IonQ Announces Expansion With First European & Israeli Entities
PRESS RELEASE — COLLEGE PARK, Md, July 20, 2022 — (BUSINESS WIRE) — IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a leader in quantum computing, today announced the creation of its first European and Israeli entities in support of growing regional investments in quantum computing. The German and Israeli-based entities, IonQ GmBH and IonQ Israel LTD, will provide IonQ’s industry-leading quantum systems to various European […]
Quantinuum Scientists Show How Bayesian Approach Leads to More Robust Circuits
Taking a Bayesian approach to training quantum circuits may lead to circuits that are faster to execute and less noisy than the circuits, according to a team of Quantinuum scientists. These new, more robust circuits would be ideal for tasks including optimization and machine learning, for example. In a study, published on the pre-print server, […]
Google Quantum AI Builds Quantum Virtual Machine to Accelerate Real Research
Google Quantum AI team members report that the Quantum Virtual Machine (QVM) is ready — and it is designed to emulate the experience and results of programming one of the quantum computers in the Google Quantum AI’s lab — from circuit validation to processor infidelity. In a blog post introducing QVM, the team writes: “At […]
UMN-led Team Wins $1.4 Million Keck Foundation Grant to Study Quantum Computing
UNIVERSITY NEWS — A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team received a $1.4 million award from the W. M. Keck Foundation to study a new process that combines quantum physics and biochemistry. If successful, the research could lead to a major breakthrough in the quantum computing field. The project is one of two proposals the […]
Finnish Startup IQM Raises €128M in Series A2 Funding
Series A2 Funding IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), a Finland-based company that provides on-premises quantum computers for supercomputing data centres and research labs, announced today it has raised €128 million ($128m) in Series A2 funding led by World Fund to expand its international business and accelerate product development to tackle the world’s most pressing problems, especially in […]
Women of Quantum: Mira Pijselman of Ernst & Young LLP
Quantum technology, like many other types of technology, evokes many ethical questions. One person interested in answering those questions is Mira Pijselman, a Senior Consultant in Digital Ethics at Ernst & Young LLP (EY). Pijselman was first introduced to quantum technology after completing her master’s degree at the Oxford Internet Institute. “I entered the quantum […]
Atlantic Quantum Emerges from MIT’s Engineering Quantum Systems Lab, Raises $9M Seed Funding to Make Large-Scale Quantum Computing a Reality
PRESS RELEASE — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & GOTHENBURG, Sweden/July 21, 2022 — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Atlantic Quantum, a developer of scalable quantum computers, today announced a $9 million seed investment led by The Engine, the venture firm spun out of MIT that invests in early-stage Tough Tech companies. Other participating investors include Thomas Tull, Glasswing Ventures, Future Labs Capital, and E14. The […]
Inaugural Quantum World Congress to Convene Global, Cross-Sector Leadership in Washington, D.C., November 29 – December 1, 2022
Connected DMV and MCI USA announce this first-of-its-kind event showcasing major trends in quantum solutions, policy, research, education, business, and investment. June 9, 2022 (Washington, D.C.) —Today, Connected DMV and MCI USA announced the inaugural Quantum World Congress, a first-of-its-kind global quantum conference, exposition and networking series, will occur November 29– December 1, 2022, in Washington, […]
TQI Exclusive: Montana Instruments’ Luke Mauritsen Says Building an Entrepreneurial, Collaborative Supply Chain Will be Critical to Quantum’s Success in US
Quantum technology is obviously complex. The supply chain that will support and expand the quantum ecosystem will also be complex, but is key to nurturing and even accelerating progress in quantum tech, according to a pioneer in the development of that emerging quantum ecosystem. Luke Mauritsen, founder of Montana Instruments, “the premier cryogenics company accelerating […]
Time After Time: Scientists Use Quantinuum’s QC to Create Strange New Phase of Matter That Acts Like It Has Two Time Dimensions
RESEARCH NEWS RELEASE — By shining a laser pulse sequence inspired by the Fibonacci numbers at atoms inside a quantum computer, physicists have created a remarkable, never-before-seen phase of matter. The phase has the benefits of two time dimensions despite there still being only one singular flow of time, the physicists report July 20 in Nature. This […]