The Quantum Insider

Insider Brief North Texas in mid-August makes a persuasive case for staying indoors, which is indeed what the state’s quantum community did for two days at the University of Texas at Dallas. Registration had closed well before the doors opened. The people who got in came from Austin, Houston, College Station, Lubbock, San Antonio and […]

Insider Brief Press release – Quanome Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: QNME), today announced the establishment of its Global Quantum Council and Scientific Advisory Network, bringing together recognised scientific and technical experts to strengthen the Company’s understanding of quantum science, advanced technologies and their potential applications across industry and society. The initiative forms …

Insider Brief Press release – Keeping cameras in focus without constant refocusing may soon become much simpler with an ultrathin optical device that combines nanophotonics and computational imaging. Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China have developed a flat “cubic-metalens” that captures clear images across a wider range of distances, enabling thinner, […]

Insider Brief Press release – Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II (Nasdaq: BBCQ) (“Bleichroeder”) will hold a shareholder vote on August 25, 2026 to consider the proposed business combination with Pasqal Holding SAS (“Pasqal“), a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing. The companies continue to advance toward completion of the previously announced transaction following the SEC’s declaratio…

Insider Brief Press release – Symmatrics today announced the appointment of Joe Reddix as Vice President of Federal Sector, strengthening the company’s leadership team as demand grows for secure, resilient, and future-ready digital infrastructure across the federal government. In his new role, Reddix will lead Symmatrics‘ federal strategy and growth initiatives, helping agencies unify trust, secu…

Insider Brief Press release – Dirac Labs, a quantum-enabled navigation company, today announced its $1.8M pre-seed funding to prototype its quantum sensors and conduct field trials to further refine its technology to provide universal positioning where GPS is unavailable.  Quantum sensing offers a resilient, alternative method of positioning by measuring features of Earth’s magnetic field, […]

Insider Brief Press release – Rigetti Computing, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGTI) (“Rigetti”), a pioneer in full-stack quantum computing, today announced a new operating structure designed to scale deployment of on-premises quantum systems, strengthen end-to-end operational execution, and further focus its engineering resources on quantum processor development. Rigetti is establishing a dedicated Systems Deli…

Insider Brief Press release – FormationQ and the Hartree Centre, part of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the adoption of advanced quantum computing technologies across industry, government and research. This collaboration will explore how quantum computing, artificial intelligence (AI…

Insider Brief Press release – The State of New Mexico and the City of Albuquerque are backing the expansion of Quantinuum, a leading quantum computing company, further establishing Albuquerque as a national hub in quantum technology and advanced research. The city and state will each contribute $750,000 through their Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) funds […]

Insider Brief European technology group GMV is expanding its quantum technology efforts across computing, communications, space, sensing and cybersecurity. It’s a portfolio approach that positions the company as an integrator of emerging quantum systems rather than a developer focused on a single type of quantum hardware. The privately held technology company said in a blog […]

Insider Brief Shanghai-based TuringQ has entered the IPO preparation process, becoming the latest Chinese quantum computing company to pursue a public listing as the country’s quantum sector shifts its focus from research toward commercialization. The company filed for IPO tutoring with the Shanghai branch of the China Securities Regulatory Commission on Wednesday, according to a […]

Insider Brief Every major organization has published a timeline. Governments, technology companies, financial institutions, critical infrastructure operators, and blockchain communities – all of the major players disagree on when a cryptographically relevant quantum computer will arrive, but none of them have published a “wait and see” position. As TQI’s Year of Quantum Security coverage has […]

Insider Brief Press release – QC Ware (“QC Ware” or the “Company”) today announced a technology demonstration of a hybrid quantum-classical computational chemistry workflow using Promethium® and IBM Quantum hardware. The demonstration calculated electrostatic interaction energy for nitric oxide reductase by combining GPU-accelerated molecular modeling and classical chemistry methods with quantum …

Insider Brief Press release – Rigetti Computing, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGTI) (“Rigetti” or the “Company”), a pioneer in full-stack quantum-classical computing, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026 and provided an update on recent business and technology milestones. Second Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights “In the second quarter, we continued to execute […]

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Scientists have demonstrated that sunlight, as a natural light source, can generate quantum-entangled photon pairs. With their findings, the international research team challenges the long-held assumption that lasers are indispensable for preparing quantum states of light. The study recently published in Optica opens a path toward new sustainable and energy-efficient…

Insider Brief Press release – Today, the Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, announced the launch of the Quantum Defence Innovation Secure Hub (DISH) under the Bureau of Research, Engineering and Advanced Leadership in Innovation and Science (BOREALIS) in Calgary, Alberta. Quantum technologies are expected to transform defence and security through advances in sensing, secu…

Insider Brief Press release – Uviquity, a deep-tech company building integrated photonics on an aluminum nitride (AlN) platform for quantum and ultraviolet applications, today announced that Dr. Vincent D. (“Chuck”) Mattera, Jr., Founder and CEO of Avalanche Thinking, Inc. and former Chair and CEO of Coherent Corp., has joined the company as a Strategic Advisor. […]

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Eighty higher education students from across the country participated in various activities and engaged with quantum science experts in a week-long summer school experience hosted by the Penn State Center for Theory of Emergent Quantum Matter (C-TEQ). “The C-TEQ summer school selects a hot topic of emergent quantum phenomena — this […]

Insider Brief Press release – ZeroTier, one of the world’s top software-defined networking companies, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, today announced a strategic partnership. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will expand access to ZeroTier solutions across the Public Sector through its distribution network, making the company’s software-defined, end-to-…

Insider Brief Press release – Intelligent power management company Eaton today announced it was awarded a $7 million, 24‑month contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to apply quantum computing, machine learning and advanced visualization to improve resilience and protection at the power grid. The effort will advance new quantum-enabled algorithms and hybrid […]