QMill Reports Record Quantum Circuit Compression
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — By leveraging the latest advances in artificial intelligence, QMill recently developed a record-breaking method for compressing quantum circuits, bringing useful quantum computations closer in time. QMill demonstrates its capability by sharing QASM files of several benchmark circuits and their compressions. One of these circuits was compressed to just half the […]
LuxQuanta Secures €8 Million in Series A Funding to Accelerate Global Deployment of Quantum-Safe Cybersecurity Solutions
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — LuxQuanta, a pioneering deep tech company specializing in quantum cybersecurity, today announced the successful closing of its €8 million Series A funding round. Led by Big Sur Ventures, and with support of A&G as the main investor, the round also includes new investors GMV, Wayra and the EIC Fund, alongside […]
Semiconductor and Technology Veteran Joins QuantWare as CFO
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — QuantWare, the world’s highest-volume supplier of quantum processing units (QPUs), has today announced that it has named Jean-Pierre Pennacino, a seasoned financial executive, as Chief Financial Officer. Pennacino brings nearly three decades of experience in Semicon and high-growth technology companies, including senior leadership roles at STMicroelectronics and Motorola Semiconductor, and […]
SemiQon’s Cryogenic Chip Technology For Quantum Computing And Space Applications Receives Award From EARTO
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — EARTO, the organisation of the European Research and Technology Organisations, awarded SemiQon and VTT first prize in the “Impact Expected” category on 14 October 2025 in Brussels for a pioneering cryogenic CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) chip innovation. The solution enables the full capacity of advanced CMOS functionalities at cryogenic temperatures, […]
Rare-Earth Minerals And Quantum Computing: How Secure Are The Supply Chains?
Insider Brief The spotlight materials for quantum computers are usually the photogenic ones — the golden chandeliers of superconducting circuits, the shimmering chips cooled to near absolute zero, or the trapped ions dancing in vacuum chambers. But the spotlight has now shifted with China’s new export restrictions on rare-earth minerals — and the United States’ […]
RIKEN, SoftBank Select 21 Test Users for Quantum–Supercomputer Link Project
Insider Brief Japan’s flagship quantum–HPC collaboration moves from lab software to industry pilots, granting select teams access to Fugaku and two quantum systems, according to a Softbank statement. RIKEN and SoftBank Corp. said they have accepted 21 proposals into a test-user program for “JHPC-quantum,” a national project to connect quantum computers with high-performance supercomputers and […]
Isentroniq Raises €7.5M to Fix Quantum Computing’s ScalabilityProblem
Insider Brief Isentroniq raised €7.5 million to tackle one of quantum computing’s most stubborn hardware bottlenecks: cryogenic wiring that adds heat and consumes space as systems scale.The company annouced on LinkedIn that the pre-seed round was led by Heartcore Capital, with participation from OVNI Capital, Kima Ventures, IXCORE Group, Better Angle, and EPSL VC, alongside […]
The Basque Government and IBM Inaugurate Europe’s First IBM Quantum System Two in Donostia-San Sebastián
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE- The Basque Government and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled the first IBM Quantum System Two in Europe at the IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center in San Sebastián. The installation of this system marks a milestone in the partnership between the two parties, which began in 2023 within the framework of the BasQ – Basque […]
Qilimanjaro and QURECA Partner to Strengthen Quantum Education and Workforce Development
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — — Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech, a Barcelona-based full-stack quantum computing company, and QURECA Ltd, a global provider of quantum resources and career services based in the UK and Spain, have signed a collaboration agreement to advance quantum education, training, and talent development worldwide. This partnership combines Qilimanjaro’s expertise in analog and […]
Oracle’s New Defense Ecosystem Members Includes Quantum Cybersecurity Startup American Binary
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Oracle today announced the second cohort of the Oracle Defense Ecosystem, a pioneering global initiative designed to accelerate technological innovation and strengthen the capabilities of the defense community across the United States and allied nations. Established in June 2025, the Oracle Defense Ecosystem brings together leading startups, scale-ups, and established enterprises […]