Photonic quantum computing developer Xanadu (NASDAQ/TSX: XNDU) has signed a definitive agreement with the Government of Canada securing CAD $195 million ($140.2 million USD) in federal funding through the Strategic Response Fund, administered by Innovation, […]
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 […]
The Andhra Pradesh State government has approved the establishment of India’s first dedicated Quantum and Artificial Intelligence University campus in Amaravati. Set up by the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT)—a Deemed-to-be University […]
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 […]
Neutral-atom quantum computing provider Pasqal has completed its previously announced business combination with special purpose acquisition company Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ: BBCQ). The combined entity now operates as Pasqal Holding SA. Its ordinary shares […]
The week before Christmas 2025, five mathematicians were holed up in a classroom at ETH Zurich. The mood was electric: They were this close to a career-defining breakthrough. The group — consisting of then-postdocs Sahar […]
The pioneering computer scientist Edsger Dijkstra, winner of the 1972 A.M. Turing Award and inventor of one of the most iconic algorithms in all of computing, was nothing if not opinionated. Certain programming languages drew […]
Insider Brief As quantum technology matures into a commercial industry, companies increasingly require a legal layer to manage financing, acquisitions, public listings, intellectual property and government-backed projects. Paul, Weiss, Osler and Cooley accounted for about […]
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