How to Prep For Post-Quantum Cryptography: G7 Releases Roadmap to Help Financial Sector Navigate Transition to Quantum Era
Insider Brief The Group of Seven’s (G7) top cyber advisers has released a coordinated, nonbinding roadmap urging banks, insurers, exchanges and regulators to accelerate preparations for a shift to post-quantum cryptography, warning that the long lead times required for cryptographic change mean financial institutions must act well before quantum computers are capable of breaking today’s […]
01 Quantum and Hitachi Solutions Create Deploy PQC in DoMobile Ver.5
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — 01 Quantum Inc., a leading early-market provider of enterprise-grade cybersecurity solutions for the quantum computing era, and Hitachi Solutions Create Ltd. (HSC), a core IT Company of Hitachi Group headquartered in Japan, today announced that HSC has officially launched DoMobile Ver.5, powered by 01 Quantum’s post-quantum cryptography (PQC) technologies, and […]
SEALSQ Signs MOU for Possible Majority Stake in Quobly
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — SEALSQ Corp, a global leader in semiconductors security and Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) solutions, today announced that it has entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding leading to exclusive negotiations with the shareholders of Quobly SAS, a leading French technology company pioneering the development of silicon-based quantum computers (“QUOBLY”), to make an initial […]
Equal1 Announces $60 Million Raise for Quantum Computer That Use Existing Semiconductor Manufacturing
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Equal1, a quantum semiconductor company, today announced it has raised $60M to accelerate development of scalable, silicon-based quantum computers and deployment of its datacenter-ready Bell-1 quantum server. The round was led by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), with participation from Atlantic Bridge, the European Innovation Council Fund, Matterwave Ventures, […]
Project Eleven Raises $20 Million to Prepare Digital Asset Infrastructure for the Quantum Era
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Project Eleven, the leader in post-quantum security and migration for digital assets, today announced a $20 million Series A funding round led by Castle Island Ventures, at a $120 million valuation, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Fin Capital, Variant, Quantonation, Nebular, Formation, Lattice Fund, Satstreet Ventures, Nascent Ventures, and Balaji […]
G7 Cyber Group Issues Guidance for Quantum-Resilient Financial Systems
PRESS RELEASE — The G7 Cyber Expert Group (CEG) – chaired by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Bank of England – released a public statement today advising financial entities, authorities and suppliers of key considerations and potential activities for transitioning to quantum-resilient technology in a coordinated and timely way. Quantum computers have the potential […]
U.S. Federal Agencies Are Stepping Up for the Quantum Security Transition
Insider Brief For years, quantum computing has occupied an ambiguous place in Washington—acknowledged as transformative, but often treated as a problem for the future. That posture is now changing. On January 12 in Washington, D.C., senior officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure […]
Blackburn Makes Case for Reauthorization of National Quantum Initiative Act
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Today, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) penned an op-ed in The Tennessean on why Congress must pass the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act, which would accelerate the groundbreaking quantum research taking place in Tennessee to benefit our economy and national security. Read the op-ed here and below. Reauthorizing the NQIA is critical to America’s future Senator Marsha […]
Toyota Systems and Fujitsu Automate ECU Design Using Quantum-Inspired Optimization
PRESS RELEASE — Toyota Systems Corporation (Toyota Systems) and Fujitsu Limited, in collaboration with Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), today announced the successful application of quantum-inspired technology and AI to automate one aspect of the automotive parts design process. In a world first for the automotive industry, the technology was applied to automate the placement design […]
Montana State’s Quantum Research Facility Awarded $31.5 million for Sponsored Research, Test bed expansion
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Montana State University’s Quantum Collaborative Research and Education facility, has been awarded a $31.5 million contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, New York, for novel research in quantum applications and the development of novel quantum materials, sensors, devices and network systems. The contract will support research across the university, […]