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Visa’s president of technology, Rajat Taneja, walked the VB Transform 2026 audience through aiming Anthropic’s Mythos at Visa’s own payment network. The model stitched minor weaknesses into working exploit chains, and Visa open-sourced the harness that governed the hunt.That’s what it looks like when an enterprise has the engineering depth to act on what it … Read more
Insider Brief Yonsei University’s Quantum Initiative plans to install IBM’s Nighthawk quantum processor in November, making it the second reported Nighthawk-based quantum computing site after IBM Miami. The initiative will launch Q-Bridge, a platform designed to connect industrial users with quantum algorithms, data resources, and computing capabilities. Yonsei is expanding quantum research efforts through projects … Read more
Insider Brief ORIENTOM and softwareQ have signed an MoU to explore quantum and quantum-inspired computing applications for financial services, banking, and insurance. The collaboration will focus on use cases including derivatives pricing, portfolio optimization, risk management, machine learning, and quantum algorithm development. The companies plan to combine ORIENTOM’s quantum finance expertise with softwareQ’s quantum software … Read more
Insider Brief Researchers identified atomic-scale disorder in silicon quantum wells as the main source of variability in valley splitting, a persistent challenge affecting silicon spin-qubit reliability and fidelity. The team mapped valley splitting across an Intel-fabricated 12-qubit-class silicon quantum dot processor using electrical spectroscopy at Argonne National Laboratory’s Chicago Quantum Computing Testbed. The findings recast … Read more
Insider Brief Qunova Computing has appointed Jake Hwang as CFO and board member, along with Evan Kang and Woomin Kyoung as business development executives. The new executives will focus on finance, strategic partnerships, enterprise expansion, and commercialization across pharmaceuticals, materials science, and other industries. Qunova said the appointments are intended to support its efforts to … Read more
Insider Brief Sui co-founder Kostas Chalkias is developing quantum-safe hardware wallet cards designed for Sui users, with a target cost below $10 per card. The project aims to provide quantum-resistant authentication hardware while addressing broader concerns around hardware wallet security failures. Sui is also working on protocol-level upgrades to support NIST-approved post-quantum signature schemes for … Read more
Skan AI, a startup that builds what it calls a “context graph of work” by observing how employees actually perform their jobs across enterprise software, has raised $63 million in Series C funding co-led by Cathay Innovation and Dell Technologies Capital, the company announced Wednesday.Citi Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, State Farm Ventures, and Wipro Ventures also … Read more
Insider Brief Alice & Bob is contributing quantum error correction expertise to QuBriC, a European doctoral network focused on training researchers in quantum error correction. QuBriC brings together 16 universities and seven quantum companies to recruit and train 15 doctoral researchers through a €4.6 million Horizon Europe MSCA programme. The network aims to address quantum … Read more
Insider Brief Aquark Technologies and partners demonstrated that quantum-based atomic clocks can synchronize networked military radars and maintain an accurate operational picture without relying on GNSS timing. The June 2026 Royal Navy trial used two AQlock 2.0 cold-atom clocks with separate radar systems to simulate GNSS-denied and spoofed conditions. The trial showed the radar network … Read more
Insider Brief Zapata Quantum and QuEra have partnered to support quantum application development and help enterprises prepare use cases for future quantum systems. The collaboration combines QuEra’s neutral-atom quantum computing platform with Zapata’s hardware-agnostic quantum algorithm and application development expertise. The partnership is part of QuEra’s Quantum Alliance program and focuses on helping organizations design … Read more