VC Firm Offers Insight Into How Investors Are Reassessing Quantum Computing
Insider Brief A new wave of quantum investment may be moving beyond headline metrics and looking more intently at external validation and manufacturing realism, while focusing on error rates rather than qubit counts, according to a recent analysis by senior partners at DCVC, a Silicon Valley venture firm known for early bets on frontier technologies. […]
TQI’s Top Quantum Business Stories of 2025
By most measures, 2025 was a record-breaking year, a year when the quantum industry matured and the public began to take notes. As is our tradition, The Quantum Insider will take a look back to review just some of the business stories that captured our community’s attention. The following top ten business stories of 2025 are drawn […]
Governor Abbott Announces Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund Grant to Texas Quantum Institute
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Governor Greg Abbott announced that a Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund (TSIF) grant of $4.8 million has been extended to the Texas Quantum Institute (TQI) at The University of Texas (UT) at Austin for the establishment of QLab, a quantum-enhanced semiconductor metrology facility in Austin. “Texas is the new frontier of […]
Laurence Coldicott, Senior Content Director at Quantum.Tech
Laurence Coldicott, curator of global quantum technology conferences, is interviewed Yuval Boger. They discuss how enterprise engagement has expanded beyond early adopters in finance to logistics, pharma, and defense—and how agendas now balance computing with “quantum defense” topics like PQC and QKD. Laurence contrasts U.S. scale and federal momentum with Europe’s fragmented landscape, notes attendance […]
Fujitsu Announces 2025-26 $100,000 Quantum Simulator Challenge
Insider Brief Fujitsu is inviting researchers and industry teams to test real-world problems on its latest quantum simulator, offering up to $100,000 in prize money and access to advanced quantum software and expertise. The company announced a new Quantum Simulator Challenge that seeks applications from academia and industry to explore practical uses of large-scale quantum […]
SEALSQ’s Strategic Plan Focuses on CMOS-Compatible Quantum Technologies for 2026-2030
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 strategic plan for 2026-2030 to advance quantum computing emerging from the semiconductor world, leveraging silicon and CMOS-compatible manufacturing processes as the foundation for […]
Xanadu Develops Quantum Framework for Photodynamic Cancer Therapy
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc. (“Xanadu”), a leading photonic quantum computing company, today announced that it has developed a novel quantum computational framework to accelerate the discovery of next-generation photosensitizers for photodynamic cancer therapy, a targeted cancer treatment. Published as a pre-print article on arXiv, Xanadu’s new research demonstrates how fault-tolerant quantum […]
CSCU Renames Nanotech Center to Focus on Quantum Technologies
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The Connecticut State Colleges & Universities (CSCU) Center for Nanotechnology (CNT) has a new name and an expanded mission. Following approval by the CSCU Board of Regents, the center will now be known as the CSCU Center for Quantum and Nanotechnology (QNT). This change reflects the state’s increasing investment in quantum technologies […]
Italy’s National Quantum Polo Aims to Boost Technological Sovereignty
Insider Brief As the International Year of Quantum draws to a close, Italy is positioning itself as a key player in the global quantum race. According to decode39’s reporting, Italian policymakers are working to consolidate the country’s quantum ecosystem through a proposed National Quantum Polo. This initiative, modeled after the U.S. DARPA, aims to unify […]
Guest Post — Building a Quantum Ready Nation
Insider Brief Guest post by Gabriela Styf SjomanMD of Research & Network Strategy at BT A Global Quantum Acceleration – and a UK Opportunity As the International Year of Quantum draws to a close, the world stands at the threshold of quantum’s next exciting chapter. After decades of research and experimentation, quantum is shifting from […]