July 2025

Insider Brief IonQ has announced a strategic collaboration with Australia-based Emergence Quantum to co-develop next-generation quantum hardware, expanding its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region. The partnership will focus on improving ion trap performance through joint work on electronics, materials, and application-specific integrated circuits for qubit control. Emergence Quantum, led by Read more…

Insider Brief A new study from IBM and Pasqal proposes a testable, criteria-based framework for defining quantum advantage, emphasizing verifiable outputs and measurable improvements over classical computing. The authors identify three problem types — sampling, variational algorithms, and expectation value calculations—as the most promising paths to near-term quantum advantage. The Read more…

Insider Brief Researchers have demonstrated that entangled quantum states can be reversibly transformed using an auxiliary system called an entanglement battery. The conversion rate between two quantum states is determined by the ratio of their entanglement values, provided the battery retains at least the same amount of entanglement. The framework Read more…

Insider Brief Qubitcore Inc. closed its pre-seed funding round led by the OIST Lifetime Ventures Fund and signed an exclusive IP licensing agreement with the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST). The company is developing a distributed quantum computing architecture using OIST-developed ion-trap modules with integrated optical cavities and Read more…

Insider Brief BQP has raised an oversubscribed $4.9 million seed round to advance its quantum-accelerated digital twin platform, BQPhy®, targeting mission-critical applications in aerospace, defense, and semiconductor industries. The raise follows a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/RQ) to enhance simulation capabilities Read more…

Insider Brief Oxford Ionics has partnered with Iceberg Quantum to integrate advanced quantum error correction using qLDPC codes into its trapped-ion hardware, aiming to accelerate the path to fault-tolerant quantum computing. Unlike traditional surface codes that require high hardware overhead, qLDPC codes provide strong error protection with fewer physical qubits, Read more…

Insider Brief HRL Laboratories has released spinQICK, an open-source extension of the Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit (QICK), providing a low-cost, FPGA-based solution for controlling semiconductor spin-qubits. The platform builds on Fermilab’s QICK toolkit and offers firmware and software tailored to spin-qubit research, supporting techniques like single-spin control, two-qubit gates, and Read more…

Insider Brief Denmark’s EIFO and the Novo Nordisk Foundation are investing €80 million to establish QuNorth and acquire Magne, a powerful commercial quantum computer based on logical qubits. The system will be built by Atom Computing and Microsoft, combining neutral atom hardware with advanced quantum software, and is expected to Read more…

Insider Brief Quobly and Inria have formed a strategic partnership to co-develop a fully integrated, scalable quantum computing architecture based on silicon qubits and advanced control software. The collaboration focuses on middleware and error correction protocols tailored to silicon-based quantum hardware, aiming to bridge the gap between physical qubits and Read more…