Insider Brief D-Wave has appointed Bernard Gavgani, former BNP Paribas Group CIO, to its Board of Directors and Cybersecurity Committee. Gavgani brings experience in technology strategy, AI governance, cybersecurity, operational transformation and enterprise IT from his work at BNP Paribas. He will join D-Wave’s board in a personal capacity as the company continues developing its … Read more
Insider Brief CORNERSTONE has opened applications for its C-PIC Future Leaders programme, which will convene researchers and industry participants to develop silicon-photonics platforms for scalable quantum technologies. The three-day programme, scheduled for Jan. 12–14, 2027, will bring interdisciplinary teams together to pitch research ideas for a share of £750,000 in funding. Teams led by eligible … Read more
Insider Brief SEALSQ, WISeKey and the Canton of Jura signed an MoU to explore establishing a Post-Quantum Semiconductor and Cybersecurity Center in Switzerland. The proposed Jura Center represents an indicative CHF 40–60 million investment over six years and would support semiconductor personalization, testing, secure provisioning and post-quantum technology development. The project would build on SEALSQ … Read more
Insider Brief NLM Photonics and SilOriX have entered a Joint Development Agreement to advance silicon organic hybrid photonic integrated circuits for high-speed, energy-efficient optical communications. The partnership builds on SilOriX’s silicon organic hybrid device expertise and its experience with NLM Photonics’ materials. The companies will work to expand the use of NLM’s Selerion-HTX material in … Read more
Insider Brief Diraq and Dell Technologies are collaborating on integrating Diraq’s silicon spin-qubit processor with Dell’s classical HPC infrastructure in a co-located testbed. Dell has deployed a small HPC cluster at Diraq’s Sydney laboratory to test connectivity, latency and hybrid workflows between classical servers and quantum hardware. The companies are exploring orchestration and potential applications … Read more
Insider Brief GlobalFoundries and the U.S. Department of Commerce finalized a $375 million CHIPS R&D award to support the company’s Quantum Technology Solutions business. The five-year award is tied to milestones and is intended to expand U.S.-based quantum semiconductor R&D and manufacturing capabilities. GF is focusing its quantum roadmap on cryogenic CMOS, advanced packaging and … Read more
Insider Brief QNu Labs has launched QShield 2.0, the platform powering its National Cryptographic Assessment & Assurance Framework (NCAAF) for cryptographic discovery, risk assessment and continuous assurance. NCAAF uses five QShield 2.0 modules covering quantum entropy, quantum readiness risk assessment, quantum PKI, quantum vault and AI security. QNu Labs said the framework is intended to … Read more
Insider Brief Creotech Quantum has signed a €2.33 million European Space Agency project to develop and demonstrate superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors for quantum key distribution ground stations and advanced optical communications. Creotech Quantum will lead the 24-month consortium effort, receiving €1.2 million for work including detector electronics and software, testing and product-development planning. The project … Read more
Insider Brief A DOE advisory panel proposed a 2026–2028 quantum grand-challenge program to demonstrate independently validated scientific uses of fault-tolerant quantum computing before considering a national user facility. The roadmap identifies near-term applications in chemistry, catalysis, materials, fusion, particle and nuclear physics, and sensing, with progress measured by scientific results rather than qubit counts alone. … Read more
Yuval Boger interviews Tom Darras, CEO and co-founder of Welinq. They discuss how quantum networking uses shared entanglement to interconnect quantum processors, enabling modular scale-out clusters and quantum-safe connectivity between data centers. Tom explains the technical building blocks—qubit-photon interfaces, optical networks, entangled photon sources, and especially quantum memories—as well as the performance metrics that matter … Read more