Insider Brief PsiQuantum secured a $10.8 million contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory to co-develop quantum photonic chips using its Omega chipset and Barium Titanate electro-optic components. The contract enables AFRL to design and test quantum optical circuits on PsiQuantum’s fabrication pipeline, integrating AFRL-developed designs with PsiQuantum’s high-performance BTO Read more…
Insider Brief Honda Research Institute and BlueQubit executed the world’s first quantum image classification using a proprietary automotive dataset, marking a milestone in applying quantum computing to real-world AI tasks. The project used BlueQubit’s QSaaS platform and IBM and Quantinuum quantum hardware to classify dynamic driving scenes, achieving up to Read more…
Insider Brief: QpiAI’s launch of the 25-qubit superconducting system directly supports India’s National Quantum Mission goals of building core infrastructure and advancing domestic quantum technologies. The system aligns with NQM targets for developing intermediate-scale quantum computers and contributes to India’s broader quantum ecosystem. As one of the eight startups selected Read more…
Insider Brief: Deutsche Telekom’s T-Labs and Qunnect sustained 99% fidelity transmission of polarization-entangled photons over 30 km of commercial fiber for 17 days. The system autonomously stabilized polarization qubits and maintained performance despite environmental fluctuations, while a separate test demonstrated successful coexistence of quantum and classical signals over 82 km. Read more…
Guest Post by Karina Robinson The National People’s Congress (NPC) session in Beijing last month allocated an 8.3% increase year on year for Chinese technology spend. In the US, technology spending is due to increase by 6.1% in 2025 to $2.7 trillion, according to Forrester. Before the upheaval brought about Read more…
Insider Brief Taiwan will open a national cybersecurity center in August to counter threats from quantum computing, AI, and state-sponsored cyberattacks, according to The Tribune India. The center will coordinate efforts across four cybersecurity pillars, including protection of infrastructure and safe AI use, and implement policies like zero trust and Read more…
Insider Brief A team of international researchers has reported the first definitive evidence of antiferromagnetism in a real icosahedral quasicrystal, resolving a decades-old question in condensed matter physics. The team used neutron diffraction to detect magnetic Bragg peaks in a novel Au-In-Eu quasicrystal, confirming the presence of long-range antiferromagnetic order Read more…
Insider Brief: Ten startups were recognized on World Quantum Day in Riyadh for applying quantum technologies to urgent sustainability challenges, including water scarcity, climate change, and healthcare. Winners like Nomad Atomics, PlanetAI Space, and Quantum Mads are using quantum sensing and machine learning to address environmental monitoring, CO₂ storage, and Read more…
Insider Brief: TNO has opened a new quantum testing hub at the House of Quantum in Delft, doubling its available lab space to support the growing demand from startups and scale-ups for independent hardware validation. The facility offers system-level testing and characterization for quantum components, including QPUs, chip architectures, and Read more…
Insider Brief: Terra Quantum launched the closed beta of TQ42 Studio, introducing QAI Hub (a no-code quantum ML platform) and Qode Engine (a Python SDK) to support hybrid quantum-classical AI development. QAI Hub allows users to build models through a visual interface, featuring TQ Copilot, an agentic AI assistant that Read more…