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Insider Brief India’s next major infrastructure investments will include quantum technology, AI and semiconductor chips, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, according to the Hindustan Times. Sitharaman called for academia and industry to work together to build capabilities, although the report specified no new quantum funding allocation or investment timetable. She rejected claims that India had … Read more

Insider Brief Occam Foundry has received a letter of support from Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and signed an MOU with UT Austin’s Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) for its planned quantum technology campus. The partnership will explore K-12 quantum education, teacher training, workforce development and joint funding opportunities connected to TACC and other UT Austin … Read more

Insider Brief KIST led four South Korean quantum startups at Quantum World Congress 2026, facilitating discussions with U.S. companies, research institutions and investors. The delegation explored potential collaborations with D-Wave, Microsoft, Japan’s Q-STAR and AIST, including access to quantum computing systems and enterprise partnerships. OptiQ-Labs plans to establish a U.S. East Coast office in November, … Read more

Insider Brief Quobly is expanding its collaboration with CEA-Leti through access to the FAMES Pilot Line to develop technologies for future silicon quantum processors. FAMES provides semiconductor equipment to test manufacturing processes, complementing Quobly’s work with STMicroelectronics to industrialize its silicon spin-qubit architecture. Quobly plans to commercialize its first quantum computer, Alloy Pioneer, by the … Read more

Insider Brief Pasqal is shifting its collaboration with French public authorities toward commercial applications and away from its participation in the LSQUARE/PROQCIMA defense program. The company completed the technological objectives of the first phase of PROQCIMA and has been invited to participate in civil public support programs now being defined. French authorities have asked Pasqal … Read more

Insider Brief UCL researchers are partnering with Bristol-based Siloton to adapt its quantum-enabled OCT eye-imaging system for use by children with potentially sight-threatening conditions. The NIHR-funded project will modify Siloton’s compact Akepa device for paediatric use, including adjustments to its lenses and physical design. The project aims to support eye monitoring in community or home … Read more

Insider Brief Quandela plans to spend the next two years developing strategic partnerships in South Korea covering quantum manufacturing, system integration and operations. The company wants to work with Korean partners on photonic module manufacturing, advanced packaging, wafer-level inspection, optical alignment and integrated quantum control systems. Quandela is also considering a Korean quantum manufacturing consortium … Read more

Insider Brief Researchers identified fundamental limits on quantum-battery reliability, showing how charging strategies can balance high power with more stable energy delivery. The theoretical study found that quantum uncertainty prevents fluctuations in delivered energy and power from both being made arbitrarily small simultaneously. Charging cells collectively increased power but also power fluctuations, while charging interacting … Read more

Insider Brief Quantum Cyber is narrowing its autonomous defense strategy to attack drones and interceptors, quantum antenna technology and swarm-control software for operations where GPS is unavailable. The company says its licensed quantum antenna is intended to support navigation, communications and power, while maritime programs and other exploratory initiatives receive less emphasis. Quantum Cyber says … Read more

Insider Brief Researchers used a simplified cosmological model to show that interactions with surrounding fields can suppress quantum tunneling, stabilizing a field in a false vacuum. The field’s mass relative to the Universe’s expansion rate primarily determined its initial vacuum state, with heavier fields more likely to reach the lowest-energy state. Environmental decoherence helped keep … Read more