Struggling to Find The Perfect Gift For The Quantum AI on Your List? Researchers Say Quantum-Classical AI Can Now Play Atari’s Pong And Breakout
Insider Brief In 1975, just in time for the Christmas season, Atari released its home version of Pong, which became a holiday sensation. Humans quickly mastered this game, not, as it turns out, a certain 9-year old — don’t ask me how I know this. However, nearly 50 years later, a quantum-classical artificial intelligence (AI) […]
Superposition Guy’s Podcast — Yianni Gamvros, CEO, and Iordanis Kerenidis, CTO, Quantum Signals
“The Superposition Guy’s Podcast”, hosted by Yuval Boger, Chief Commercial Officer at QuEra Computing Yianni Gamvros and Iordanis Kerenidis, co-founders of Quantum Signals, a new startup focusing on B2B software for financial services, are interviewed by Yuval Boger. Yianni and Iordanis discuss their strategy of building classical AI pipelines to deliver immediate value to customers […]
Classiq Researchers Report on a Quantum Software Development Approach to Increase Efficiency and Scalability
Insider Brief In a recent news release, Classiq Technologies, Deloitte Tohmatsu Group, and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation recently shared how they are leveraging quantum computing to accelerate the development of advanced materials, such as new organic electroluminescent (EL) materials. The effort was focused on streamlining quantum algorithms to enhance calculation speed. A recent study posted on […]
WISeKey Announces Upcoming Participation in SpaceX Launch With Post-Quantum-Ready Satellites
Insider Brief: PRESS RELEASE — WISeKey International Holding Ltd., a global leader in cybersecurity, AI, and Internet of Things (IoT) operating as a holding company, today announces the confirmation of its subsidiary WISeSat.Space’s (“WISeSat”) upcoming satellite launch in partnership with SpaceX. The launch is scheduled for January 14, 2025, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base […]
SEALSQ Secures $10 Million Through Public Offering to Advance Post-Quantum Semiconductor Technology
Insider Brief: PRESS RELEASE — SEALSQ Corp, a company that focuses on developing and selling Semiconductors, PKI and Post-Quantum technology hardware and software products, today announced that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with several institutional investors to purchase 7,692,308 ordinary shares at a public offering price of $1.30, for gross proceeds of […]
Quantinuum Entangles 50 Logical Qubits, Reports on Quantum Error Correction Advances
Insider Brief Quantinuum reported during a presentation at the Q2B conference — and now posted online — that its scientist demonstrated 50 entangled logical qubits with fidelities exceeding 98%. The company also offered a look at its advances in quantum error correction (QEC) during the presentation, including single-shot error correction, which accelerates operations while improving […]
Illinois and IBM Launch National Quantum Algorithm Center to Drive Quantum Utility
Insider Brief: PRESS RELEASE — Illinois has the ingredients necessary to become a major hub for quantum computing with the announcement of the National Quantum Algorithm Center, a collaboration between IBM and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. According to the announcement, the center will be located within the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) in Chicago. […]
D-Wave Announces Completion of $175 Million At-the-Market Equity Offerings
Insider Brief: PRESS RELEASE — D-Wave Quantum Inc., a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, and the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, today announced that it has successfully completed sales of $175 million in gross proceeds of its common stock pursuant to its previously disclosed $100 million and $75 million “at-the-market” […]
A Twisted Path to Innovation: Vortex Electric Fields in 2D Materials Advance Electronics and Quantum Devices
Insider Brief: In the world of science, even a small twist may carry immense implications for materials. Researchers at City University of Hong Kong have uncovered how a subtle rotation in 2D layers can give rise to a vortex electric field. This finding, published in Science, has the potential to impact electronic, magnetic, and optical […]
Heriot-Watt Secures Funding from UKRI Initiative for Three Projects Across Quantum and Photonics Research
Insider Brief: PRESS RELEASE — In a recent blog post, Henriot-Watt University announced three officially funded projects under the inaugural Photonics and Quantum Accelerator (PQA), a £4.7 million (approximately $6 million) initiative intended to advance Scotland’s photonics and quantum sectors. According to the release from the university, the initiative, funded by UK Research and Innovation […]