Insider Brief Innolume has purchased Veeco’s GEN2000 Molecular Beam Epitaxy system to expand production of gallium arsenide-based quantum dot lasers for optical connectivity applications. The investment aims to support growing demand for quantum dot lasers used in silicon photonics, optical transceivers, and AI data center infrastructure. Innolume is also adopting Veeco’s Spector Ion Beam Deposition … Read more
Presented by Atlassian Most companies are approaching AI adoption backwards by optimizing how individuals use AI instead of how teams work together, said Dr. Molly Sands, head of the Teamwork Lab at Atlassian, during a fireside chat with VentureBeat senior technology contributor Sam Witteveen at VB Transform 2026.Sands leads a team of behavioral scientists and … Read more
Insider Brief Researchers experimentally demonstrated a new superconducting circuit architecture that reproduces a key gauge symmetry proposed for future topological quantum computing systems. The device validated the fundamental building block of a theoretical architecture that could eventually support topologically protected quantum states when assembled into larger lattices. The research team included scientists from the University … Read more
Insider Brief Horizon Quantum Holdings announced that it will release its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, on August 4, 2026. The company will host a conference call and webcast to discuss its quarterly results and business outlook following the release. Investors will be able to access the webcast and register for … Read more
Insider Brief Photon Queue has raised an oversubscribed $4 million seed round led by Playground Global to accelerate development and deployment of its room-temperature quantum memory technology for quantum computing and networking systems. The company said its quantum memory devices store and synchronize single photons without requiring cryogenics, vacuum systems or quantum transduction, and are … Read more
Insider Brief Researchers at Penn State and the University of Toronto are studying gold-based quantum materials, including gold nanoclusters and crystalline structures, for potential applications in quantum computing, sensing, and communication. A Penn State-led project reported spin-polarized photon emission from gold nanoclusters, while University of Toronto researchers are investigating gold structures grown through molecular beam … Read more
Insider Brief SAXON Q announced commercial availability of its SXQ128 and SXQ512 diamond-based NV-center quantum computing systems, which operate at room temperature without cryogenic cooling or vacuum infrastructure. The systems use SAXON Q’s diamond manufacturing and multi-core architecture to support quantum workloads including chemistry simulations, optimization, and quantum machine learning. The company says its NV-center … Read more
Insider Brief IonQ and QuantumBasel found that a hybrid quantum-classical AI model matched or beat selected classical methods while showing potential energy advantages at larger scales. Tests on IonQ’s Forte Enterprise system found quantum energy use rose roughly linearly with qubit count, with a projected crossover against GPU simulation near 34 qubits. The results are … Read more
Insider Brief The Bloch Quantum Tech Hub has secured nearly $55 million in combined public and private funding, including a $30 million U.S. Economic Development Administration grant, to establish a domestic quantum manufacturing supply chain across Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana. The initiative will fund projects to help quantum companies scale manufacturing, integrate regional manufacturers into … Read more
Zillow, the real estate technology company, doesn’t get one conversation with its customers. They move from a phone screen to a loan officer to a real estate agent, sometimes over months or years, and expect the context to follow them. A single chatbot could never carry that thread.At VB Transform 2026, Zillow SVP of Engineering … Read more