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Insider Brief Classiq and Israel Natural Gas Lines (INGL) researched quantum optimization for natural gas transmission planning, including execution of a reduced problem on IonQ’s Forte-1 quantum processor. The hybrid quantum-classical workflow searched pressure configurations while accounting for supplier pressure, pipe characteristics, minimum customer pressure and other network constraints. Simulator testing identified a maximum-throughput valid … Read more

Insider Brief Azulene Labs raised $3.4 million in pre-seed funding to develop physics-based AI models for drug discovery, materials development and industrial chemistry. The company says its models use quantum-mechanical training data to improve the accuracy and efficiency of molecular simulations compared with existing AI approaches. Azulene plans to use the funding to expand its … Read more

Insider Brief IonQ plans to install a Superion 256 quantum computer at NVIDIA’s Accelerated Quantum Research Center, making it the center’s first on-premise quantum computing deployment. The system will connect directly to an NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 platform through NVQLink and use CUDA-Q to coordinate hybrid quantum-classical workloads. The partners will research quantum-GPU system design, hybrid … Read more

Insider Brief Cisco and KETS Quantum Security have integrated KETS’ chip-based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) technology with Cisco IOS XR routing infrastructure in a joint demonstration. The integrated system combines KETS QKD with Cisco routers using MACsec to provide automated key exchange and encryption across existing Ethernet-based networks. The companies plan to continue developing the … Read more

Insider Brief Yenepoya University and Edutecnicia, through its REYRA AI initiative, have signed an MoU covering research, training and innovation in quantum computing, quantum AI and quantum-inspired AI. The partnership will establish a Quantum AI Catalyst Lab for joint research, proof-of-concept projects, hardware accelerator development, training and student skill-building. Yenepoya will launch a certification programme … Read more

Insider Brief George Mason University is establishing the Virginia Quantum Hub to expand quantum research, workforce training, infrastructure and industry partnerships in Northern Virginia. The hub will include open-architecture quantum hardware and shared facilities, including a TreQ-designed quantum computer, cryogenic laboratory and quantum optics facility. George Mason has been approved for a GO Virginia grant, … Read more

Insider Brief Xanadu has appointed Tara Deakin as Chief People Officer as the photonic quantum computing company expands its global workforce. Deakin joins Xanadu from Spin Master, where she served as Chief People Officer and Executive Vice President, while Rebecca Laramée moves to Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Xanadu CEO Christian Weedbrook also disclosed … Read more

Insider Brief Stony Brook University hosted a congressional briefing on September 16 focused on U.S. quantum research, innovation and workforce development. The event brought together researchers from Stony Brook, Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Department of Energy, the University of Missouri and Ohio State University for discussions on quantum science and workforce needs. The briefing also … Read more

Insider Brief Fermilab is joining Microsoft Quantum as an initial partner in Microsoft’s quantum hardware makerspace at its new quantum research center in the University of Maryland’s Discovery District. Fermilab and Microsoft will work to expand the Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit (QICK), an open-source toolkit for controlling and reading out quantum hardware. The collaboration will … Read more

Insider Brief University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers designed a theoretical quantum-emitter nanostructure that could supply the nonlinear operations needed for energy-efficient optical neural networks. Simulations indicated the approach could reduce the power needed for optical nonlinearity by seven orders of magnitude compared with conventional optical materials. The work remains computational, but the researchers said advances in … Read more