Project Eleven Acquires Riva Labs for Post-Quantum Security
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Project Eleven, the company building post-quantum security infrastructure for digital assets, today announced its acquisition of Riva Labs, expanding its expertise in post-quantum signatures, wallets, MPC, and account abstraction. The acquisition also brings technology and intellectual property developed through Riva’s work across Ethereum and other public blockchains, adding to Project […]
Quantum Computing Explained – With Maple Syrup and Sunglasses
The Insider Brief: A quantum computer is being tuned with maple syrup. Not metaphorically – actually. That’s the answer Ghislain Lefebvre, interim executive director of Institut quantique at Université de Sherbrooke, gives when asked the deliberately odd question that opens this episode of Kai Asks: what does maple syrup have to do with building a […]
U.S., Europe Need Closer Cooperation to Build Quantum Industry, QED-C Official Says
Insider Brief National, state and regional efforts to build quantum industries often capture the headlines. But the strengths that reach across those borders may prove to be just as important to their success, according to a senior industry consortium official writes in EE Times. According to Jonathan Felbinger, deputy director of the Quantum Economic Development […]
Infleqtion and Riverlane Partner on Quantum Error Correction
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Infleqtion (NYSE: INFQ), a global leader in quantum computing and quantum sensing powered by neutral atom technology, today announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Riverlane, a UK company specialising in quantum error correction. The companies will explore the integration of Riverlane’s real-time quantum error correction technology with Infleqtion’s neutral […]
Royal Bank of Canada Expands Quantum Strategy With New Director and University Partnerships
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is advancing its quantum strategy with the appointment of a Director of Quantum, the signing of two strategic partnerships with leading Canadian universities and a multi-year roadmap to drive innovation while ensuring quantum-safe operations. “As quantum technologies move from research to real-world applications, RBC is […]
Terra Quantum and Empa Develop AI Model for Laser Welding Prediction
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Terra Quantum, a global leader in quantum technologies, and Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, announced LP-FNO (Laser Processing Fourier Neural Operator), an artificial intelligence surrogate model that predicts full three-dimensional melt-pool dynamics in laser welding up to 100,000 faster than traditional multiphysics simulation. Removing the […]
UCSB Researchers Join Three NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Through the National Science Foundation’s Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI) program, several UC Santa Barbara researchers are poised to tackle hurdles on the road to building widespread, powerful quantum-based technologies. “We are very proud that UC Santa Barbara professors Dan Blumenthal, Michel Devoret, Andrew Jayich, Ania Jayich and David Weld […]
NeSQom 2026 Workshop Examines Hybrid Quantum-Classical Networks
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum computing, an emerging subfield of engineering and computer science that relies on quantum mechanics to tackle problems that are out of reach for today’s most powerful classical computers – could change computing forever. But first, researchers need to overcome some challenges. “Quantum computing uses quantum mechanics to process information […]
EigenQ and Silicon Valley Acquisition Corp. File S-4 for Proposed Business Combination
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — EigenQ, Inc. (“EigenQ” or the “Company”) and Silicon Valley Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: SVAQ) (“SVAQ”) today announced the public filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) of a registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) in connection with their previously announced proposed business combination (the “Business Combination”). The […]
CTM and Huawei Launch Integrated QKD Network in Macao
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — To counter the emerging network security challenges posed by quantum computing, CTM has actively embraced the national quantum strategy. It is designing a quantum-secured framework to build an integrated QKD-communication network security foundation, further enhancing the end-to-end transmission security of critical data. In addition, CTM plans to roll out quantum-secured […]