Insider Brief CCRAFT raised USD 7.8 million to expand its independent thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic chip foundry in Switzerland for AI, networking, aerospace, and quantum applications. The company plans to scale manufacturing capacity in Neuchâtel to 2,000 wafers per month by 2030 while commercializing TFLN technology developed at CSEM. CCRAFT said the investment will … Read more
Insider Brief ETH Zurich researchers developed a technique that uses trapped ions to create high-resolution three-dimensional maps of electric and magnetic fields near quantum chips, helping identify sources of noise that limit quantum device performance. The team used a Penning ion trap to move a single beryllium ion in three dimensions and achieved a record … Read more
Guest Post by David Holtzman, Executive Chair at Naoris Quantum Protocol The White House’s June 22 executive order, which accelerates quantum computing efforts and places post-quantum cryptography firmly on the agenda, reflects a growing recognition that quantum readiness now sits alongside broader national security planning. Across Asia, governments have been moving in the same direction … Read more
Insider Brief QNu Labs and SAGA Consultants have formed a strategic partnership to expand the global adoption of quantum-safe cybersecurity solutions. The collaboration combines QNu Labs‘ quantum cybersecurity technologies with SAGA Consultants’ consulting expertise to support enterprises, governments, and critical infrastructure organizations. The partners aim to accelerate quantum readiness by promoting quantum-secure communications, cryptographic security, … Read more
Insider Brief Assistant Professor Han Zhao is developing a new method that uses tiny mechanical vibrations and superconducting systems to make quantum operations more resistant to noise and errors, addressing one of the biggest challenges in quantum computing. Supported by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Zhao’s research uses a … Read more
Insider Brief Shanghai has launched a quantum computing industrial hub with 26 founding companies, funding programs and subsidies aimed at accelerating commercialization and industry growth. The incubation zone will provide up to 100 million yuan for research and innovation, up to 20 million yuan for companies developing first products, and computing subsidies to reduce development … Read more
Insider Brief Archer Materials signed a three-year Quantum Compute Agreement with IonQ to access IonQ’s cloud platform and explore deploying a sovereign quantum computer in Australia. The collaboration will support quantum algorithm development and customer applications across sectors including defence, artificial intelligence, mining, healthcare and scientific research. Archer will pay IonQ US$1.5 million over the … Read more
Insider Brief TU Wien researchers found evidence of high multipartite quantum entanglement in a centimetre-sized strange-metal crystal made of cerium, palladium and silicon. The team used quantum Fisher information and neutron-scattering measurements to show that the material’s response could not be explained by independent particles and involved groups of at least nine entangled entities. The … Read more
Z.ai, the Beijing-based artificial intelligence lab formerly known as Zhipu AI, on Wednesday officially launched ZCode, a free desktop application it describes as an “Agentic Development Environment” purpose-built for its flagship GLM-5.2 large language model. The move marks the company’s most aggressive push yet into the fast-growing AI-powered coding tool market, where it now competes … Read more
AI portfolios are expanding far faster than the ability to govern them across enterprises. Most organizations run a contested field of platforms, each claiming to be the “primary” AI layer; few could confidently detect a model drifting or failing in production; and the single most-cited barrier to control is the absence of any one owner … Read more