Cleveland Clinic, RIKEN and IBM Team Advance to Finals for 2026 ACM Gordon Bell Prize
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A multidisciplinary team from Cleveland Clinic, RIKEN and IBM (NYSE: IBM) has been named as a finalist for the 2026 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Gordon Bell Prize for simulating the largest biologically meaningful molecules ever modeled with quantum computers, reaching a scale of 12,635 atoms. To achieve these results, the team united […]
OpenAI Says AI Agents May Make Great Quantum Lab Assistants
Insider Brief Artificial intelligence agents can independently run many routine quantum-computing experiments, potentially reducing days of hands-on laboratory work while leaving scientists responsible for difficult measurements and unexpected results, according to an OpenAI blog post. In the post, the company described an experiment in which Beatriz Yankelevich, a graduate student in the Massachusetts Institute of […]
QNu Labs Raises ₹200 Crore ($21 Million USD) Led by National Quantum Mission And Speciale Invest
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — QNu Labs, a leading deep-tech cybersecurity company building quantum-safe solutions, has raised ₹200 crore (about $21 million USD) in Series A1 round led by the National Quantum Mission and Speciale Invest with participation from Sony Innovation Fund, Gaja Capital and Artha Ventures, among other investors. The round takes QNu Labs’ […]
Fujitsu And Yaqumo Begin Testing on Neutral-Atom Quantum Computer Hardware
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Fujitsu Limited (Fujitsu) and Yaqumo Inc. (Yaqumo) today announced that they have begun verifying quantum computing architectures and basic software on actual neutral-atom quantum computers (1) to accelerate the practical use of quantum computers. Fujitsu will combine its “STAR architecture (2),” a quantum computing architecture developed primarily for superconducting quantum […]
IonQ Uses Investor Day to Detail Superion Roadmap, SkyWater Strategy and Quantum Security Plans
Insider Brief IonQ used its first investor day following the acquisition of SkyWater Technology to outline a more integrated strategy spanning quantum computers, semiconductor manufacturing, cybersecurity and foundry services. The event, held Tuesday at the New York Stock Exchange, came about five weeks after IonQ completed its roughly $1.8 billion acquisition of SkyWater. IonQ presented […]
Quantum Startups Among 16 Finalists Selected for Constructor Start Demo Day
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Sixteen finalists selected from more than 2,100 applications will present live at Constructor Start‘s fourth Demo Day on September 21 in Bremen, Germany, where the program’s investment decisions are made and announced live on stage. Constructor Capital invests $100,000 directly in each winning team, a confirmed $300,000 this year, in […]
QUDORA Joins EuroHPC Quantum Grand Challenge With Near Field Quantum Control Project
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — QUDORA Technologies, the German full-stack quantum computing company, today announced that it has been selected under the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking’s (EuroHPC JU) Quantum Grand Challenge, an EU program designed to accelerate the development of market-ready, utility-scale quantum computing platforms. QUDORA is one of 13 companies chosen from across Europe, and […]
Daniel Freedman Joins Quantum X Labs as Distinguished Quantum Scientist
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum X Labs Inc. (Nasdaq: QXL) (“Quantum X Labs” or the “Company”), today announced the appointment of Professor Daniel Freedman as Distinguished Quantum Scientist, effective immediately. Professor Freedman brings to Quantum X Labs a distinguished career spanning fundamental research, artificial intelligence, applied mathematics, computational science and quantum-related disciplines, with senior […]
IonQ Launches Superion 256 Quantum Computing Platform
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the world’s leading full-stack quantum platform and foundry, today announced IonQ Superion 256, its sixth-generation quantum computing platform. This system is the first in the Superion platform that all future compute products are expected to be built on. The company also plans on revealing the industrial design […]
SkyWater and Qolab Partner on Superconducting Quantum Device Manufacturing
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — SkyWater Technology and Qolab today announced a multi-year commercial collaboration. The agreement is designed to transition superconducting technology from custom development programs to repeatable wafer manufacturing. The engagement combines platform-based wafer services, defined production terms, and coordinated capacity planning. The framework provides Qolab with greater visibility as it scales and […]