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…
Insider Brief Q-CTRL demonstrated its quantum gravimetric navigation system in a 144-hour Royal Australian Navy trial, enabling GPS-independent navigation via gravity mapping. The software-ruggedized sensor operated autonomously onboard a moving vessel, overcoming ship vibrations and real-world disruptions without human intervention. As GPS denial threats rise, Q-CTRL’s technology positions quantum navigation Read more…
Quantum computing startup eleQtron has appointed former Apple, Intel, and Tesla executive Kaoru Naganuma as Chief Product Officer to lead its product development and industrial scaling efforts. Naganuma brings extensive experience in turning advanced technologies into market-ready products, marking a strategic shift for eleQtron toward product maturity, engineering, and industrial Read more…
Insider Brief Universal Quantum Deutschland and Hamburg University of Technology have partnered to develop a next-generation programming interface for fault-tolerant quantum computing, supported by multi-million Euro funding from the Hamburg Innovation and Development Bank. The project will deliver software tools for algorithm design, quantum error correction, and benchmarking to support Read more…
Insider Brief SandboxAQ and Acubed have demonstrated that their AI-powered quantum magnetic navigation system, AQNav, can achieve real-time aircraft positioning without GPS, even under conditions of GNSS denial and interference. In nationwide tests spanning over 150 flight hours, AQNav exceeded commercial navigation accuracy standards, achieving full compliance with RNP 2 Read more…
Insider Brief Sumitomo Corporation is advancing real-world applications of quantum computing through its Quantum Transformation (QX) Project, focusing on integrating the technology into existing business operations. The company has launched pilot projects in logistics, drone traffic control, and mining optimization, and has invested in five quantum-related startups since 2020. Executives Read more…