IonQ Deepens Engagement in Asia with Megazone Cloud Discussions Amid Recent Japan, South Korea Partnerships
Insider Brief: IonQ’s continued focus on the Asia-Pacific continues as, during a meeting earlier this month, the company deepened its collaboration with South Korea’s Megazone Cloud, a major AI and cloud service provider. According to a news release from Korean outlet Wowtv, IonQ executives, including Chairman Peter Chapman and CFO Thomas Kramer, met with Megazone […]
Innovate UK Awards TreQ-Led Consortium £1.65 Million to Create Open Architecture Quantum Testbed
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Innovate UK has awarded TreQ and a consortium of partners including Rigetti, Oxford Ionics, Q-CTRL, and Qruise, £1.65 million to develop an Open Architecture Quantum (OAQ) Testbed. The grant was announced last week by Peter Kyle, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology within a £121 million investment in quantum technology. It is part of the Quantum Missions […]
Rigetti to Lead £3.5 Million Innovate UK’s Quantum Missions Pilot Competition to Advance Quantum Error Correction
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Rigetti UK Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rigetti Computing, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGTI) (“Rigetti” or the “Company”), a pioneer in full-stack quantum-classical computing, today announced that it has been selected as one of the winners of Innovate UK’s Quantum Missions pilot competition to benchmark and enhance quantum error correction (QEC) […]
UbiQD Secures $20 Million in Series B Funding to Scale Quantum Dot Technology
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — UbiQD®, a global leader in quantum dot (QD) technology, today announced the close of its $20 million Series B financing round. The round was led by Phoenix Venture Partners (PVP), with participation from Builders VC, Azura Group, Builders Vision, Stout Street Capital, Seraph Partners, Scout Ventures, New Mexico Vintage Fund, […]
No Killer App Yet? Why Quantum Needs Theorists More Than Ever
Insider Brief After decades of progress and billions in funding, quantum computing stands on the brink of maturity. But one persistent question looms over the industry: Are quantum computers actually good for anything? That question is at the heart of a new post published by Robbie King, a doctoral student at Caltech, on Quantum Frontiers, […]
Japan’s Fujitsu and RIKEN Unveil 256-Qubit Superconducting Quantum Computer, Quadrupling Processing Power
Insider Brief Fujitsu and RIKEN have developed a 256-qubit superconducting quantum computer, quadrupling the processing power of their existing system and signaling Japan’s growing competitiveness in quantum technology. The machine, housed at the RIKEN RQC-Fujitsu Collaboration Center, is designed to solve increasingly complex problems and will be offered to global customers starting in fiscal 2025. […]
PsiQuantum Supports Quantum Education in South Chicago with $10K Donation to Bowen High School
Insider Brief: PsiQuantum, a photonic quantum computing company and anchor tenant of the planned Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, has donated $10,000 to Bowen High School on Chicago’s South Side to support its growing quantum science and engineering curriculum. The school, located about a mile from the South Works redevelopment site, will use the funding […]
New Quantum ‘Game’ Showcases Promise of Quantum Computers
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Imagine the tiniest game of checkers in the world—one played by using lasers to precisely shuffle around ions across a very small grid. That’s the idea behind a recent study published in the journal Physical Review Letters. A team of theoretical physicists from Colorado designed a new type of quantum “game” that […]
Daniel Porat, CEO, and Emanuele Dalla-Torre, Quantymize
“The Superposition Guy’s Podcast”, hosted by Yuval Boger, Chief Commercial Officer at QuEra Computing Daniel Porat and Prof. Emanuele Dalla-Torre of Quantimize join Yuval Boger to discuss their work in quantum optimization and hybrid quantum-classical algorithms. Daniel, CEO of Quantimize, describes how the company focuses on real-world optimization problems in industries like energy, e-commerce, and […]
India and Italy Sign Pact to Deepen Science Ties, Target Quantum, AI And Biotech
Insider Brief India and Italy have signed a fresh memorandum of understanding to deepen scientific cooperation across high-impact areas like quantum technology, artificial intelligence and biotechnology, signaling a growing alignment in emerging tech strategy between the two countries. The agreement was formalized during a high-level meeting in New Delhi between Italy’s Minister of University and […]