Square is launching a new ChatGPT app and Claude plugin, enabling consumers to discover restaurants and seamlessly place orders directly within these AI platforms — and allowing restaurants, in turn, to accept orders from users and their AI agents without any technical capabilities. Even more helpfully for businesses, Square is processing these AI-driven transactions without … Read more

Insider Brief Quantum Leap Acquisition Corp. completed a $230 million IPO and began trading as a public SPAC seeking a potential acquisition in AI, quantum computing or blockchain. The company sold 23 million units at $10 each after underwriters fully exercised their 3 million-unit over-allotment option. Quantum Leap’s Class A shares and warrants began trading … Read more

Insider Brief Classiq and QAI have signed a commercial agreement to launch South Korea’s first locally operated Quantum-as-a-Service (QaaS) offering. The service combines Classiq‘s quantum software platform with QAI’s domestic AI data center infrastructure to support quantum application development and execution across multiple hardware platforms. The partnership will also develop localized support, customer education, and … Read more

Insider Brief The NSA’s Laboratory for Physical Sciences and the U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Office have launched the QuantumEAGLe initiative to strengthen the U.S. quantum computing ecosystem and accelerate commercial and research progress. The initiative focuses on industry collaboration, commercial roadmaps, domestic supply chains, quantum algorithms, error correction, and foundational quantum research. QuantumEAGLe will … Read more

Insider Brief Wultra has raised €6.8 million in Series A funding to expand its post-quantum digital identity and authentication platform into new global markets. The funding will support product development, team growth, and expansion into the Middle East and the United States following the company’s recent growth in Asia. Wultra cited increasing demand for phishing-resistant … Read more

Anthropic is restoring global access to its most powerful generally released AI model yet, Claude Fable 5, today, after the U.S. Department of Commerce last night withdrew the emergency export controls it had issued previously around the model. The U.S. export control order issued on June 12, 2026, led Anthropic to suspend all global access … Read more

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