LightSolver Selected as 2025 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum

Insider Brief LightSolver has been named a 2025 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum for its laser-based computing technology designed to solve large-scale computational problems. The company’s all-optical Laser Processing Unit uses laser interactions to perform high-speed, energy-efficient computations for optimization, simulation, and scientific workloads. As part of the Read more…

EU Project ELENA Pioneers LNOI Platform for Next-Gen Photonic Circuits & Europe’s 1st Commercial Supplier of LNOI Wafers

Insider Brief The EU-funded ELENA project has developed the first fully European supply chain for lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) substrates, enabling high-performance photonic integrated circuits. The initiative established Europe’s first commercial LNOI wafer supply and launched CCRAFT, an open-access foundry for mass-producing thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic chips. Demonstrator Read more…

‘Magically’ Reducing Errors in Quantum Computers

Insider Brief Researchers at the University of Osaka have developed a more efficient method to prepare high-fidelity “magic states,” a critical step toward building fault-tolerant quantum computers. The new approach, called “level-zero” magic state distillation, significantly reduces the number of qubits and computing resources needed by operating at the physical Read more…

Joint Statement from the International Council of Quantum Industry Associations (ICQIA) and UKQuantum on the G7 Leaders’ Statement on Quantum Technologies

For the first time, quantum technologies have been formally recognized as a priority topic at the G7 Leaders’ level — a clear signal of how far this conversation has progressed, and of the growing strategic relevance of quantum across economies, industries, and national security. The inclusion of quantum at the Read more…