New Mexico Offers Matching Funds for DARPA Quantum Computing Projects

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE – New Mexico is offering matching funds to quantum companies pursuing DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) Stage C to bring that work to New Mexico. Economic Development New Mexico’s Technology and Innovation Office (TIO) announced today that QBI Stage C has been added to the list of priority federal programs eligible […]

California Awards $9.7 Million to Build Southern Quantum Workforce and Industry Network

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Insider Brief California has awarded $9.7 million to a Southern California quantum initiative designed to expand workforce training, shared testing resources and funding opportunities for emerging companies. The quantum award is part of a broader $48.5 million package supporting 18 projects across eight economic regions and 33 counties. The latest funding round covers industries including […]

Three Law Firms Hold Nearly Two-Thirds of Recorded Quantum Legal Work

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Insider Brief A quantum computer depends on layers of hardware, control systems and software. As the technology moves from the laboratory into the commercial market, a legal layer is forming around it as law firms handle acquisitions, public listings, patent disputes and government-backed projects. Three law firms account for nearly two-thirds of the publicly recorded […]

India to Establish Quantum and AI University Campus in Amaravati

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Insider Brief Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has approved the establishment of India’s first dedicated Quantum and AI University campus in Amaravati, to be set up by the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), The Hindu BusinessLine reported. The decision was taken […]

Guest Post: Quantum Readiness Starts With the Infrastructure We’re Building Today

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Guest Post by Kyle Okamoto, President of Axe Compute. When people talk about quantum readiness, the conversation often moves quickly to the quantum computer itself. How many qubits will we need? When will fault-tolerant systems arrive? Which industries will find commercial applications first? Those questions matter, but I think there is another one worth asking: […]

Types of Quantum Computers: 6 Major Quantum Computing Approaches

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Insider Brief IBM and IonQ use very different physical systems to build quantum computers. IBM uses superconducting circuits that must be cooled to extremely low temperatures, while IonQ traps charged atoms using electromagnetic fields. Both approaches can create and control quantum states, but they come with different engineering challenges. Building a useful qubit is difficult […]

Pasqal Announces Board of Directors Ahead of Nasdaq Listing

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE – Pasqal, a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, today announced the composition of the Board of Directors of Pasqal Holding SA (the combined company), following the completion of its business combination with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II. The combined company’s ordinary shares are expected to begin trading on Nasdaq under the […]

QuEra Uses Anthropic AI Agent to Automate Critical Quantum Computer Process

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Insider Brief QuEra Computing reported that an artificial-intelligence agent developed software that can restore a critical quantum computer laser system in seconds, potentially reducing the need for specialists to maintain machines at customer sites. The Boston-based quantum computing company reported in a news release that Anthropic’s Claude wrote and tested a control program that recovered […]

Higher-Energy X-Rays Could Enable a New Form of Quantum Sensing

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — When certain atoms are irradiated with laser light, they can produce laser pulses with extremely high frequencies in the X-ray range. Until now, the theoretical model of this effect predicted an upper limit to the energy, known as the energy cutoff. Past this point, hardly any X-rays are produced. New […]

Pasqal Completes SPAC Merger With $360 Million in Cash

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Pasqal Holding SA (“Pasqal”), a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, and Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ: BBCQ), a special purpose acquisition company (“Bleichroeder”), today announced the successful completion of their previously announced business combination. Bleichroeder shareholders approved the business combination and related proposals on August 25, 2026. Following the […]