Robert Wille (Munich Quantum Software Company): Quantum software needs design automation, not just algorithms

Yuval interviews Robert Wille, a computer scientist and co-founder focused on quantum computing software. They discuss the field’s transition from research to practical deployment, the need for heterogeneous and hardware-agnostic software stacks, and the integration of quantum into HPC environments. Robert explains the importance of design automation, open-source strategy, and AI-assisted development, arguing that quantum’s […]
Guest Post: AI Infrastructure Investment and the Future of Quantum Computing

Guest Post By George Varghese, Head of Investment, 0G Labs We’re witnessing one of the largest infrastructure investment cycles in modern technology, and I believe we’re still early in understanding its economic potential. AI has already changed how companies think about computing, with enormous investment flowing into GPUs, data centres, energy infrastructure and models. As […]
Anderon Releases First Superconducting Quantum PDK

Insider Brief Anderon has released its first Superconducting Quantum Process Design Kit (PDK), the company said in a blog post. According to Anderon, the kit is meant to give quantum device and circuit developers a more efficient, standardized way to work. The company said it supplies designers with the basic building blocks for manufacturable designs […]
Germany Publishes National Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration Guideline

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum computers pose an increasingly real threat to the security of cryptographic methods and thus to cybersecurity itself. The Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI), the Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and State Modernization (BMDS) and the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) are now jointly publishing the Guideline for […]
QuEra Scientists Named Co-Principal Investigators on Three of Nine Teams in DOE’s Quantum Chemistry Program

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — QuEra Computing, the leader in quantum computing, today announced that its scientists will work with three of the nine teams selected for the Quantum Computing for Computational Chemistry (QC3) program at the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E) to develop neutral-atom based modeling frameworks for complex materials and molecules. […]
In ‘Quantum 101’ Session, WTO Trade Officials Hear Quantum Encryption Window May Close Within Five Years

Insider Brief The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) member delegations were told this week that the encryption underpinning international trade could be broken by quantum computers within roughly five years, and that the trading system has no shared definition yet of what it means to be “quantum safe.” The warning came at a one-hour session in […]
Terra Quantum Joins QuEra Quantum Alliance

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Terra Quantum, a global leader in the development of quantum technologies and their industrial application, the leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, today announced that Terra Quantum has joined the QuEra Quantum Alliance, a global partner program dedicated to accelerating the development, deployment, and utilization of neutral-atom quantum computers to solve […]
Google Demonstrates Method to Cut Errors in Quantum Computing’s ‘Magic States’

Insider Brief Google researchers reduced errors in a crucial quantum computing resource about 40-fold, demonstrating a method that could lower the hardware demands of useful, error-corrected machines. The experiment, published in Science, showed that a technique called magic-state cultivation works on Google’s Willow processor, according to a Google Quantum AI blog post written by Emma […]
Stony Brook Quantum Memory Named to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A quantum technology invented at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook (Stony Brook University) is earning international recognition. Qunnect’s Qu-MEM, a commercial room-temperature quantum memory device developed from Stony Brook-patented technology, has been named to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026 in the Experimental category for concept […]
Sweden Joins European Quantum and AI Skills Academies

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — As quantum technologies transition from the laboratory to the market, the demand for a highly skilled workforce has never been greater. To meet this challenge, EQA has officially launched to establish a comprehensive, pan-European ecosystem for quantum education and training. Nordita, the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics in Stockholm, will […]