Qunnect Raises $10 Million in Oversubscribed Series A Extension Spearheaded by Airbus Ventures with Participation from Cisco Investments
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE —– Qunnect, the first company to deploy quantum entanglement-based protocols over commercial fiber, today announces closing an oversubscribed Series A extended financing round of $10M led by Airbus Ventures, with additional participation from Cisco Investments and Quantonation, accelerating the company’s mission to revolutionize communications and networking. Qunnect products, including its Carina […]
AdvR joins Covesion in Strategic Expansion
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Hawthorn Photonics, a US-based photonics group focused on enabling the next generation of innovation in non-linear optics, is pleased to announce that AdvR Inc. is joining the group as part of a strategic expansion of its capabilities and global footprint. This move brings together AdvR’s people, products, and technological expertise […]
QED-C Report Recommends Ways to Strengthen Quantum Talent Pipeline And Fill Critical Quantum-Related Positions
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE –The Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) released a new report that looks at ways to strengthen the quantum industry’s talent pipeline and bridge the gap between classroom formal education and hands-on experience required for quantum-related roles. QED-C’s State of the Quantum Industry Report found that there are over 7,000 quantum jobs open globally today. Other recent […]
Quantum Art’s Roadmap: Scalable Commercial Quantum Advantage by 2027, Million Qubits by 2033
Insider Brief Quantum Art, a developer of full-stack quantum computers based on trapped-ion qubits and a proprietary scale-up architecture, today announced the release of its technology and product roadmap targeting 1,000 Qubits and Quantum Advantage by 2027 and a 1M physical qubit system by 2033. The roadmap also includes the 2025 introduction of a 50-qubit […]
Texas Statewide Quantum Initiative Becomes Law
Insider Brief Like the stars at night, the future of quantum technologies is big and bright in Texas, thanks to the passage of new legislation. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill — HB 4751 — into law that will establish the Texas Quantum Initiative, a program designed to position the state as a national […]
South Korea Recognizes Quantum And AI Chip Designs as National Strategic Technologies
Insider Brief South Korea has officially designated quantum random number generation and advanced AI semiconductor design for autonomous vehicles as national strategic technologies, a move that signals stronger government backing for high-security communications and low-power AI platforms. The Ministry of Science and ICT, along with the Korea Institute of Science & Technology Evaluation and Planning […]
IBM and RIKEN Unveil First IBM Quantum System Two Outside of the U.S.
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — IBM (NYSE: IBM) and RIKEN, a national research laboratory in Japan, today unveiled the first IBM Quantum System Two ever to be deployed outside of the United States and beyond an IBM Quantum Data Center. The availability of this system also marks a milestone as the first quantum computer to be co-located with RIKEN’s supercomputer […]
eleQtron selected as Technology Pioneer 2025 by the World Economic Forum
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE – eleQtron, Germany’s first homegrown quantum computer manufacturer, has been selected by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer 2025, one of just 100 companies worldwide chosen this year . This milestone marks the 25th anniversary of the WEF Technology Pioneers program — a silver jubilee year celebrating innovation’s legacy and […]
India’s QNu Labs Launches Quantum Training Academy to Build Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline
Insider Brief QNu Labs has launched a new global education platform to train a future workforce in quantum cybersecurity, positioning India to compete in the fast-evolving landscape of digital infrastructure and quantum technology, reports India’s TimesTech. The new initiative, called QNu Academy, will offer training in quantum-secure communication technologies such as Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), […]
LightSolver Selected as 2025 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — LightSolver, inventors of a new laser-based HPC computing paradigm, today announced that it has been named a 2025 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum (WEF). With this recognition, LightSolver joins an elite group of startups that are addressing some of the world’s most pressing challenges via breakthrough technologies. Now in its […]