IonQ CEO Tells Congress Quantum’s Commercial Era Has Started

Insider Brief Quantum computing’s commercial moment has arrived, IonQ chief executive Niccolò de Masi told lawmakers in his congressional testimony that the technology is advancing fast enough to shift economic power, industrial capacity and national security planning. De Masi’s message reinforced the idea that quantum systems are starting to solve problems classical machines cannot, he […]
AQT Makes Its Trapped-Ion Quantum Computer Available on Amazon Braket

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — AQT (Innsbruck, Austria), a leading provider of quantum computers from Europe, is announcing the availability of its trapped-ion quantum computer on Amazon Web Services (Seattle, Washington). With the integration of AQT’s IBEX Q1, industrial companies, research institutions, public authorities, educational institutions and developers worldwide gain direct cloud access to European […]
Roadrunner Venture Studios And Qunnect Launch New Mexico’s First Quantum Network

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Roadrunner Venture Studios today announced the launch of ABQ-Net, New Mexico’s first quantum network and a cornerstone of the state’s $300 million commitment to building a quantum economy. Developed in partnership with Qunnect, the leader in next-generation quantum networks, ABQ-Net applies the public investment toward talent attraction and company creation […]
Kvantify Qrunch – Unlocking Quantum Computing for Chemical and Biological Innovation

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Kvantify – Danish pioneers in quantum computing software – today announced the launch of its flagship product: Qrunch. Qrunch is an accessible quantum computing solution to actively drive innovation for industries across chemical and biological engineering. Qrunch debuts on November 19 at the conference SC25 in St. Louis. Chemical simulations […]
AI–Quantum Research for Fault Detection Wins 2025 HPC Innovation Award

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Breakthrough research has made clear how AI and quantum computing can be used to identify tiny, otherwise undetectable faults in manufacturing processes. This means they can be mitigated before they become expensive problems to fix. The research, conducted by SiC Systems, Inc., ORCA Computing, Novo Nordisk, and the Technical University of […]
Palm Beach State College Emerges as Florida’s Frontier For Quantum Technology

Insider Brief For half a day on Tuesday, Palm Beach State College’s downtown campus became the quiet center of a potentially transformative moment for Florida’s technology future. A team from IonQ, the Maryland-based leader in trapped-ion quantum computing, arrived to explore the feasibility of installing a physical quantum computing system inside the college’s newly established […]
Quantum Report Says Error Correction Now The Industry’s Defining Challenge

Insider Brief Real-time quantum error correction has become the industry’s defining engineering hurdle, reshaping national strategies, private investment, and company roadmaps as the race for utility-scale quantum computers tightens, according to a new technical study spearheaded by Riverlane. The Quantum Error Correction Report 2025, written in partnership with Resonance, indicates that quantum computing has crossed […]
Report: Error Correction Becomes ‘Universal Priority’ But Talent Shortage Looms

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A new report, “The QEC Report 2025“, reveals that Quantum Error Correction (QEC) has become the “universal priority” and a critical, necessity for building utility-scale quantum computers. Steve Brierley, CEO and Founder of Riverlane, said: “Fuelled by record investment and landmark QEC breakthroughs over the last 12 months, the quantum […]
Q.ANT Releases New Photonic Processor for AI and HPC

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Q.ANT today announced the availability of its next-generation Native Processing Unit: The Q.ANT NPU 2, with enhanced nonlinear processing capabilities to deliver orders-of-magnitude gains in energy efficiency and performance for AI and high-performance workloads. By performing nonlinear mathematics natively in light, the Q.ANT NPU 2 enables entirely new classes of […]
U.S. Commission on China Calls for ‘Quantum First’ National Goal by 2030, Recommends Significant Funding

Insider Brief A federal advisory panel is urging Congress to adopt a “Quantum First” national goal by 2030, arguing that the United States must secure early advantage in quantum computing, quantum communications and post-quantum security before rival powers can use the technology against U.S. interests. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released the 2025 annual […]