Venture Capital Fund Aims to Turn Chicago Into a Deep Tech Powerhouse
Insider Brief A recently announced $25 million venture fund is putting its broad shoulders behind an effort to ensure that the next wave of transformational deep tech companies won’t just emerge from Silicon Valley or Boston — but also from the labs, startups, and students of the University of Chicago. The fund, called Harper Court […]
AI-Powered Diffusion Model Generates Quantum Circuits, Opens Path to Automated Quantum Programming
Insider Brief A recent study from Penn State researchers introduces a diffusion-based approach to automatically generate valid quantum circuits—offering a scalable alternative to today’s labor-intensive quantum programming methods. The proposed framework, dubbed Q-Fusion, achieved 100% output validity and demonstrates promise for accelerating progress in quantum machine learning and quantum software development. The study, published on […]
Guest Post: Why AI Regulation Won’t Work for Quantum
Guest Post by Charlene FlickThe post first appeared on LinkedIn In an AI-obsessed world, quantum computing innovation plods along just beneath the surface in relative obscurity and largely confined to the domain of physicists and academia. But look beyond the promise of artificial intelligence and multiply it manyfold — you may find quantum. Examine the […]
What Are Neutral Atoms? A Research Q&A With Swinburne University’s Quantum Expert
A neutral atom is an atom with equal numbers of protons and electrons, so it carries no overall electrical charge. In quantum technology, neutral atoms are cooled with lasers to near absolute zero and held in place by focused laser beams, where they serve as qubits in quantum computers and as the basis of atomic […]
Orientom And EQ Tech to Partner on Building ‘Quantum Electric Grid’
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — ORIENTOM (CEO Seung Hyun Bang), a Korean quantum software company, and EQ Tech Energy (CEO Surawee Linharatanaruk), a Thai energy-solution company using quantum technology, announced today that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop and collaborate on the Quantum Electric Grid. The Quantum Electric Grid presents a […]
Researchers Target Quantum Advantage in Binding Energy Calculations
Insider Brief An international team of researchers report that a computational pipeline could become the blueprint for using quantum computers to calculate molecular binding energies, a critical task in drug discovery and biochemistry. The new method, described in a preprint paper on arXiv links quantum mechanics, machine learning and classical simulation into a scalable, modular […]
EU Presses for Quantum-Safe Encryption by 2030 as Risks Grow
Insider Brief The quickly emerging quantum technology space is causing policymakers to take notice — note recent coverage of Canada and U.S. — and are driving action to mitigate potential hazards of the potentially transformative technology. The European Union urged its member states last week to adopt quantum-safe encryption methods by the end of the […]
French National Quantum Update: June 2025
Executive Brief France’s quantum pioneers kicked off the summer by demonstrating significant progress in quantum technology across research, business, policy, and international cooperation. Paris Region continued its strategic push to become Europe’s next quantum hub, while French companies Pasqal and Alice & Bob gained national recognition through their inclusion in the Tech Next40/120 list. On […]
EIF Invests €30 million in Quantum Technologies And Deep Physics with Quantonation II
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Despite remarkable advancements in scientific research, the deep-tech financing realm, particularly in quantum technologies, remains underdeveloped. The quantum computing sector is still in its infancy, with no established standards and an ongoing competition to define a global centre of excellence that could be based in Europe. To support the growth […]
Canada Sets Timeline to Shield Government Systems from Quantum Threat
Insider Brief The Canadian government has launched a formal plan to protect its federal IT infrastructure from the looming risks posed by quantum computers, setting strict milestones through 2035 for a nationwide migration to post-quantum cryptography. Detailed in a roadmap published by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, the initiative mandates all federal departments to […]