The Quantum Insider Celebrates World Quantum Day: Quantum Computing Timeline
As today is World Quantum Day, a time when everything Quantum is celebrated, The Quantum Insider thought it a good idea to highlight some of the major milestones in the development of the industry. Starting way back in the mid-1970s, we take a brief look at some of the seminal moments in Quantum Computing. Since […]
Colorado Women in Quantum Panel Showcases Rich Quantum Ecosystem
Colorado has a reputation for being a quantum ecosystem hotspot and a recent panel discussion further bolstered this image. It was hosted by JILA, a world-leading physics institute created by a partnership between the University of Colorado Boulder and NIST; and the CUbit Quantum Initiative, a CU Boulder research center. The panel, titled “Women in […]
PsiQuantum, Mercedes-Benz Study How Quantum Computers Can Accelerate EV Battery Design
PRESS RELEASE – PsiQuantum, the company that’s building a utility-scale quantum computer, today announced a new analysis of how electrolyte molecules in Lithium-ion batteries (LiB) can be simulated on a fault-tolerant quantum computer, enabling breakthroughs sought by automotive manufacturers in next-generation battery design. Information on the breakthrough is outlined in a peer-reviewed technical paper titled […]
European Institutions Announce Research Project to Develop Neural Networks for Quantum Error Correction
PRESS RELEASE — Quantum Machines, creator of the Quantum Orchestration Platform, Alice&Bob, a leading European developer of quantum processors, and a leading European quantum computing research groups led by Prof. Benjamin Huard from the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and Prof. Florian Marquardt of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, announced the […]
Horizon Quantum Computing Raises $12 Million From Tencent Holdings
Horizon Quantum Computing raised $12 million in Series A funding from Tencent Holdings, according to a story in Deal Street Asia. We understand that this is part of a wider funding round that is in process. Horizon Quantum Computing is based in Singapore and led by Joseph Fitzsimons, who is CEO and a founder of […]
TQI Exclusive: SEEQC AND EQT Ventures – Why Deep Tech Needs Deep Partnerships
To build deep technology businesses, founders need to be highly skilled and possess vast knowledge. Knowledge and skill, however, won’t necessarily build a business that can move products and services from lab to market by themselves. Business, finance and research will need to work in tandem to turn deep tech into real tech. Building those […]
American Binary: Securing The World Today From The Quantum Menace of Tomorrow
Something in Common What do ID Quantique, CryptoNext Security, evolutionQ, and NetraMark all have in common? Well, they’re all companies working with post-quantum encryption, in one way or another. And to that list of four, you can add one more, American Binary (formerly Ambit), a Quantum-Safe Networking (TM) and post-quantum encryption startup. Founded in 2019 by […]
Quantinuum and TotalEnergies Investigate Using Quantum Computers to Study Carbon Capture
PRESS RELEASE — Quantinuum’s quantum chemistry team, in collaboration with TotalEnergies, has presented a new preprint paper detailing a potential use of quantum computers in mitigating climate change, according to a press release. The team has paved the way for the use of quantum computing to model materials, as a part of the materials discovery process, […]
Four For 21: Quantum Companies Founded in The Year of The Ox
Making a Mark In the last piece in this series, The Quantum Insider covered two exciting companies founded in the year 2022, the Chinese Year of the Tiger. This time, stepping back another twelve months, we go to 2021 where we discover four more companies making their own, unique mark in the quantum computing (QC) industry. […]
Finland and United States to Cooperate on Quantum Technology
The United States and Finland signed a Joint Statement on Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technology, underscoring both countries’ intent to enhance cooperation in the field. The statement indicates that the cooperation builds on more than two decades of robust bilateral ties, including a Science and Technology Agreement that has been in place since […]