QFX Wins £6.8 Million Innovate UK Contract for Quantum Timing Hardware
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — QFX (Quantum Fabrix Ltd), an Oxford University spinout developing hardware infrastructure for distributed quantum computing and quantum networking, has been awarded a £6.8 million contract by Innovate UK to deliver Phase II of its SrROCK development programme. Building on a successful first phase, SrROCK will advance QFX’s atomic source and […]
Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech Announces Nearly €20 Million First Close of Series A Led by Indra Group
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech has completed a €19.6 million — about $22 million USD — first close of its Series A funding round, led by Indra Group through IndraMind with a €10 million investment. The Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT), under the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Administration, is also renewing its […]
TAIYI Quantum Surpasses RMB 1 Billion in Funding to Advance Fault-Tolerant Neutral-Atom Quantum Computing
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — TAIYI Quantum, a quantum computing company developing ytterbium (Yb) neutral-atom technology, announced that its cumulative funding has exceeded RMB 1 billion (approximately US$140 million) following its latest financing round, less than a year after its founding in January 2026. The latest round attracted participation from venture capital firms, strategic investors, […]
SEALSQ Presents Research on Side-Channel Attacks Against ML-KEM
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 that its research team presented a peer-reviewed technical article on a novel side-channel attack targeting the encoding step of ML-KEM (Module-Lattice-Based Key Encapsulation Mechanism, […]
Coinbase Urges Early Work on Bitcoin’s Post-Quantum Transition
Insider Brief Coinbase says Bitcoin should begin preparing for quantum computing threats before a machine capable of breaking its cryptography is announced. In a blog post outlining its technical priorities, the cryptocurrency exchange and custodian said protecting Bitcoin will require more than selecting a new digital signature system. The transition must also work for ordinary […]
Quantum Firms Backed to Keep UK Railways Running And Cut Waiting Lists
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — British businesses developing quantum technologies are being backed to keep our railways running, reduce eye scan waits, and keep our military connected – improving lives for people across the country. Quantum technologies use the behaviour of tiny particles including atoms to do things that are difficult or impossible with today’s […]
Infleqtion Receives £9 Million to Develop Quantum RF Sensing System
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Infleqtion (NYSE: INFQ), a global leader in quantum computing and quantum sensing powered by neutral-atom technology, has been awarded £9 million (~$12M) by Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), to continue development of a deployable quantum radio frequency (QRF) direction finding (DF) system as part of the […]
Google Researchers Propose Using Error Records to Improve Quantum Results After Computation
Insider Brief Errors can survive even a quantum computer’s built-in correction system, leaving researchers with results that look reliable but remain slightly off. Now, Google Quantum AI researchers report on a “measure now, mitigate later” approach in a preprint study on arXiv that uses error records saved during the calculation as a way to reduce […]
Quantum XChange CEO to Lead Post-Quantum Cryptography Panel at ACT-IAC 2026 Cyber Summit
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum XChange®, a leader in quantum-safe network security, today announced that CEO Eddy Zervigon will moderate a panel discussion on post-quantum cryptography at the ACT-IAC 2026 Cyber Summit on October 14 in Reston, Virginia. The discussion will focus on the practical challenges of implementing post-quantum cryptography (PQC) across enterprise and […]
SkyWater and D-Wave Sign Multi-Year Quantum Manufacturing Agreement
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — SkyWater Technology (“SkyWater”), the first quantum foundry in the U.S., and D-Wave Quantum Inc. (Nasdaq: QBTS) (“D-Wave”), the only dual-platform quantum computing company providing both annealing and gate-model systems, software and services, today announced a multi-year agreement. This collaboration extends the long-established partnership between both companies, to continue specialized semiconductor […]