Atom Computing Advances to Final Stage of DARPA Quantum Program
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Atom Computing today announced it has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to advance to the final stage of the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI), a landmark program assessing the feasibility of building utility-scale quantum computers on an accelerated timeline. This stage, with potential funding of up […]
Crystal Material’s Spiral Structure Could Lead to New Electronics And Computer Memory
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A University of Texas at Dallas scientist and her colleagues have discovered an unusual atomic pattern in a uranium-based material that gives it a rare combination of magnetic properties, a finding that could open new pathways for designing advanced electronic and computer memory devices. Dr. Mengke Liu, an assistant professor […]
Universal Quantum Raises Over $100 Million Series A
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Universal Quantum, the company building large-scale quantum computing systems for real-world use, today announced it has secured over $100 million in Series A funding – marking the largest Series A ever raised by a quantum firm headquartered in the UK. The funding will accelerate the company’s global expansion, as well […]
IBM Advances to Stage C of DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has been selected for Stage C, the third phase of the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) led by DARPA, the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. This phase will advance IBM through DARPA’s verification process, in which independent experts extensively test and measure quantum […]
KQC Quantum and Charlton Aria Agree on Nasdaq Business Combination
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — KQC Quantum, Inc. (“KQC Parent”), the Delaware parent company of Korea Quantum Computing Co., Ltd. (“KQC” or the “Company”), which helps enterprises adopt quantum computing and quantum-safe security, and Charlton Aria Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: CHAR) (“Charlton Aria”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, today announced that they have entered […]
Haiqu Releases AgenticOS to Plan and Check Quantum Research
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Existing AI models have advanced to the point that they can contribute to real science, but they have their limits. An AI agent can produce convincing math and working code, but it might alter the underlying science while doing so, leaving researchers with results that look right but aren’t. Today, Haiqu is […]
Federal Quantum Readiness Falls Short as Agencies Face Cryptography Skills Gaps
Insider Brief None of the 24 major federal agencies reviewed by the Government Accountability Office fully completed the preparation practices it assessed for protecting government systems against future quantum computing attacks. That’s according to the GAO’s recently released 2026 report, which is the public version of a 2025 report, although portions of the original 2025 […]
Infineon and ZuriQ Deepen Partnership to Advance Scalable Quantum Chips
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) and ZuriQ AG, a Swiss quantum computing company spun out of ETH Zurich, today announced the expansion of their collaboration to advance scalable quantum computing hardware. The partnership combines ZuriQ’s pioneering trapped-ion quantum computing architecture with Infineon’s expertise in semiconductor manufacturing, advanced […]
Eclipse Qrisp Wins Quantum Effects Award 2026 for Quantum Software
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The Eclipse Foundation, one of the world’s largest open source software foundations, today announced that Eclipse Qrisp, an open source framework for high-level quantum programming initiated by Fraunhofer FOKUS, has won the Quantum Effects Award 2026 in the Quantum Computing Software & Algorithms category. As quantum computing advances, one of […]
Zumo and Quantum Chain Partner on Quantum-Secure Financial Infrastructure
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Zumo and Quantum Chain have teamed up to explore opportunities for quantum-secure financial infrastructure in the United Kingdom. The collaboration brings together Quantum Chain’s quantum-secure blockchain infrastructure with Zumo’s digital asset infrastructure and experience supporting enterprise and institutional applications spanning quantum-secure private networks, digital currencies and tokenized assets. As financial […]