SEALSQ to Launch U.S.-Based Post-Quantum Root of Trust
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — SEALSQ Corp (NASDAQ: LAES) (“SEALSQ”), a leader in post-quantum semiconductors, PKI, and secure hardware solutions, today announced the upcoming launch of a U.S.-based Post-Quantum Root of Trust, set to go live on Friday, November 21, 2025. This sovereign infrastructure is designed to enable American enterprises and government agencies to issue, […]
Single-Photon Switch Could Enable Photonic Computing
Insider Brief There are few technologies more fundamental to modern life than the ability to control light with precision. From fiber-optic communications to quantum sensors, the manipulation of photons underpins much of our digital infrastructure. Yet one capability has remained frustratingly out of reach: controlling light with light itself at the most fundamental level using […]
IonQ Names Dr. Marco Pistoia CEO of IonQ Italia
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — (BUSINESS WIRE) — IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the world’s leading quantum company, today announced the appointment of Dr. Marco Pistoia, Ph.D., as Chief Executive Officer of IonQ Italia S.r.l., a wholly owned subsidiary. Dr. Pistoia will lead IonQ’s strategic initiatives in Italy, building on the company’s momentum as the world’s only full-stack […]
Saudi Arabia Deploys Its First Quantum Computer with Aramco–Pasqal Partnership
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, in partnership with Pasqal, a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, have achieved a major breakthrough for the Middle East’s technology landscape with the successful deployment of Saudi Arabia’s first quantum computer— and the region’s first quantum computer dedicated […]
UK Critical Minerals Strategy 2035: What It Means for Quantum Computing and Quantum Technologies
Insider Brief The UK government laid out a sweeping plan to secure critical minerals through 2035, aiming to shield its high-tech industries from global supply-chain shocks while building domestic mining, refining and recycling capacity. The strategy, published as Vision 2035: Critical Minerals Strategy, targets sectors ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing to defense, digital […]
Firgun Ventures Launches $250 Million VC Fund to Invest in Quantum, Announces First $70 Million Close
Insider Brief Firgun Ventures today announced its first close at $70 million, with its official launch as the market’s first venture capital firm specialising in early growth-stage (Series A and B) quantum technology investments. With a target fund size of $250 million and an anchor investment from the Qatar Investment Authority, Firgun aims to help […]
Mozilla Foundation Joins The Unitary Foundation to Further Open-Source Mission
Insider Brief The Unitary Foundation said in a blog post that the Mozilla Foundation has joined the organization as a Supporting Member, marking a new partnership between two groups focused on public-interest technology. Mozilla, best known for its long-running advocacy for an open and accessible internet, will extend its mission into the quantum computing space […]
TRUMPF Aims to Improve Its Lasers With Quantum Computers
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The high-tech company TRUMPF, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, and the Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems at the Department of Physics at Freie Universität Berlin are researching the fundamentals of laser physics with the help of quantum algorithms. The long-term goal is to use quantum computers to […]
DOE Researchers Use Quantum Computers to Simulate Particle Physics Beyond Supercomputers
Insider Brief Nuclear physicists have developed scalable quantum circuits that simulate fundamental physics too complex for classical supercomputers, marking one of the largest digital quantum simulations ever performed on IBM’s quantum hardware, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Their work focuses on preparing the vacuum state and hadron pulses of a one-dimensional quantum […]
EPB Projects $1 Billion in Quantum Technology Benefits Over Next Decade
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — EPB’s fiber optic network and automated electric grid have generated $5.3 billion in community benefit since their launch in 2010, according to a peer-reviewed economic impact study conducted by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). “EPB’s investments in a ubiquitous fiber optic system and the nation’s most advanced automated grid can […]