Pasqal and KACST Partner on Quantum-Safe Cryptography Research
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE – King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), represented by the National Center for Quantum Technologies (NCQT), has signed a research collaboration agreement with Pasqal (Nasdaq: PSQL), a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, to advance research and development across multiple domains of advanced quantum technology and enhance quantum cryptography […]
Xanadu Targets More Than 1,000 Logical Qubits by 2031
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE – Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited (“Xanadu” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: XNDU) (TSX: XNDU), a leading photonic quantum computing company, will host its Technology Roadmap Presentation today at 1:00 p.m. ET, featuring presentations from members of its executive and technical leadership team on the Company’s technology roadmap and path to commercial utility-scale […]
IonQ Researchers Run MegaQuOp-Scale Quantum Error Decoder on a MacBook Pro
Insider Brief Your MacBook Pro may be powerful enough to one day manage error correction for a fault-tolerant quantum machine executing millions of operations, according to a new study from IonQ researchers. The team, which included Min Ye, Andrii Maksymov and Nicolas Delfosse, all of IonQ, demonstrated an end-to-end decoding system for proposed trapped-ion quantum […]
Yaqumo Selected for a NEDO R&D Project; Launches Joint Research with SCREEN Holdings
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Yaqumo Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Kazuhiro Nakashoji; hereinafter “Yaqumo”) is pleased to announce that it has been selected for the public solicitation, “Post-5G Information and Communication Systems Infrastructure Enhancement R&D Project (Acceleration of the Development and Demonstration of Next-Generation Quantum Computers for Solving Social Issues) / […]
S-Transistors Raises €2.6 Million Pre-Seed Round to Introduce Superconducting Transistor Platform
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Newly launched Finnish startup S-Transistors, originating from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, has raised €2.6 million in pre-seed funding to pioneer a fundamentally new class of integrated circuits based on superconducting transistors. The technology has several promising applications, from energy-efficient classical computing to spacecraft electronics, but quantum computing, in particular, […]
French National Quantum Update: August 2026
Executive Summary France’s quantum sector entered a more public-market-facing phase in August 2026, with Pasqal dominating the headlines through its Nasdaq debut, technical progress and expansion into Saudi Arabia. The developments increasingly placed the neutral-atom quantum computing company at the center of France’s conversations on commercialization. Pasqal completed its combination with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II […]
Pasqal Shares Nearly Double in Nasdaq Debut
Insider Brief Pasqal shares nearly doubled during the French quantum computing company’s first day of trading on Nasdaq, reflecting strong investor interest in one of Europe’s leading quantum hardware developers. The shares closed Friday at $19.11, up 95.2% from Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II’s previous closing price of $9.79. Pasqal opened at $16.98 and traded as […]
Michaela Eichinger (Quantum Machines): Why classical compute and HPC integration will define useful quantum
Yuval Boger interviews Michaela Eichinger, a product solutions physicist at Quantum Machines and the author of a widely read quantum computing newsletter. They discuss her transition from academia to industry, her fascination with systems-level views of the quantum stack, and the role of communication in building the quantum ecosystem. The conversation covers the state of […]
Canada Invests CAD $195 Million in Xanadu for Quantum Manufacturing
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE – Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited (“Xanadu”; NASDAQ/TSX: XNDU), a leading photonic quantum computing company, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement with the Government of Canada for CAD $195 million support through the Strategic Response Fund, administered by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. The funding, which represents the largest […]
Italian Court Upholds Halt to IBM’s €61 Million Campania Quantum Contract
Insider Brief Italy’s highest administrative court has upheld the cancellation of a €61.2 million contract awarded to IBM Italia for the first quantum computer planned for the Campania region. The Council of State rejected an appeal by the Campania regional government and confirmed an earlier ruling that found problems with how the bidding process was […]