Category: quantumdaily

Insider Brief IonQ researchers demonstrated that a MacBook Pro could decode simulated MegaQuOp-scale workloads involving up to 408 logical qubits and more than 1 million quantum operations. The decoding system added less than 0.3% to […]

Insider Brief Yaqumo was selected for a NEDO project and will work with SCREEN Holdings to develop domestically produced optical components and modules for large-scale neutral-atom quantum computers. The project will focus on high-speed spatial […]

Insider Brief Finnish startup S-Transistors raised €2.6 million to develop superconducting transistor circuits designed to help quantum computers scale more efficiently. The VTT spinout plans to build product prototypes, establish a cryogenic laboratory and manufacturing […]

Executive Summary France’s quantum sector entered a more public-market-facing phase in August 2026, with Pasqal dominating the headlines through its Nasdaq debut, technical progress and expansion into Saudi Arabia. The developments increasingly placed the neutral-atom […]

Insider Brief Pasqal shares rose 95.2% to $19.11 in the French quantum computing company’s first day of Nasdaq trading. The company went public through a merger with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II that provided approximately $360 […]

Yuval Boger interviews Michaela Eichinger, a product solutions physicist at Quantum Machines and the author of a widely read quantum computing newsletter. They discuss her transition from academia to industry, her fascination with systems-level views […]

Insider Brief The Government of Canada has signed a CAD $195 million funding agreement with Xanadu to support advanced manufacturing facilities for photonic quantum computing. The investment represents the full federal portion of up to […]

Insider Brief Italy’s Council of State upheld the cancellation of a €61.2 million contract awarded to IBM Italia for Campania’s first quantum computer. The court ruled that the regional government improperly extended the bidding deadline […]

Insider Brief New Mexico has added DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) Stage C to a state grant program that provides matching funds to companies conducting the work in New Mexico. Companies receiving the match must […]

Insider Brief California awarded $9.7 million to expand quantum workforce training, shared testing capabilities, regional coordination and venture support across Southern California. UCLA will receive about $7.6 million to lead the regional quantum network, while […]