Multiverse Computing Announces Series C Fundraising Targeting up to $570 Million
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Multiverse Computing, the global leader in efficient AI, today announced a $570 million (€500M) Series C funding round at a $1.7 billion (€1.5B) pre-money valuation, a 5x step-up from its Series B. The round is co-led by Forgepoint Capital International, BNPP SIVF, and Bullhound Capital, with additional commitments to date […]
Researchers Measure Long-Lived Ytterbium Ion States for Quantum Applications
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Researchers from the Universities of Amsterdam and New South Wales have answered a question that has been around for decades: whether ions of the metal ytterbium can enter certain long-lived and nearly stable states, and if so, for how long. The measured long-lived states may find applications in quantum computers […]
Neutral-Atom Researchers Lay Out Industry-Wide Roadmap Toward Practical Quantum Computing
Insider Brief Over the years, numerous quantum companies have released roadmaps proposing how they plan to move their technologies into the marketplace over the coming months and years. Now, in what is an unprecedented move, a broad group of quantum scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs has outlined a path for neutral-atom computers to move from experimental […]
IonQ to Report Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results on August 5
Insider Brief Press release – IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the world’s leading quantum platform company, today announced that the company will release its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, after the financial markets close. IonQ will host a conference call at 4:30 PM Eastern that same day to […]
Quantum X Labs Tests AI-Based Error Correction Decoder With NVIDIA CUDA-Q Tools
Insider Brief Press release – Quantum X Labs Inc. (Nasdaq: QXL) (“Quantum X” or the “Company”), an advanced technologies company, today announced progress on its technical roadmap for its AI-driven quantum error-correction program. The work is focused on reviewing QXL’s milestone results and draws on NVIDIA accelerated computing, the NVIDIA CUDA-Q QEC software libraries and, as QXL progresses […]
Bloq Quantum and QClairvoyance Partner on Quantum Education and Workforce Training
Insider Brief Press release – Bloq Quantum, a leading provider of enterprise quantum software infrastructure, today announced a strategic partnership with QClairvoyance, a premier firm dedicated to research and education in quantum technologies. This collaboration establishes QClairvoyance as an official “Quantum Skilling Partner,” driving strategic education, skilling, and institutional outreach to accelerate the adoption of […]
Guest Post: Inside Africa’s Coordinated Race to Secure a Post-Quantum Future
Guest Post by By Somtochukwu Igwegbe More than two trillion dollars moved through mobile money worldwide in 2025, and roughly two-thirds of that value flowed through sub-Saharan Africa, according to GSMA’s State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2026. For a fifth of adults in the region, a mobile money account is the only […]
Photonic Quantum Technology Companies in 2026
Insider Brief Most quantum computers rely on extreme cooling to keep their qubits stable. Photonic quantum computers take a different route by using photons, particles of light, as the carriers of quantum information. This allows the processors themselves to operate at room temperature and connects the technology with existing optical infrastructure used in communications. The […]
SKKU-led Team Identifies ‘Zinc Oxide Spin Qubit’ — A Semiconductor-Based Quantum Technology
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A research team led by SKKU Professor Hosung Seo of the Department of Quantum Information Engineering and the SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology, working with the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Washington, has identified—for the first time—an atomic defect structure in the zinc oxide (ZnO) semiconductor with outstanding […]
Quantum Materials Engineering – The Atoms Powering Quantum Computing
Insider Brief Quantum computing is often portrayed as a race to build better qubits, but this is just part of the bigger challenge. Beneath every qubit is an endeavor to find the right material that can make quantum behavior possible. Researchers are exploring superconducting metals, ultra-pure silicon, engineered crystal defects, and topological compounds. They seek […]