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Cécile Perrault is the new Executive Director of QuIC, Kevin Messerle is the new CFO of Atom Computing, and Albert Solana is the new Chief of Staff at Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech, all bringing their expertise to advance quantum technologies. The post Who’s News: Strategic Appointments at QuIC, Atom Computing, and Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech appeared first on Quantum Computing Report .

The RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS) has officially adopted the enterprise quantum software development kit QURI SDK Enterprise from Tokyo-based algorithm developer QunaSys Inc. as the primary software layer for Japan’s national JHPC-quantum project. Funded by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (…

Research center Forschungszentrum Jülich and University of Siegen spin-off eleQtron GmbH have officially brought the JION (Jülich trapped-ION) quantum computer into operation at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC). Integrated into the JUNIQ (Jülich UNified Infrastructure for Quantum computing) platform, the gate-based trapped-ion processor is linked directly to JSC's High-Performance Computing…

Technology firm Quantum Foundry Copenhagen and the Novo Nordisk Foundation have announced plans to construct a 5,300 m² commercial quantum chip fabrication facility in Copenhagen, Denmark. Operational by 2027, the infrastructure is engineered to bridge academic research with industrial manufacturing, offering commercial wafer fabrication, characterization, assembly, and packaging services to glob…

Trapped-ion quantum hardware developer Quantinuum (NASDAQ: QNT) and integrated energy firm Aramco have executed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the LEAP technology conference in Riyadh. The agreement establishes a framework for preliminary technical onboarding, knowledge exchange, and benchmarking quantum modalities to identify industrial use cases across energy production …

Munich-based security technology group Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) has joined uPQComing (Enhancing Cyber-Resilience for the Upcoming Post-Quantum Era), a European research consortium co-funded by the European Union's Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU). The project focuses on migrating critical public digital infrastructure and resource-constrained embedded secure elements—specifically smart card inte…

Digital quantum computing platform developer SEEQC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Taiwan’s Quantum Industry Technology Promotion Office (QITPO)—an agency established under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)—to formalize a cross-border quantum technology and supply-chain partnership. Signed at SEMICON Taiwan 2026 in Taipei, the agreement creates a structured framework for…

Quantum software engineering platform Classiq Technologies has entered into dual market development agreements in Taiwan with technology distributors Scientek Corporation (a Zen Voce company) and Kensho. Timed alongside SEMICON Taiwan 2026, the partnerships establish local distribution, customer enablement, and joint application R&D channels across Taiwan’s semiconductor manufacturing, defense, m…

Post-quantum semiconductor hardware vendor SEALSQ Corp (NASDAQ: LAES) and embedded cryptography developer wolfSSL Inc. have announced native wolfTPM software support for SEALSQ’s QVault TPM hardware security chip. Designed to implement post-quantum cryptography (PQC) primitives in silicon under the Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) TPM 2.0 v1.85 specification, the integration provides an open-sourc…

George Mason University has entered into a strategic hardware partnership with Oxford-based quantum infrastructure firm TreQ to deploy an open-architecture quantum computer at its Northern Virginia campus. Supported by catalytic funding from the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) alongside university capital, the $7.7 million system will represent the first U.S. deployment of TreQ…

Quantinuum has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) to train and expand Singapore’s quantum workforce. Building on Quantinuum’s existing R&D footprint and the planned deployment of its Helios quantum processor in Singapore, the collaboration aims to prepare an industry-ready workforce across engineering, systems development, and applied techn…

PsiQuantum has appointed Niklas Zennström to its Board of Directors, effective August 11, 2026. Zennström is the Founder and CEO of Atomico and co-founder of Skype. He succeeds Siraj Khaliq as Atomico's representative on the board, following recent executive additions including Victor Peng as CEO, Rob Soderbery as Executive Vice President, and Sriram Sitaraman as [...] The post Who’s News: Strat…

An international research consortium led by IBM Quantum, Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB), Technische Universität Berlin, and Purdue University—alongside global academic and industrial partners—has introduced the Quantum Optimization Benchmarking Library (QOBLIB). Published in Nature Computational Science ("The Quantum Optimization Benchmarking Library"), the open-source initiative establishes a stand…

https://youtu.be/GKTP7OULWb4 Physicists at Rice University have developed an experimental reservoir-engineering scheme that introduces independently tunable temperatures and dissipation rates to the vibrational modes of a trapped-ion quantum simulator. Published in Physical Review Letters ("Experimental Realization of Thermal Reservoirs with Tunable Temperature in a Trapped-Ion Spin-Boson Simulat…

The Government of Tamil Nadu has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with four quantum technology ventures during the Vetri Tamil Nadu Investment Conclave 2026 in Chennai. The strategic agreements establish operational bases, R&D centers, and control system manufacturing facilities across the state, strengthening India's regional quantum hardware and software ecosystem. [ Tamil Nadu Quantum …

Regional innovation engine Innosphere (representing the NSF ASCEND Engine), the Montana Photonics and Quantum Alliance (MPQA), and the Headwaters Tech Hub (HTH) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a unified Mountain West technology and testing network. The agreement formally bridges federally funded regional initiatives across Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana to accelerate …

Florida State University (FSU) has announced the launch of Florida’s first formal graduate credential in quantum information science and engineering: the Graduate Certificate in Quantum Information Science & Technology (QIST). Administered by the FSU Quantum Initiative, the 14-credit-hour interdisciplinary program is accepting applications through October 1, 2026, for its inaugural Spring 2027 en…

Japanese industrial conglomerates Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi Electric have published joint experimental benchmarks evaluating the Quantum Fourier Transform (QFT) on Quantinuum’s 98-qubit Helios trapped-ion quantum computer. Detailed in a co-authored white paper ("Experimental Evaluation of the Quantum Fourier Transform on a Trapped-Ion Quantum Computer"), the team executed both physical-qubit ap…

Researchers from Quantinuum, NVIDIA, and Pfizer Inc. have validated a Generative Quantum AI (GenQAI) framework designed to automate and accelerate quantum circuit synthesis for pharmaceutical research and electronic structure modeling. In their paper, "Learning to Prepare Molecular Ground States with Transformer Models", the hybrid architecture combines classical High-Performance Computing (HPC),…

The EPFL Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (QSE), in collaboration with EPFL’s SCITAS high-performance computing (HPC) platform, has partnered with Quantinuum to provide cloud-based access to Quantinuum’s trapped-ion quantum computers. The agreement establishes EPFL as the first Swiss academic institution to natively integrate commercial QPU access directly into its institutional superco…