Carbon Qubits Break Record for Longevity in Quantum Circuits
Insider Brief A team of researchers report they have demonstrated microsecond-scale coherence times in a carbon nanotube circuit driven by cavity photons—showing longer-lived quantum states than any previously recorded for carbon quantum dots and surpassing similar systems built with silicon. The study, published in Nature Communications by a team that included scientists from C12 Quantum […]
Did Quantum Fears Prompt a Bitcoin Whale to Make an $8 Billion Move?
Insider Brief An $8 billion Bitcoin transfer from a dormant whale wallet has sparked fresh speculation that quantum threats may be prompting long-term holders to bolster their digital defenses. The massive movement involved 80,000 BTC from eight Satoshi-era wallets untouched since 2011. According to blockchain intelligence firm Arkham, and as reported in Blockchain News, the […]
Global Quantum Forum to Debut During TechChicago Week
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — P33, Intersect Illinois, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs today announced the inaugural Global Quantum Forum, a two-day international conference dedicated to advancing quantum technology and shaping the global business and policy landscape. The event will take place July 23–24, 2025, at Venue SIX10 in Chicago. Serving as the […]
Indian Companies Launch Effort to Build First Quantum-Secure Satellite
Insider Brief India is moving to harden its space infrastructure against emerging quantum-era threats through a new partnership aimed at developing the country’s first fully indigenous quantum-secure satellite. Space TS, a space systems engineering company, and Synergy Quantum, a cybersecurity firm specializing in post-quantum encryption, signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly design, build, and […]
IonQ Announces Pricing of $1.0 Billion Equity Offering
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — IonQ, Inc. (NYSE: IONQ) (“IonQ” or the “Company”), a leading commercial quantum computing and networking company, today announced the pricing of a $1.0 billion equity offering consisting of 14,165,708 shares of IonQ’s common stock, each at $55.49 per share, and pre-funded warrants to purchase 3,855,557 shares of IonQ’s common stock, […]
Groove Quantum Secures €10 Million to Scale Germanium-Based Quantum Chips
Insider Brief A Dutch startup building quantum chips from germanium has secured €10 million from the European Innovation Council Accelerator, a vote of confidence in its plan to make quantum computing scalable using mainstream semiconductor processes. Groove Quantum, based in Delft, was one of only 40 companies selected from over 1,000 applicants across Europe to […]
New Quantum Algorithm Solves Continuous Optimization With Proven Speedup
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A search problem refers to the task of finding a solution within some space of possible options, and that space could be made up of discrete steps or continuously varying values. For example, solving a maze is a typical discrete search problem, while robot path planning (where the robot can […]
Deterministic Entanglement for Photonic Quantum Computing: Atom as Interface
Insider Brief: The challenge in building scalable photonic quantum computers isn’t just hardware, it’s probability. For a field grounded in precision, relying on probabilistic generation and entanglement of photons introduces cascading inefficiencies. A new study from the Weizmann Institute and Quantum Source reframes this problem by introducing an atomic intermediary, acting not just as a […]
Turning Labs Into Launchpads: How China Builds Industries from Frontier Science
Insider Brief China is turning scientific labs into launchpads for new industries, and Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province in China, offers a blueprint for how deep tech ecosystems can be built for immediate commercial impact. From nuclear fusion to quantum communication, this mid-sized inland city has become a model for how to rapidly convert […]
Quantum Communications by Satellite: SpeQtral And Thales Alenia Space Launch New Experimental Phase
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — SpeQtral, a pioneer in satellite-based quantum communication technologies, and Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), today announced the signing of a new collaboration agreement, extending their strategic partnership for the development and demonstration of quantum communications between space and Earth. Quantum information networks represent […]