Qubit Pharmaceuticals, a new player in Quantum-aided Drug Design
Qubit Pharmaceuticals announced the closing of a pre-seed round with Quantum investment fund Quantonation that will support the market entry of its first platform, ATLAS, a software suite for the discovery and test of drug candidates running on supercomputers to co-design new drugs with pharma and biotech companies. From approximation to prediction of molecular properties for […]
HQS’s Quantum Assisted Design Toolbox Aimed at Unlocking ‘Currently Impossible Simulation Capabilities’
An easy to use cloud-based toolbox, called the Quantum Assisted Design (QAD) Cloud, will enable the simulation of molecules and materials, according to HQS Quantum Simulation. The development of new materials requires the understanding of material properties at the atomic level, where the laws of physics are determined by quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanical bottom-up […]
The Quantum Daily announces Quantum Technologies data dashboard
The Quantum Daily is pleased to announce the beta version of its Quantum Technologies data dashboard. This covers a list of over 150 organizations categorised by geography and business focus. We recognise that, despite a flurry of new startups and private funding into Quantum Technologies, getting a holistic view of the development of the commercial […]
UK Startup and Spin-out From The University of Sheffield Has Photonics Ambitions
Like other ways of manipulating qubits, photons are a lawful technology Photo by Hannes Richter on Unsplash Radio to Microwave Ovens ‘Love might be the answer’, but since the ‘discovery’ of photons from the theoretical work of Einstein (based on earlier research by Max Planck) in the early twentieth century, they have played a major part […]
The Quantum Weekly: A Record-Breaking Week for the Quantum Industry
From government grants to venture capital funding to claims of world-leading performance and world’s best executives, it’s been a breathless week of achievements and promise for the quantum community. We’ll review a few of those stories in this edition of The Quantum Weekly. Spotlight Story: Honeywell Says It’s Quantum Computer Leads the World in Performance […]
Honeywell Claims the World’s Highest Performing Quantum Computer is Here
Honeywell Quantum Solutions said that its team of scientists, engineers and technicians, have built the highest performing quantum computer currently available, according to a company statement. With a quantum volume of 64, the Honeywell quantum computer is twice as powerful as the next alternative in the industry. That means we could be closer to industries leveraging […]
Britannia to Rule the Wavefunction, Spreads 78 Million Pounds Across 38 Projects
The UK government will be investing over £70 million across 38 new quantum technology projects in the country to mark the start of Quantum Tech Digital Week, according to Government Computing. The funding announcement is part of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Quantum Technologies Challenge. Selected quantum technology projects will come from more than 80 […]
TQD Exclusive: 22 Quantum Computing Executives Shaping the Industry
Photo by Brooke Lark on Unsplash Bosses Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg. Power people. Bosses. Top executives who get it done within their respective industries. Okay, so they’ve made mistakes, but who hasn’t and doesn’t? To be at the head of something, the very top, the one who makes the all-important decisions that can shape […]
IonQ Secures New Funding – raising total to $84 million – adds Advisory Board Members
IonQ announced it has secured funding from Lockheed Martin, Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC) and Cambium, a new multi-stage venture capital firm focused on investments in the future of computational paradigms. This funding contributes to IonQ’s Series B round, bringing the company’s total amount raised to $84 million. Additionally, IonQ today announced the addition […]
Quantum Intuition Dojo
Image created with Canva.com The Value of Building Quantum Intuition In the past weeks I’ve come to realize how important it is to build a solid quantum intuition. Understanding the mechanics and the math behind quantum computing is important but it’s one of these things where you’ll always be able to patch your gaps if […]