Quobly Demonstrates Key Quantum Operations on 300 mm Silicon Chip
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quobly, a French quantum computing company developing industrially scalable quantum computers based on silicon spin qubits, today announces new results showing qubit readout, single-qubit gates and two-qubit gates on a single quantum chip fabricated on its proprietary QSOI® technology. The results were obtained on QSOI® devices fabricated in STMicroelectronics’ commercial […]
Matter Venture Partners Closes $450 Million Fund II
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Matter Venture Partners today announced the close of its second fund at $450 million. The fund will go towards backing early-stage HardTech startups across semiconductors, robotics and Physical AI, AI infrastructure, quantum computing, advanced manufacturing, energy building blocks, and AI for the advancement of science. HardTech has attracted rapidly growing […]
Planckian Selected for Phase 1 of EuroHPC Quantum Grand Challenge
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Planckian today announced that it has been selected for Phase 1 of the EuroHPC Quantum Grand Challenge, the European Union programme backing the quantum computing platforms with the most credible path to industrial-scale systems. Thirteen companies were selected from 27 eligible proposals across Europe. Planckian is the only Italian company […]
Better Together: IBM Researchers Cut Sampling Demands 63-Fold by Combining Quantum Error Detection And Mitigation
Insider Brief Quantum error correction may not simply replace error mitigation as quantum computers improve. In fact, the two methods could instead work together to make reliable computations possible with fewer resources, according to an IBM study. IBM researchers combined an error-detection protocol with a statistical error-mitigation technique and tested the approach on a superconducting […]
Anderon Finalizes $1 Billion CHIPS Award for Quantum Wafer Manufacturing
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Today, Anderon LLC (“Anderon”), an IBM (NYSE: IBM) company, announced the finalization of a $1 billion award under the CHIPS and Science Act with the U.S. Department of Commerce (the “Department”). The award will accelerate Anderon’s R&D efforts to advance the nation’s quantum wafer manufacturing capabilities. Announced in May under […]
CSIC Opens Quantum Nanofabrication Facility in Barcelona
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), an organization under the Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities (MICIU), has inaugurated the Quantum Nanofabrication Area of the Micro and Nanofabrication Clean Room at the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM), the largest research facility of its kind in Spain. CSIC President Eloísa […]
Casper College Receives $444,059 NSF Grant for Quantum Education
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — An NSF Grant awarded to Casper College is bringing quantum physics into hands-on reality for students across the state. Thanks to a recently awarded $444,059 grant from the National Science Foundation, Casper College is leading a statewide initiative to prepare students from Wyoming and around the country for the next […]
Beijing Launches Program to Connect Quantum Companies With Industrial Customers
Insider Brief Beijing has launched a program to connect quantum technology companies with prospective customers in transportation, energy, finance and other industries, part of a broader effort to move the sector from laboratory research toward commercial applications. The “Scenario Handshake Plan” will match quantum companies and university research teams with businesses and government bodies seeking […]
BioInnovation Institute Selects 17 European Startups for Funding and Support
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Following the announcement of a new EUR 736M from the Novo Nordisk Foundation to the BioInnovation Institute (BII), the Danish innovation house made it clear that the funding would be used to support even more research-based startups in commercialising their ideas while also expanding into other European countries. The scale-up […]
BDC Allocates $1 Billion Under Defence Platform for Canadian Defence Technologies
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — At the Canada Investment Summit 2026, the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) announced how it will deploy $1 billion in investments under its existing $6 billion Defence Platform: $500 million across funds focused on defence and dual-use technologies, and an additional $200 million allocation to StrongNorth, bringing the fund […]