OpenAI and Broadcom this morning unveiled their first custom AI accelerator chip named “Jalapeño,” positioning it is as a purpose-built processor for large language model (LLM) inference, rather than the more general GPUs offered by the likes of Nvidia or AMD. According to its creators, Jalapeño is designed to support workloads behind ChatGPT, Codex, the … Read more

Insider Brief The U.S. National Science Foundation has selected five additional teams for the National Quantum Virtual Laboratory program, providing $20 million in total funding to advance quantum computing, networking and sensing technologies. Each team will receive $4 million over two years to develop plans for experimental quantum systems and prepare for a future implementation … Read more

Insider Brief STMicroelectronics has introduced the ST54M, a secure mobile chip that combines NFC, secure element, eSIM functionality and a hardware accelerator for post-quantum cryptography. The chip is designed to help smartphone and connected-device manufacturers prepare for future quantum-resistant security requirements while supporting services such as payments, digital identity and digital car keys. ST54M supports … Read more

Insider Brief Bull and Alice & Bob have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand their collaboration across research, software, product development, and commercial deployment of quantum technologies. The partnership will focus on integrating Alice & Bob’s cat-qubit systems into high-performance computing environments and enhancing Bull’s Qaptiva software platform for quantum-HPC workflows. Bull has been … Read more

Insider Brief Quantum Elements and USC published a peer-reviewed Quantum Monte Carlo algorithm in Physical Review Letters that provides a more efficient classical method for simulating noisy quantum circuits. The algorithm compresses noisy quantum-circuit simulations while preserving dynamics relevant to quantum error correction, correlated noise and decoder performance. Quantum Elements said the method supports its … Read more

Customer expectations have shifted from simple, fast conversational interactions to complex agentic AI-powered tasks that legacy IT architectures simply can’t handle. To address this, Intuit made the bold decision to overhaul its technical infrastructure for its business platform. The company moved away from its multi-agent setup, which prioritized broad capabilities, to a granular, skill-and-tool-based architecture while … Read more

Insider Brief SPRIND launched a Quantum Sensing Initiative to fund and accelerate European quantum sensing projects and startups toward real-world applications. The initiative begins with two SPRIND Funken calls, Quantum-Driven Intelligence and QuantumSense Exploration, focused on data-driven sensing applications and new quantum measurement approaches. SPRIND said the program is aimed at researchers, startups, deep-tech teams, … Read more

Insider Brief QuantWare and Maybell Quantum have partnered to ensure compatibility between QuantWare’s VIO-40K quantum processors and Maybell’s ColdCloud cryogenic cooling infrastructure for large-scale quantum systems. The collaboration focuses on co-designing processor and cooling technologies to improve compute-per-watt efficiency and support deployment of hyperscale quantum computers. Maybell plans its first commercial ColdCloud deployment in 2027, … Read more

Insider Brief Classiq and Hatch completed a proof-of-concept quantum chemistry project on AWS that demonstrated a hybrid quantum-classical workflow for estimating molecular binding energy. The project combined classical Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations with a Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) using Classiq’s platform and Amazon Braket as the quantum execution pathway. The work was conducted through … Read more

Insider Brief FirstQFM reported that its Quantum Reservoir Computing (QRC) system outperformed a leading classical foundation-model baseline in financial time-series forecasting during benchmarking presented at ISC 2026. The company’s QRC platform is built on its Quantum Foundation Models and leverages NVIDIA CUDA-Q, cuQuantum, and cuTensorNet for development and scaling. FirstQFM said the system achieved a … Read more