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Insider Brief LFI has appointed Michael Datta, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Ares Armaments, to its Board of Advisors to strengthen its commercial and operational expertise. Datta brings experience in defense, advanced manufacturing, strategic partnerships, and company growth across the Australia-U.S. technology corridor. His advisory role will focus on helping translate LFI’s quantum governance … Read more

Insider Brief UTS researchers and collaborators developed a twist-based method for controlling quantum light sources in hexagonal boron nitride, advancing a key building block for practical quantum technologies. The team showed that picking up, twisting and restacking layered hBN could significantly shift the colour and wavelength of emitted quantum light. The researchers said the approach … Read more

Insider Brief IBM’s Institute for Business Value reports that quantum computing is shifting from a science milestone to a strategic business-readiness challenge as organizations prepare for possible future quantum advantage. The report finds that early movers are focusing on practical use cases in aerospace, finance, energy, life sciences and manufacturing rather than abstract benchmarks. IBM … Read more

Enterprise teams keep watching the same thing happen. An AI agent demos beautifully, goes to production, and stalls: it runs for a short stretch, then needs a human to top up its context and check its output, and the promised efficiency drains into supervision. The agent did the work; you did the watching. It’s one … Read more

Your AI agent did exactly what it was designed to do. The framework underneath it just handed an attacker a shell on the box that holds your OpenAI key, your database credentials, and your CRM tokens.That is not a hypothetical. In a few months, three of the most widely deployed AI agent frameworks each turned … Read more

Insider Brief EPB appointed Robert Long as President of Strategic Initiatives, where he will lead efforts to develop initiatives leveraging the company’s energy, connectivity, and quantum infrastructure assets. The company also promoted Mike Kaiser from Vice President of Finance to Chief Financial Officer following the retirement of Greg Eaves. Long brings nearly 30 years of … Read more

Insider Brief Diraq announced the expansion of its U.S. operations with a new office in Palo Alto, California, to support product development, partnerships, and team growth. The company plans to expand its Palo Alto workforce while advancing its silicon-based quantum computing approach designed to scale through existing semiconductor manufacturing processes. The expansion follows recent momentum … Read more

Insider Brief Quantum Australia participated in the Women in STEMM Leadership Summit to discuss measurable allyship and leadership pathways for women in science and technology. CEO Petra Andrén joined industry and government leaders in a panel focused on sponsorship, accountability, and systemic change to improve women’s representation in STEMM leadership roles. Quantum Australia emphasized that … Read more

Insider Brief OVHcloud announced a partnership with Welinq to explore networked quantum computing architectures and future quantum data center designs. The collaboration will focus on connecting and orchestrating quantum computers across different qubit modalities to support scalable hybrid quantum-classical computing. OVHcloud also confirmed that Quobly’s first commercial quantum computer, Alloy Pioneer, is expected to join … Read more

Insider Brief Quantum Industry Canada announced that CEO Lisa Lambert will step down at the end of June, with Sean Lee appointed Acting CEO effective June 29, 2026. Lambert will continue supporting the organization as a Strategic Advisor after leading QIC’s growth into a nationally recognized industry consortium since 2023. Lee, currently Chief of Staff … Read more