Quantum Computing Report

Groove Quantum, a spin-out from the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) has secured €16 million ($18.7M USD) in combined equity and grants to accelerate the development of its germanium-based quantum processors. Alongside the funding, the company unveiled an 18-qubit semiconductor spin-qubit processor, currently the largest of its kind. The funding included a €10 million [...] The post Gro…

IBM has announced a major dual expansion of its technology ecosystem, launching the FutureNow Chicago delivery center at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) and transitioning its long-standing academic partnership into the new MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab. The Chicago initiative will create 750 new full-time jobs in AI, cybersecurity, data science, and quantum computing. [...…

Mandeville Ventures Inc. (TSXV: MAND.P), a capital pool company, has entered into a definitive amalgamation agreement to acquire Ottawa-based cybersecurity firm Quantropi Inc. The transaction, announced on April 24, 2026, is intended to serve as Mandeville’s "qualifying transaction" under TSX Venture Exchange policies. Upon completion, the combined entity will be renamed Quantropi Corp. The deal …

Monarch Quantum and Oratomic have entered a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of utility-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers. The collaboration integrates Monarch’s specialized photonics systems with Oratomic’s neutral atom computing architecture. Under the agreement, Monarch Quantum will act as the systems integrator, providing its proprietary Quantum Light Engines™ and man…

Haiqu, a New York-based quantum middleware developer, and HSBC have published peer-reviewed research in Physical Review Research demonstrating a method to overcome one of quantum computing's most significant hurdles: quantum state preparation. This process involves encoding classical data (such as financial probability distributions) into quantum states so that quantum algorithms can process them…

IBM has submitted a proposal to the Town of Poughkeepsie Planning Board to construct a new 511,000-square-foot quantum computing facility at its historic Poughkeepsie campus. The project involves the demolition of two existing buildings totaling 161,000 square feet to accommodate a manufacturing and assembly center for the company’s next-generation Starling quantum systems. Once completed, the […

IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) and Florida LambdaRail (FLR) have announced a Master Service Agreement to deploy a quantum-safe communication network across the state of Florida. Announced at the 2026 eMerge Americas Conference, the initiative marks the first phase of a broader effort to transition critical fiber infrastructure toward physics-based, quantum-secure protection. The initial project involves a [.…

Yuval Boger interviews Lionel Martellini, finance professor at the EDHEC and founding director of the EDHEC Quantum Institute. Lionel describes his unusual path from finance to astrophysics and why business schools should teach quantum awareness to future leaders. They discuss core quantum concepts, the danger of overhyping “quantum washing,” and the real prospects for quantum [...] The post Pod…

QuantX Labs has announced that a subsystem payload of TEMPO, its compact optical atomic clock, is now in orbit following a successful launch on March 30, 2026, via the SpaceX Transporter-16 mission. Developed in partnership with the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) at Adelaide University, TEMPO is designed to provide timing performance up [...] The post QuantX Labs Deploys Qua…

Quantum Art, an Israeli-based developer of full-stack trapped-ion quantum computers, has extended its Series A financing to $140 million. Led by Bedford Ridge Capital, the extension follows an initial $100 million round announced in December 2025 and includes new participation from Hudson Bay Capital, Poalim Equity, LIP Ventures, Wolverine Global Ventures, and IDA Ventures. The [...] The post Qu…

Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq: HQ) and IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) have announced a strategic agreement for the purchase of a 6th-generation, chip-based 256-qubit trapped-ion system. This acquisition is a core component of Horizon Quantum’s strategy to expand its hardware testbed beyond its existing superconducting systems. By integrating a second, technologically distinct modality, Horizon Quantum…

Infleqtion (NYSE: INFQ), in collaboration with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has provided an upgraded physics package to the International Space Station (ISS) via the Northrop Grumman-24 (NG-24) cargo mission. This hardware update is designed for the Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL), the first continuously functioning quantum research facility in orbit. The new package aims to [...] The post…

Riverlane, a developer of quantum error correction (QEC) technology, has released performance metrics for its second-generation Deltaflow 2 system, demonstrating a mean latency of 16.32µs. This result was achieved using data from Google’s 2024 "Willow" experiment, which involved a distance-5 (d5) rotated surface code quantum memory test over one million rounds. The demonstrated latency is [...] …

QuiX Quantum has appointed Robin Wittland as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Wittland brings over 25 years of experience from senior leadership roles at Microsoft and WORTMANN AG, and most recently served as CCO at planqc. In his new role, he will lead QuiX Quantum’s global commercial strategy and strategic partnerships as the European leader in [...] The post Who’s News: Strategic Leadership Ap…

QuantumDiamonds GmbH, the Munich-based specialist in diamond-based quantum sensing, has successfully installed its first QD m.1 system in the United States at Eurofins EAG Laboratories in Sunnyvale, California. This deployment marks a significant transition for the company from its initial product launch to active integration within the North American semiconductor ecosystem. The system is now […

Cloudflare has officially updated its post-quantum (PQ) security roadmap, shifting its target for full system-wide resilience to 2029. This acceleration is driven by recent and unexpected advancements in quantum factoring efficiency, which suggest that the window for migrating global internet infrastructure is closing faster than previously modeled. While the company enabled post-quantum encrypti…

Quantum XChange has announced the release of the Phio TX® Centralized Management Console (CMC), a platform designed to provide unified oversight and administrative control over quantum-safe key delivery across distributed networks. The CMC is an expansion of the company’s flagship Phio TX platform, which secures data-in-motion by separating key generation and delivery from the underlying [...] T…

The National Quantum Mission (NQM) has reached a pivotal technical landmark with the successful demonstration of a 1,000-km quantum communication network, one of the longest in the world. Announced by Union Minister for Science & Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh during a review of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), this achievement comes less than [...] The post India’s National Quantu…

SuperQ Quantum Computing Inc. (CSE: QBTQ) has joined the Quantum Security Defence (QSECDEF) alliance, an international ecosystem focused on securing critical infrastructure against quantum-enabled threats. This integration comes as global pressure for Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) migration intensifies, driven by established industry timelines such as Google’s 2029 target for systemic cryptogra…

Equal1 and Q-CTRL have announced a partnership to integrate Boulder Opal Scale Up infrastructure software into Equal1’s silicon-based quantum computers. This integration is designed to automate the calibration and "boot-up" sequences of the Bell-series systems, aiming to remove the requirement for manual intervention by specialized engineering teams. By transitioning these processes to an autonom…