eleQtron Provides Hardware Testbed for FullStaQD Quantum Software Stack
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Germany is launching its most ambitious effort yet to develop a complete, modular, and interoperable quantum computing software stack: FullStaQD. Led by Fraunhofer IAO and funded by the Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Spaceflight (BMFTR), nine partners from research and industry are joining forces to create a unified architecture […]
IonQ Study Finds Linked Quantum Computers Can Beat Bigger Single Systems
Insider Brief Quantum computers built from many smaller machines that are linked together can outperform a single large processor even when the connections between them are slow, according to a study by researchers at IonQ and Aalto University. The researchers’ findings challenge a common assumption in the field that sluggish quantum links erase the benefits […]
Norbert Holtkamp appointed director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Norbert Holtkamp has been appointed director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, effective January 12, 2026. Holtkamp brings prior leadership experience from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and ITER, with a background in managing large-scale scientific infrastructure projects. He succeeds interim director Young-Kee Kim and will oversee major initiatives including LBNF-DUNE and […]
Tiny CMOS Photonic Chip Could Remove a Key Bottleneck in Scaling Quantum Computers
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Researchers have made a major advance in quantum computing with a new device that is nearly 100 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. Published in the journal Nature Communications, the breakthrough optical phase modulators could help unlock much larger quantum computers by enabling efficient control of lasers required […]
Qilimanjaro and Oxigen Data Center Partner on Quantum–Data Center Integration
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech and Oxigen Data Center announce a new strategic collaboration to jointly explore how multimodal quantum computers can be integrated into commercial data centers, laying the foundations for the next generation of hybrid quantum infrastructure. This collaboration will highlight Qilimanjaro’s analog quantum computers, which require significantly less error correction compared to […]
TQI Exclusive: A Deep-Tech Investor’s Case for Patience in The Quantum Race
Insider Brief Deep-tech investing is entering a new phase, and few figures embody its possibilities and even its contradictions more clearly than Pablos Holman – a hacker-turned-inventor whose career has spanned cypherpunk cryptography, AI-driven trading systems, alternative spaceflight concepts for Jeff Bezos and more than 6,000 patented inventions from his years inside Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual […]
Quantum Computing Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire Luminar Semiconductor, Inc.
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum Computing Inc. (“QCi” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: QUBT), an innovative, quantum optics and integrated photonics technology company, today announced that it has signed an agreement (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) to acquire Luminar Semiconductor, Inc. (“LSI”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Luminar Technologies, Inc. (“Luminar”) (Nasdaq: LAZR), in an all-cash transaction valued […]
Photonic Inc. Selected for Canadian Quantum Champions Program
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Photonic Inc., a global leader in distributed quantum computing, today announced it has been selected for Phase 1 of the Canadian Quantum Champions Program (CQCP), which provides up to $23M in funding to Photonic. The program recognizes the strategic importance of quantum technologies to Canada’s economic competitiveness and national security and is designed […]
Nord Quantique Receives $16 Million in Non-Dilutive Funding Through Canadian Quantum Champions Program
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Nord Quantique, a leading builder of quantum computers, today announces it will receive up to $16 million (CA $23 million) as part of Phase 1 of the newly created Canadian Quantum Champions Program (CQCP). This new Canadian Government initiative, led by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), is designed […]
Atomic Josephson Junctions: How Bose-Einstein Condensates Replicate Shapiro Steps
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — They enable high-precision measurements, define the unit of voltage, and form the heart of many quantum computers – the so-called Josephson junctions. However, the microscopic processes taking place in the superconductors are difficult to observe directly. Researchers at the RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau have therefore implemented a quantum simulation of […]