Insider Brief Researchers from Texas A&M University, NVIDIA and Los Alamos National Laboratory developed an AI-assisted framework to identify patterns in quantum circuit behavior and reduce trial-and-error tuning. The system combines CUDA-Q simulations, automated conjecture generation and LLM-based interpretation to connect QAOA parameters with graph features in MaxCut problems. The study found that low-depth QAOA … Read more

Insider Brief IQM Quantum Computers has completed its business combination with Real Asset Acquisition Corp. (RAAQ), becoming a publicly traded company on the Nasdaq. Trading of IQM’s American Depositary Shares (ADSs) under the ticker IQMX and IQM Warrants under IQMX WS will begin on July 2, 2026. The transaction, including a concurrent PIPE investment, provides … Read more

Insider Brief Wave Photonics has announced that all PDKs available through its PDK Management Platform are now compatible with Synopsys OptoCompiler. The integration enables designers to access photonic design kits for multiple materials and wavelengths, supporting applications including quantum technologies, datacomms, and sensing. The platform also simplifies PDK distribution and management for foundries through features … Read more

Insider Brief BTQ Technologies has received French regulatory approval to complete its acquisition of quantum software company QPerfect, subject to commitments protecting the company’s operations, R&D, and intellectual property in France. The acquisition adds QPerfect‘s quantum emulation, digital twin, and quantum control technologies to BTQ‘s portfolio, supporting development of quantum-ready infrastructure and secure communications. BTQ … Read more

Insider Brief A Berkeley Lab scientist used IBM quantum hardware accessed through ORNL’s Quantum Computer User Program to simulate a simplified version of hadronization, a key particle-physics process that remains difficult for classical computers to model. The project used 104 qubits on IBM’s 156-qubit Heron processor to study string breaking, the process in which gluon … Read more

Insider Brief Microsoft is accelerating its Quantum Safe Program with a goal of moving critical products and services to post-quantum cryptography by 2029. The company said the transition will require organizations to identify and update cryptography across networks, stored data, identity systems, certificates, software signing and hardware. Microsoft said organizations should begin now by building … Read more

Most enterprise AI deployments so far have focused on coding assistants and customer service bots. Morgan Stanley has deployed agents in one of banking’s most accuracy-critical, deadline-driven workflows instead — profit and loss (P&L) reconciliation — and cut the work in half. The counterintuitive part: it got there by making the system less autonomous, not … Read more

Anthropic today released Claude Sonnet 5, a new AI model that the company says delivers near-flagship performance at mid-tier prices — a move designed to give cost-conscious enterprise developers access to powerful agentic capabilities just as the San Francisco-based AI lab barrels toward an initial public offering that will test whether the private market’s staggering … Read more

For most enterprises, a 90-second training video or a product explainer has never been an easy ask. It means a well planned brief, an internal film crew or an outside vendor, a shoot, an edit, and a round of revisions. Change one line of on-screen text due to a legal review and the whole chain … Read more

Google is upgrading its AI image generation capabilities today with the debut of Nano Banana 2 (NB2) Lite, an optimized model built for rapid execution and tight infrastructure budgets. Technically designated as Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image on Google’s application programming interface (API), NB2 Lite is positioned as the fastest and most cost-effective option within Google’s … Read more