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Insider Brief NordForsk has launched a joint G7-Nordic quantum technology research call that will fund Nordic participation in up to 12 international collaborative projects spanning quantum computing, communications, sensing, materials and post-quantum cryptography. The initiative is led by Canada’s NSERC in partnership with NordForsk, Germany’s DFG, Japan’s JST, the UK’s UKRI-EPSRC and the U.S. National … Read more

Insider Brief Vietnam hosted the finals of the 2026 Quantum Computing for Social Good International Hackathon, bringing together 27 finalist teams from 30 countries and territories. The event focused on developing quantum computing applications across areas including AI, cybersecurity, logistics, finance, energy, healthcare, and sustainability. The hackathon aligns with Vietnam’s broader strategy to develop quantum … Read more

Insider Brief The 2026 City Quantum & AI Summit will take place on Oct. 7 at London’s Mansion House, bringing together leaders from government, defense, industry, academia and finance to examine how quantum computing and artificial intelligence are reshaping critical sectors under the theme “Connections in Chaos.” The agenda features discussions on defense, cybersecurity, life … Read more

Insider Brief Four quantum companies—Infleqtion, Aliro, Tensora, and Bandelier Technologies—have selected New Mexico’s ABQ-Net, an open-access entanglement-based quantum network based in the United States, to develop and validate quantum networking, sensing, timing, and security technologies. ABQ-Net, created by Qunnect through Roadrunner Venture Studios with support from the New Mexico Technology and Innovation Office, provides companies … Read more

The Model Context Protocol, the open standard that has quietly become the connective tissue between AI agents and the world’s software, is getting its largest update since Anthropic released it twenty months ago — a sweeping architectural revision that its maintainers and backers say finally makes agentic AI ready for massive enterprise production deployments.The update, … Read more

Insider Brief A new theoretical quantum machine-learning framework proposes quantum-circuit designs that aim to make large quantum neural networks easier to train while preserving computational tasks that remain difficult for classical computers. The framework introduces two scalable circuit architectures and a parallel training method that mathematically avoids exponential “barren plateaus” while reducing the number of … Read more

Insider Brief EigenQ has appointed Mark Pecen as Vice Chairman and promoted Alexander Truskovsky to Chief Information Security Officer as the company expands its quantum security operations. Pecen will support EigenQ’s strategic direction with experience in telecommunications standards, quantum-safe cryptography, and industry initiatives including ETSI’s quantum security efforts. Truskovsky will lead EigenQ’s cybersecurity strategy, security … Read more

Guest Post By Ian Foley The biggest story in AI may not be AI at all. It may be the growing realization that silicon is running out of road. The remarkable progress of AI over the past few years has relied largely on brute force, demanding ever more silicon, electricity and infrastructure to keep the … Read more

Insider Brief ZuriQ has raised $25.5 million in seed funding to scale its two-dimensional trapped-ion quantum processor architecture and expand its research and engineering teams. The ETH Zürich spinout is developing Penning micro-trap-based processors designed to enable more flexible ion connectivity compared with traditional one-dimensional trapped-ion architectures. ZuriQ has demonstrated a 3×3 array of nine … Read more

Snowflake announced Cortex AI Gateway on Tuesday, a centralized control layer designed to govern how AI agents — including those built by competitors like Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cursor — access enterprise data, tools, and models. Alongside the gateway, the company unveiled a first wave of security integrations with 1Password, Aembit, Linx Security, SailPoint, and … Read more