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Insider Brief Diraq and Equinix plan to install the first silicon spin quantum computer in a shared commercial data center in Sydney in October 2026. The eight-qubit system will fit alongside conventional servers, consume less than 20 kilowatts and support upgrades through chip replacement without changes to the surrounding infrastructure. The companies will test the … Read more

Insider Brief Anyon Systems and KMT Technologies have formed a strategic partnership to expand the international deployment of Anyon’s superconducting quantum computing systems. KMT will serve as Anyon’s exclusive representative and distributor in selected international markets and provide installation, integration, service and support. The partnership combines Anyon’s quantum computing technology with Matrix Group’s expertise in … Read more

If you look at the commit histories of modern data platforms, something profound has shifted over the last two years. The friction of writing syntax has collapsed. With Cursor, Claude Code, and agentic workflows now living inside our Docker containers and IDEs, generating the first implementation of a distributed streaming pipeline or a complex API … Read more

Presented by BoxIdentity and permissions are no longer enough to secure enterprise AI agents. They govern what an agent can reach, not how it behaves once it starts working on its own, and an autonomous agent can turn legitimate access of enterprise data into unintended action in seconds. That gap is pushing enterprise AI security … Read more

Insider Brief Atom Computing has appointed Kevin Messerle as chief financial officer as the company expands its operations and advances its quantum computing roadmap. Messerle brings more than 20 years of financial leadership experience, including his recent role as CFO of York Space Systems. At Atom Computing, Messerle will focus on strengthening financial operations and … Read more

Insider Brief QTREX plans to unveil an ultra-high-density interconnect architecture at IEEE Quantum Week 2026 that supports up to 17,280 coaxial lines per cryogenic stage in full-scale commercial systems. The company will demonstrate a physical system reproducing the architecture’s density across multiple temperature stages of a dilution refrigerator. QTREX plans to launch configuration programs after … Read more

Insider Brief Diffraqtion has secured strategic investments from Lockheed Martin Ventures and Presidio Ventures, bringing its total funding to more than $10 million. The MIT and University of Maryland spinout has advanced its quantum camera technology through on-sky demonstrations, a DARPA SBIR program and NASA projects. Diffraqtion plans to use the new funding to develop … Read more

Insider Brief KACST and Pasqal have signed a research agreement to advance quantum technology research and develop quantum-safe cryptographic solutions in Saudi Arabia. The collaboration will pair Pasqal’s neutral-atom quantum computing technology and cloud services with KACST’s National Center for Quantum Technologies, with quantum cryptography as the initial focus. The agreement expands Pasqal’s activities in … Read more

Insider Brief Xanadu has outlined an updated technology roadmap targeting fault-tolerant quantum computing by 2028–2029 and more than 1,000 logical qubits by 2031. The roadmap targets reducing the company’s photon-loss indicator from 24.1x in 2026 to 1.0x by 2030 while improving logical error rates to 10⁻¹⁶. Xanadu also plans to build a quantum data center … Read more