Tensor Ventures Announces €50 Million Deep-Tech Fund
Insider Brief Tensor Ventures, a deep-tech fund focused on quantum technologies, biotech and other advanced sectors, has officially launched a new fund aiming to raise EUR 50 million, following the conclusion of its first investment period, as reported by Startup Kitchen. Over the past four years, the Czech-Luxembourg-based firm, led by Roman Smola, Martin Drdul, […]
Quandela Publishes 2024-2030 Roadmap
Insider Brief Quandela, the European leader in photonic quantum computing, has revealed its ambitions with the release of its 2024-2030 technology roadmap. The company aims to achieve fault-tolerant quantum computing by 2030. As a first major step, Quandela plans to develop the first logical (error-free) qubits by 2025, before scaling quantum computing by networking multiple […]
Quantum Machine Learning Could Power Search For Physics Behind Dark Energy, Dark Matter And Other Standard Model Mysteries
Insider Brief The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a mind-bending device designed to probe the very essence of reality. The data it produces isn’t just mind-bending, it’s often so rich and so complex that it outstrips classical computational processes for analyzing and visualizing that information. A team of ETH Zurich and CERN-led scientists report the […]
Siloton Secures £860k New Funding as First Product Launch Approaches
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Siloton, the Bristol-based health technology start-up, has secured £860,000 to progress the commercial roll-out of its groundbreaking eye imaging chip technology, which could help address the UK’s most common cause of sight loss. The funding package will help Siloton to further develop its Akepa optical coherence tomography (OCT) chip technology […]
TOPPAN Digital, NICT And ISARA Develop Smart Card System to Support Post-Quantum Cryptography and Current Public-key Cryptography
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — TOPPAN Digital Inc. (TOPPAN Digital), a TOPPAN Group company and wholly owned subsidiary of TOPPAN Holdings Inc. (TYO: 7911), the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), and ISARA Corporation (ISARA) have developed SecureBridge™, a smart card system capable of supporting both currently used public-key cryptography and post-quantum cryptography (PQC) […]
Purifications, Fidelity & the Future of Computing
Insider Brief It’s always about education, isn’t it? And IBM Quantum is pushing the boundaries of quantum computing education with its comprehensive Qiskit platform. In a recent lesson, John Watrous, IBM Quantum’s Technical Director for Education, got to the bones of some of the most pivotal concepts in quantum information, clearing the logs from the […]
IBM Quantum Roadmap Guide — Scaling And Expanding The Usefulness of Quantum Computing
Insider Brief “We are explorers. We’re working to explore the limits of computing, chart the course of a technology that has never been realized, and map how we think these technologies will benefit our clients and solve the world’s biggest challenges. But we can’t simply set out into the unknown. A good explorer needs a […]
Zapata Computing Holdings Inc. Ceases Operations
Insider Brief Zapata Computing Holdings Inc. (Zapata) is set to cease operations after its board of directors approved a plan to wind down the business, terminate most employees and address outstanding financial obligations, according to a Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The decision SEC filing, officially dated October 8, 2024, […]
Open Quantum Institute Details Quantum Computing Solutions for Global Challenges from Food Security to Climate
Insider Brief: The Open Quantum Institute (OQI) has published its 2024 white paper, expanding on 10 new use cases for quantum computing, which are intentionally designed to address some of the world’s most pressing issues. The report emphasizes how these use cases align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and represents collaboration among […]
Chinese Scientists Report Using Quantum Computer to Hack Military-grade Encryption
Insider Brief Chinese scientists have successfully mounted what they claim is the world’s first effective attack using a quantum computer on widely used encryption methods, according to a report from the South China Morning Post (SCMP). The researchers did acknowledge that limitations would hamper — at least for now — a full-on quantum hack. The […]