The Bloch Quantum Advances in EDA Tech Hub Competition
Insider Brief According to the Chicago quantum — The Bloch Quantum, a designated Tech Hub of the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), has advanced to the second and final stage of the EDA’s awards competition with a proposal focused on securing the U.S. quantum supply chain and accelerating quantum commercialization. The Bloch was one of […]
Infleqtion and Churchill X Move Forward on SPAC Combination
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Infleqtion, a global leader in neutral-atom–based quantum technology, and Churchill Capital Corp X, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, today announced the filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of their joint registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) in connection with their proposed business combination. The […]
KAIST Researchers Develop Direct Printing of Nanolasers for Optical Computing and Quantum Security
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — In future high-tech industries, such as high-speed optical computing for massive AI, quantum cryptographic communication, and ultra-high-resolution augmented reality (AR) displays, nanolasers—which process information using light—are gaining significant attention as core components for next-generation semiconductors. A research team at our university has proposed a new manufacturing technology capable of high-density […]
How Scientists Backed Up Qubits — Without Being Copied
Insider Brief For decades, the no-cloning theorem has stood as one of quantum physics’ immovable rules. This theorem — which states an unknown quantum state cannot be copied — is not a technical limitation or a matter of engineering maturity. It is a consequence of how quantum mechanics itself works. The new result from researchers […]
Encrypted Qubits Can be Cloned: Scientists Discover First Method to Safely Back up Quantum Information
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo have made a breakthrough in quantum computing that elegantly bypasses the fundamental “no cloning” problem. Quantum computing is an exciting technological frontier, where information is stored and processed in tiny units — called qubits. Qubits can be stored, for example, in […]
Report Sets Engineering Priorities to Protect U.S. Lead in Quantum
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A new report from the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA), funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), identifies key engineering research priorities for the United States to sustain its leadership in quantum-enabled technologies amid intensifying global competition. The U.S. has long been at the forefront of quantum research, but risks […]
Monarch Quantum Launches Integrated Photonics Systems for Quantum Hardware
Insider Brief According to Monarch Quantum, Inc., the company has officially launched as a privately held quantum photonics firm based in San Diego. Monarch Quantum builds integrated photonics systems – laser-based hardware used to prepare and control quantum states — for applications in quantum computing, sensing, and communications, the company reports. Monarch Quantum states that […]
D-Wave Announces Agreement to Acquire Quantum Circuits Inc.
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) (“D-Wave” or the “Company”), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, and the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, and Quantum Circuits Inc. (“Quantum Circuits”), a leading developer of error-corrected superconducting gate-model quantum computing systems, today announced that the companies have entered […]
Quantum Computing Versus AI: Why The Quantum-Replaces-AI Hype is Wrong, But The Potential of Quantum AI is Real
Insider Brief For the past few years, quantum computing has increasingly been framed as the next technology poised to “replace” artificial intelligence. The narrative is seductive: AI is powerful but energy-hungry, data-intensive, and running into scaling limits; quantum computers promise exponential speedups and new ways of computing. Put the two together, the story goes, and […]
After a Year of Quantum Awareness, 2026 Becomes the Year of Quantum Security
Insider Brief In 2025, quantum technology crossed an important threshold. Designated the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, the year marked a broad shift in public and institutional awareness. Quantum moved beyond research labs and specialist circles, entering boardrooms, policy discussions, and mainstream coverage. What had long been framed as a distant scientific frontier […]