Insider Brief QClairvoyance Quantum Labs has signed an MoU with IITM–C-DOT Samgnya Technologies Foundation to collaborate on quantum technology research and development in India. The partnership will cover quantum computing, quantum algorithms, quantum AI, post-quantum cybersecurity and next-generation computing, with work spanning research, technology development and validation. The collaboration will provide opportunities for technology testing, … Read more

Insider Brief Qtonic Quantum has published State of Quantum Cybersecurity | Q4 2026, a 92-page report covering post-quantum migration, supplier evidence, cryptographic discovery and enterprise security planning. The report includes research on hybrid TLS handshakes and post-quantum parameter performance, with archives containing data, methods and scripts for reproducing the results. Qtonic Quantum also provides a … Read more

Insider Brief Postquant Labs will launch Quantum Echoes, a digital collectible collection generated using randomness from quantum hardware, on Ethereum on September 14, 2026. The collection will use Quip Network’s random circuit sampling subnet to generate verifiable quantum randomness for the artwork and demonstrate a paid workload for gate-based quantum computers. Quantum Echoes will offer … Read more

Insider Brief West Virginia University physicist Subhasish Mandal received an NSF CAREER award to develop computational tools for designing and identifying materials with properties suited to future quantum technologies. His research will use large-scale simulations to study interactions between electrons and atomic vibrations in layered materials, including properties such as superconductivity and topological quantum states. … Read more

Insider Brief Analysts argue that quantum investment must expand beyond hardware to applications that turn computing advances into valuable business decisions. The report identifies domain-specific algorithms and vertical platforms as potentially defensible positions that remain comparatively underfunded. Life sciences stand out because companies already pay to improve high-value molecular decisions, although early quantum applications will … Read more

Insider Brief Brazilian researchers sent one photon from each twin pair 7 kilometers across Guanabara Bay while detecting the other at the source. The experiment recorded 7,000 coincident detections in five seconds despite atmospheric turbulence and other sources of signal loss. Researchers have not yet confirmed that entanglement survived the journey and plan to test … Read more

Insider Brief Altera and Riverlane announced a partnership to support quantum hardware developers with FPGA-based systems for parallel quantum control and real-time error correction. Riverlane validated its QEC Interface (QECi) design example on an Altera Agilex 7 FPGA, with the design example available through its open-source GitHub repository. The partnership combines QECi’s standardized interface with … Read more

Insider Brief Infleqtion and Cisco announced a joint research and development collaboration focused on connecting, operating and scaling distributed quantum computing and sensing systems. The companies will explore quantum networking architectures spanning neutral-atom quantum systems, quantum memory, optical transduction and network-aware software. The collaboration will examine distributed sensing and computing, methods for linking quantum states … Read more

Insider Brief An open research project using human scientists and AI agents cut the estimated quantum resources for a key step in attacking blockchain encryption by 86.1%. The best circuit at the study’s cutoff used 1,151 logical qubits and about 1.3 million Toffoli gates for elliptic-curve point addition. The results do not demonstrate a working … Read more

Insider Brief Cal State East Bay and CSU San Marcos will participate in a $37.5 million NSF-funded UC Berkeley-led initiative to expand undergraduate education and workforce pathways in quantum information science. Cal State East Bay is developing an undergraduate minor in Quantum Information Science and Technology covering quantum mechanics, quantum programming and laboratory work, with … Read more