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Insider Brief Zapata Quantum appointed co-founder Jhonathan Romero Fontalvo as Vice President of Product and Ian Rotondi-Gray as Senior Director of Partnerships and Go-To-Market Strategy. Romero Fontalvo will lead product development efforts focused on tools for discovering, developing, and deploying quantum applications at scale. Rotondi-Gray joins from enterprise software roles at Palantir and Oracle and … Read more

Insider Brief Researchers at Rice University have proposed a theory showing that coupling quantum materials to quantum light near a quantum critical point could make it easier to create and extract large-scale quantum entanglement for future technologies. The study suggests that pushing a material close to its quantum critical point lowers the interaction strength normally … Read more

Insider Brief Researchers from The University of Osaka and collaborating institutions developed a cobalt-based thin-film material featuring local honeycomb structures with strong magnetic interactions relevant to quantum materials research. The material was created by introducing approximately 4% cobalt into sodium antimonate, producing stable cobalt honeycomb motifs within a larger honeycomb lattice. The findings suggest that … Read more

Insider Brief Quantum Optics Jena has launched a European-backed project to integrate key quantum key distribution functions onto a single silicon chip, aiming to make quantum-secure communications smaller, less expensive and easier to deploy in data centers, campus networks and critical infrastructure. The three-year PIC-PAM project brings together six partners from Germany’s Thüringen region to … Read more

Insider Brief The QScale project, led by VTT with Tampere University and Aalto University, has received funding from Business Finland to develop technologies aimed at improving the energy efficiency and scalability of quantum computers. Researchers will combine optical control, optical telecommunications technologies, and superconducting signal-generation systems to support large-scale quantum computing architectures. The three-year project … Read more

Insider Brief Quantinuum has reportedly increased the size and pricing of its IPO, raising its potential valuation to approximately $14.3 billion. According to Barron’s, the company plans to offer 26.5 million shares at $53 to $55 each, potentially raising up to $1.46 billion ahead of its expected Nasdaq debut under the ticker symbol “QNT.” The … Read more

By Keith Martin, Professor, Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London and Briana Bowen, Postgraduate research student, Department of Information Security, Royal Holloway, University of London for The Conversation Quantum computers are coming. Or, at least, that’s what current predictions say. These machines harness the power of quantum mechanics, the set of rules governing … Read more

Insider Brief NATO DIANA has opened applications for its 2027 accelerator cohort, seeking dual-use technology solutions across six defence and security challenge areas, with submissions due July 3, 2026. Selected innovators will receive €100,000 in funding, access to more than 200 testing centres across Europe and North America, and support from mentors, military end-users, industry … Read more

Insider Brief D-Wave used its first investor day at the New York Stock Exchange to argue that its dual strategy of developing both annealing and gate-model quantum computers positions it to address a broader range of future quantum computing applications. The company highlighted potential opportunities in AI, blockchain and optimization while pointing to a proposed … Read more

Insider Brief Researchers at the University of Illinois developed a low-temperature process for sequentially stacking silicon transistor layers, enabling monolithic 3D chip integration while remaining within industry thermal limits. The team demonstrated three vertically stacked silicon layers containing 625 transistors each, achieving device yields of 98–100% and performance comparable to conventional silicon devices. The approach … Read more