12 Top Quantum Computing Universities in 2025
In just a few years, quantum computing and quantum information theory has gone from a fringe subject offered in small classes at odd hours in the corner of the physics building annex to a full complement of classes in well-funded graduate programs being held at leading quantum computing universities. The question now for many would-be […]
Event: Quantum Eastern Europe 5-6 May 2022
We present Quantum Eastern Europe, the quantum community event that contributes to raising awareness and transferring knowledge in the whole of Eastern Europe about quantum science and technology. It is a two-day online event where you can network with stakeholders from relevant quantum science and technology organisations. What can you expect from Quantum Eastern Europe? […]
Five For 20: Quantum Companies Founded in The Year of The Rat
Year of the Rat The last in this short series covering startups founded in the 2020s powered by The Quantum Insider’s very own proprietary data platform, this time we jump into the details about the technology, applications and founders of five quantum computing (QC) companies founded in 2020, the Chinese Year of the Rat. If you […]
Quantinuum Announces Quantum Volume 4096 Achievement
Quantinuum has reached another milestone in its quest to build the highest performing quantum computer in the world. This week, the System Model H1-2 doubled its performance to become the first commercial quantum computer to pass Quantum Volume 4096, a benchmark introduced by IBM in 2019 to measure the overall capability and performance of quantum […]
Scientists Simulate Collider Physics on IBM Q Quantum Computer
Research News Release — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory physicists Christian Bauer, Marat Freytsis and Benjamin Nachman have leveraged an IBM Q quantum computer through the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Quantum Computing User Program to capture part of a calculation of two protons colliding. The calculation can show the probability that an outgoing particle will […]
The Top Funded Quantum Security Companies and Who’s Backing Them
With the speculation around Sandbox AQ, the spin-out announced out of Alphabet earlier this year, we decided to take the opportunity to list some of the top-funded quantum security companies, and who’s backing them. This is a non-exhaustive list in alphabetical order. If you want to learn more, we’ve compiled the most comprehensive list of […]
Inside Turing, a Startup By Prof. Seth Lloyd and Dr. Michele Reilly
Prof. Seth Lloyd and Dr. Michele Reilly worked out that by combining techniques from AI with methods of quantum control, near term quantum computers could become the go-to method for solving a variety of societally important problems, including safe autonomous vehicle navigation, machine learning, optimization of chemical and electro-chemical reactions , epidemiology, climate science, and more. From that point on, […]
Bank of Canada, Multiverse Computing Complete Preliminary Quantum Simulation of Cryptocurrency Market
PRESS RELEASE – Multiverse Computing, a leading startup in quantum computing for finance with offices in Toronto and Spain, today announced it has completed a proof of concept project with the Bank of Canada that used quantum computing to simulate the adoption of cryptocurrency as a method of payment by non-financial firms. “We are proud […]
HBKU Receives $10 Million Grant from Barzan Holdings to Advance Quantum Computing
PRESS RELEASE — Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) has received a $10 million research grant from Barzan Holdings, Qatar’s leading industrial defense provider, aimed at implementing a national initiative on quantum computing. The grant is set to fund the establishment of the Qatar Center for Quantum Computing (QC2), and the new center will be equipped […]
Celebrating World Quantum Day, Qubit by Qubit Tackles Equity in the Next Generation of Quantum Workers
This year’s World Quantum Day celebration has become more impactful thanks to the steadily growing quantum community. World Quantum Day is celebrated on April 14th, as a reference to the first few digits of Planck’s constant: 4:135667 x 10-15. This constant is essential in governing quantum physics. While many companies are using the holiday to […]