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, […]
Honeywell Announces Quantinuum Has Filed Confidential Paperwork For a Possible IPO
Insider Brief Honeywell disclosed in a statement that it plans to take a step toward a possible public offering of its majority-owned quantum computing subsidiary, Quantinuum, signaling a potential shift in the company’s long-term ownership and capital strategy. In the statement, Honeywell said Quantinuum intends to confidentially submit a draft registration statement on Form S-1 […]
Welinq sells QDrive quantum memory in Europe
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Just two years after the start of its development, QDrive has progressed from advanced research to product-grade, commercial quantum memory. Designed, industrialized, and brought to market in a record time, QDrive’s first commercial sale marks a key step in the deployment of quantum networking technologies. This contract is part of a broader deployment roadmap. Additional QDrive systems are already in production for research facilities, quantum networks, and data-center infrastructure, supporting Welinq’s strategy […]
Hochul’s State of the State Pitches Quantum Hubs And Chip Design as Economic Engines in New York
Insider Brief New York is placing quantum technology at the center of its industrial strategy, using public investment to lower barriers to commercialization and tie quantum research more tightly to semiconductors and advanced manufacturing. Governor Kathy Hochul’s 2026 State of the State proposals frame quantum as an economic infrastructure challenge rather than a purely scientific […]