Alice&Bob Raises €27 Million to Fuel the Next Stage in Commercializing Quantum
French quantum computing startup, Alice&Bob, today announces a major advance towards the first marketable quantum computer. In a major scientific advance, Alice&Bob has eliminated one of the main barriers to, and significantly reduced the complexity of, delivering a functional quantum computer – a goal that could now be within reach. News of the breakthrough comes […]
How Will The Ukraine-Russia Crisis Affect Quantum?
The complexity and vulnerability of quantum devices is nearly matched by the complexity and vulnerability of the quantum ecosystem. As other industries contemplate the effects of war and economic sanctions on their own ability to bring products to market at reasonable prices and times, leaders of quantum companies and research institutions must anticipate the ramifications […]
Q.ANT-led Consortium Lands 50 Million Euros in Funding
PRESS RELEASE — A consortium around the quantum start-up Q.ANT will receive around 50 million euros in research funding. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research will assume around 42 million euros of this, while the consortium partners will contribute around 8 million euros. The funding is intended to be used to set up a […]
Pasqal and ARAMCO Collaborate to Develop Quantum Computing Applications for the Energy Industry
PRESS RELEASE — Pasqal, a developer of neutral atom-based quantum technology, and ARAMCO announced the signing of an MoU to collaborate on quantum computing capabilities and applications in the energy sector. Objectives include accelerating the design and development of quantum based machine learning models as well as identifying and advancing other use cases for the […]
Quantum Machines Announces New Hardware to Eliminate Need for RF Engineering
Quantum Machines (QM), creator of the first universal quantum computing cloud infrastructure, announced the availability of the company’s all-in-one RF up/down-conversion module: Octave. The addition of Octave to the OPX offering creates an end-to-end solution for quantum control that can scale alongside the users’ demand. The issue that many quantum researchers face is that in […]
Q-CTRL Sees 9000x Improvement in Quantum Algorithmic Success with Advanced Error Correction Techniques
PRESS RELEASE – Q-CTRL, a global leader in developing useful quantum technologies, today announced the results of hardware benchmarking experiments demonstrating its autonomous error-correction techniques increased the likelihood of quantum computing algorithm success over 1000x on real hardware, surpassing a 25x improvement reported last November. With these exceptional improvements, Q-CTRL is closing the performance gap between the promise […]
Scientists Make Advances in Programmable Qudit-based Quantum Processor
Remember when qubits — with a “b” — used to be so exotic? Scientists say that qudits — that’s with a “d” — offer a multi-level alternative to typical qubits that could provide a larger state space to store and process information, which could lead to less complex circuits and enhanced algorithm efficiency. Now, an […]
Foresight Williams Leads £2.58 Million First Round for Semiconductor Startup Zero Point Motion
PRESS RELEASE — Foresight Williams announced an investment in Zero Point Motion Limited; an early-stage semiconductor company which is developing a chip-scale inertial measurement unit (“IMU”) for ultra-precise motion-tracking and indoor navigation. The Company was founded in 2020 by Dr Ying Lia Li (Lia), an award-winning physicist. Initially developed to detect collisions for airbag deployment, […]
IBM Scientists Shaking Up Next Generation of Superconducting Devices
IBM scientists report that a new type of superconducting switching device could prove used in future components for both classical and quantum computers. The scientists, who reported their findings in Nature Electronics, offered a new explanation for that the microscopic processes behind the functioning of a new superconducting switch, introduced in a 2018 paper. In […]
Startup Targeting Solid-state Qubits For Ultimate Quantum Control
Tune, Stabilize, Optimize “In the world of quantum technologies, where data acquisition is expensive and the parameter space is large, it is a massive challenge to develop software to characterize and control qubits at scale. And that’s the thing — characterize and control qubits at scale. Those are the words of Vishal Chatrath, Co-Founder and CEO of […]