TQI’s Expert Predictions on Quantum Technology in 2026
Each year, we like to peer into the immediate future by tapping into the collective wisdom of the smartest people we know — our readers and the thought leaders who deeply understand the industry. The following is a collection of quotes, thoughts and excerpts about the immediate future of the quantum industry from readers and […]
Royal Navy Carries Out Arctic Trial on Quantum-enhanced GPS-free Navigation
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The Royal Navy has continued to trial quantum technology aimed at satellite-free navigation – this time in the Arctic with Imperial College London. The test, carried out in collaboration with Imperial, is the latest step in a year-long effort to turn quantum-enhanced inertial sensors from a physics experiment into a […]
Quantum Computing Trends in 2025: Data Reveals Hardware Bets, Cloud Growth And Security Focus
Insider Brief 2025 may be looked at as a watershed year for the quantum industry. A surge of late-stage funding and partnerships reshapted the global quantum industry in 2025, with investors concentrating capital on specific hardware architectures, cloud software platforms and security technologies that promise nearer-term commercial returns, according to analysis from The Quantum Insider’s […]
Innovative Techniques Enable Italy’s First Imaging of Individual Trapped Atoms
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Researchers at the ArQuS Laboratory of the University of Trieste (Italy) and the National Institute of Optics of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-INO) have achieved the first imaging of individual trapped cold atoms in Italy, introducing techniques that push single-atom detection into new performance regimes. By combining intense, microsecond-scale fluorescence […]
Elevating Quantum Women’s Voices
My guests today are Biliana Rajevic, Head of External Communications at Quantum Brilliance and co‑founder of Quantum Women, Rachel Rayner, a science communicator and comedian, and Alison Goldingay, a quantum researcher at UNSW. We discuss the “Elevating Quantum Women’s Voices” program, an initiative designed to empower women in the quantum industry to communicate effectively and […]
Russian Researchers Test 72-Qubit Atom-Based Quantum Computer
Insider Brief According to TASS reporting, researchers from the Physics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University have developed and tested a prototype quantum computer based on single neutral rubidium atoms, reaching 72 qubits. Rosatom Quantum Technologies said this marks the third Russian quantum computer to surpass the 70-qubit threshold. As TASS reports, Yekaterina Solntseva, Director […]
Guest Post — Chile and Quantum Technologies: When Strategy Is Built on Real Capabilities
By Paulina Assmann, CEO and co-founder of Sequre Quantum and expert member of Chile’s Advisory Commission on Quantum Technologies Chile’s National Quantum Technologies Strategy arrives at a pivotal moment. Not only does it consolidate years of scientific research, it also brings an urgent discussion to the forefront: how we protect our data, our critical infrastructure, […]
Chile Sets 10-Year Strategy to Build Quantum And Biotechnology Industries
Insider Brief Chile has formally set a 10-year course to anchor its economic future in biotechnology and quantum technologies, unveiling two national strategies that aim to shift the country from an extractive model toward a knowledge-based economy with global reach. According to Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation (MinCiencia), the National Biotechnology Strategy and […]
China Demonstrates Quantum Error Correction Using Microwaves, Narrowing Gap With Google
Insider Brief Chinese researchers have shown that a superconducting quantum computer can cross a key reliability threshold using microwave-based control, a result that could ease some of the hardest engineering barriers facing large-scale quantum machines. According to reporting by the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the advance comes from a team led by Pan Jianwei […]
London Tech Week 2026 Opens Registration and Announces First Speakers
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Registration for London Tech Week 2026 is now open, marking the launch of Europe’s most influential technology gathering, taking place 8 – 10 June 2026 at Olympia London. The campus will host tech’s most influential figures, including leading founders, enterprise leaders, investors and policymakers from around the world, at a pivotal moment for Europe’s technological […]