Insider Brief: QNu Labs raised approximately $7 million in a Series A round led by India’s National Quantum Mission, bringing its total funding to $20 million. The company will use the funding to expand its QShield quantum-safe security platform, scale R&D, and pursue international deployments. QNu’s hardware-based solutions—featuring QKD, QRNG, Read more…
Insider Brief: IQM introduced the Star architecture, a superconducting qubit-resonator design that enables effective all-to-all connectivity through a central resonator, reducing the need for SWAP gates and improving circuit fidelity. The architecture supports advanced quantum error correction codes such as color codes and qLDPC, and is optimized for high-connectivity algorithms Read more…
Insider Brief: Rigetti Computing closed a $35 million equity investment from Quanta Computer, with shares purchased at approximately $11.59 each. The deal advances their strategic collaboration, combining Quanta’s hardware manufacturing expertise with Rigetti’s superconducting quantum computing capabilities. As announced in a previous release, the two companies committed to jointly investing Read more…
Insider Brief A British company has released the first commercially available music track created using quantum-powered generative AI, marking the first ever consumer application of quantum computing. The track, titled RECURSE, was produced by MOTH in collaboration with electronic artist ILĀ using the Archaeo platform, which blends generative AI with Read more…
Insider Brief A new study published in AIP Advances suggests gravity may emerge from entropy reduction in a universe behaving like a computer, rather than being a fundamental force. Physicist Melvin M. Vopson derives Newton’s law of gravity from information theory, proposing that matter moves to minimize information entropy, mirroring Read more…
Insider Brief: India’s first National Quantum Mission report highlights strong progress in quantum software and communication but emphasizes gaps in domestic quantum hardware fabrication, industrial investment, and workforce development. Startups like QPiAI and QNu Labs are advancing quantum computing and secure communications, but India remains heavily reliant on foreign hardware Read more…
Insider Brief Maryland announced the creation of the Capital Quantum Benchmarking Hub, a partnership between the University of Maryland, DARPA, and the State of Maryland to evaluate quantum computing systems for national security and commercial applications. The hub, housed at UMD’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security, will support Read more…
Insider Brief QuEra has been selected by DARPA for Stage A of the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative, a program assessing the feasibility of building commercially useful, fault-tolerant quantum computers within a decade. During Stage A, QuEra will present its technical concepts based on neutral-atom quantum architectures and its scalable qubit shuttling Read more…
Insider Brief A quantum-inspired AI system developed by Egyptian researchers significantly improved renewable energy forecasting accuracy, potentially easing the integration of solar and wind power into electric grids. The model combines a Quantum Temporal Model with the Ninja Optimization Algorithm to overcome forecasting challenges like data variability and feature selection. Read more…
Insider Brief USC researchers have demonstrated a new coherence-stabilized quantum sensing protocol that significantly outperforms conventional techniques, according to a study published in Nature Communications. The method improves sensitivity by counteracting decoherence, allowing a qubit’s signal to grow larger without requiring feedback or additional measurement resources. Experimental results on a Read more…