MicroAlign, a photonics technology company specializing in ultra-high-precision optical-fiber alignment, has been awarded the prestigious EIC Accelerator Grant of €2.5 million, along with an equity investment component, to accelerate the industrialization of its fiber-array manufacturing. The EIC Accelerator Grant gives MicroAlign a decisive step towards industrial scale, accelerating automation of […]
AQT and Scaleway Launch European Quantum Cloud Access
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A new cloud partnership strengthens digital sovereignty and expands access to quantum computing – Alpine Quantum Technologies (“AQT”) is integrating its trapped-ion quantum computer into Scaleway’s cloud. This collaboration enables: The trapped-ion quantum computer IBEX Q1 by AQT (Innsbruck, Austria) will be available via Scaleway’s (HQ: France) Quantum-as-a-Service (QaaS) platform, […]
Forward Edge-AI Graduates Inaugural Isidore Quantum Certification Class
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Forward Edge-AI, Inc., announced the graduation of its inaugural Isidore Quantum Certification Class, marking a milestone in international post-quantum cybersecurity readiness and workforce development. Forward Edge-AI is the company behind Isidore Quantum, the FIPS 140-3–certified hardware platform delivering the world’s first drop-in post-quantum cybersecurity solution successfully tested across air, land, sea, and space […]
UK Defence Tests Next-Generation Atomic Clocks
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A trial led by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has helped develop a new generation of critically improved atomic clock technology for the UK military. UK forces must be able to operate across all terrains, locations and climates. This requires crucial position, navigation and timing (PNT) data – […]