July 2025

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…

Insider Brief Commutator Studios has raised €1.5 million to advance its hardware-agnostic Quantum Error Management Platform aimed at improving quantum software performance across platforms. The round was led by Backtrace Capital and Preston-Werner Ventures, with participation from HBG and Dr. Jan Goetz of IQM Quantum Computers. The company’s AI-driven technology Read more…

Insider Brief Q.ANT has raised €62 million in Series A funding to scale its energy-efficient photonic processors for AI and high-performance computing. The company’s photonic chips, built on Thin-Film Lithium Niobate, offer up to 30x energy efficiency and 50x performance gains over conventional processors. Backed by investors including Cherry Ventures, Read more…

Insider Brief QpiAI has raised $32 million in a Series A round led by Avataar Ventures and India’s National Quantum Mission to accelerate the global rollout of its full-stack quantum computing platform. The company develops proprietary hardware and software for enterprise applications in materials science and drug discovery, and has Read more…

Insider Brief: The Quantum for Good track at AI for Good created a unique space for reflection, emphasizing governance, access, and ethical development over hype or hardware milestones. Sessions like the physical timeline panel brought clarity to the field’s fragmented trajectories, revealing that quantum progress unfolds on multiple, intersecting timelines Read more…

Insider Brief Rigetti Computing announced it has achieved 99.5% median two-qubit gate fidelity on its modular 36-qubit chiplet-based system, meeting its mid-year performance milestone. The system, composed of four 9-qubit chiplets, marks a twofold improvement in gate error rate over the company’s previous 84-qubit Ankaa-3 system. Rigetti plans to launch Read more…