D-Wave Delivers Advantage2 Annealing Quantum Computer to Italy
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ: QBTS) (“D-Wave” or the “Company”), the only dual-platform quantum computing company providing annealing and gate-model systems, software and services, today announced at Digital Innovation Forum 2026 that its Advantage2TM annealing quantum computer has arrived in Lombardy, Italy, for installation at Villa Saporiti in Como. Funded by […]
Photonics Simulation Software Startup EMode Photonix Raises $1 Million Pre-Seed
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — EMode Photonix (EMode, Inc.), a startup delivering powerful simulation tools to allow novel photonics technologies for quantum computers to be developed faster, has raised a $1 million pre-seed round. The round was led by Ground State Ventures, with participation from Harlow Capital Management. Integrated photonics is one of the fastest growing […]
Dirac Labs joins Wisconsin Security Research Consortium
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Dirac Labs, a Madison-based quantum-enabled navigation company, today announced that it has joined the Wisconsin Security Research Consortium (WSRC) as an industry affiliate, providing resilient navigation alternatives to enable autonomous maritime missions. WSRC, led by the Wisconsin Technology Council, connects Wisconsin’s universities, technology manufacturers and government partners to advance defense […]
Argonne Researchers Couple Spin Waves With Superconducting Circuits
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum information systems could one day shape everyday life through faster computing and more secure communication. A new result from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign marks an important step for magnetic spins — a quantum property of matter that can be […]
Riverlane and NVIDIA Use AI to Speed Up Quantum Decoder Calibration
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum computing has the potential to solve problems beyond the reach of today’s computers, from drug discovery to materials science and optimisation. But before that can happen, the industry must first overcome the errors that are created by quantum computing’s extreme sensitivity to noise. Quantum error correction (QEC) detects and […]
FirstQFM Model Cuts Single-Qubit Gate Times by 33% on QuantWare Processor
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — FirstQFM today announced results from applying FirstQFM’s quantum foundation model to a QuantWare superconducting quantum processor at the Israeli Quantum Computing Center (IQCC). FirstQFM’s foundation model builds on top of Quantum Machines’ native calibration stack, and generated single-qubit gates that reduced execution time by 33% on a QuantWare Contralto-D21 QPU. […]
SEALSQ to Showcase Post-Quantum Security Products at electronica 2026
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — SEALSQ Corp (NASDAQ: LAES) (“SEALSQ” or “Company”), a company that focuses on developing and selling Semiconductors, PKI, and Post-Quantum technology hardware and software products, today announced its participation in electronica 2026, November 10 – 13, 2026 at Trade Fair Center Messe Munich, Germany. SEALSQ, together with its subsidiary IC’Alps, will exhibit […]
ZeroTier Releases RC3 of Quantum-Secure Networking Platform
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — ZeroTier, one of the world’s top software-defined networking companies, today announced Release Candidate 3 (RC3) of ZeroTier Quantum, the world’s only software-defined end-to-end quantum-secure networking platform. The release marks the final production step towards full deployment, proving ZeroTier Quantum can deliver secure, quantum-safe connectivity regardless of customer’s deployment type, location, […]
Guest Post — Seeing Underground: Quantum Sensing in Mineral Exploration
By Zeynep Koruturk, Dr. Kris Naudts, and Donald Harmitt @ Firgun Ventures. Firgun Ventures is a VC firm investing in Series A/B quantum scale-ups globally. Demand for critical minerals is rising just as copper exploration is becoming harder. The IEA projects copper supply to fall around 25% short of primary requirements by 2035, while the […]
ORCA Computing Launches PT-3, The Latest Generation of Its Photonic Quantum Computers
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — ORCA Computing, the company pioneering quantum-accelerated AI for science, today launches the PT-3, the newest generation of its photonic quantum computers, and the first built to deliver commercial quantum advantage. The first system is live in the Digital Realty Innovation Lab (DRIL) in London, where it runs alongside NVIDIA accelerated […]