Insider Brief Google declined to participate in the U.S. government’s $2 billion quantum funding initiative, citing program conditions that the company said would have slowed its development efforts. Microsoft and IonQ were also absent from the list of nine funding recipients, which included IBM, Quantinuum, PsiQuantum, Rigetti Computing, Infleqtion and GlobalFoundries. Google said it remains … Read more

Insider Brief Trapped-ion quantum computing remains one of the leading quantum hardware approaches due to its high gate fidelity, long coherence times, and strong positioning for fault-tolerant computing. Companies including Quantinuum, IonQ, AQT, eleQtron, and Universal Quantum are pursuing different strategies to improve scalability and reduce hardware complexity. The modality continues to offer advantages in … Read more

Insider Brief Swedish quantum startup Arkeon raised €594,200 (SEK 6.5 million) in seed funding to advance a technology designed to improve the precision and yield of superconducting quantum chip manufacturing. Arkeon’s approach enables qubit frequencies to be adjusted after fabrication by modifying Josephson junction resistance, helping compensate for production variations that can affect chip performance. … Read more

The creators of the hit, enterprise-friendly, open source OpenClaw variant NanoClaw are partnering with software supply chain management leader JFrog have to launch a new, joint security integration they say will protect NanoClaw autonomous agents from malicious code injection. “These agents are doing things that you cannot necessarily control, and you cannot necessarily train,” said … Read more

Most enterprise RAG pipelines start the same way: a text parser converts web pages and documents into plain text so they can be chunked and indexed for retrieval. That conversion step destroys retrieval signals — and according to new research, it’s responsible for the majority of wrong answers.A research team from UC Berkeley, Princeton University, … Read more

Insider Brief Japan-based neutral-atom quantum computing startup Yaqumo raised seed extension funding from Alumni Ventures to support research and development and expand into North American markets. The investment marks Alumni Ventures’ first deal in Japan and was made through its AV Seed Fund and Japan + US Bridge Fund, which aims to strengthen ties between … Read more

Insider Brief BW Digital and NUS College of Design and Engineering have launched a research collaboration focused on developing frameworks for quantum-ready data centre infrastructure in Southeast Asia. The 18-month project will study infrastructure requirements for quantum-classical computing integration, including thermal, cryogenic, power, connectivity, and operational considerations. Researchers will examine how tropical environments affect quantum … Read more

Agent skills have become an important part of real-world AI applications, providing a mechanism — a set of instructions saved in a folder of text-based markdown (.md) files, usually — for models to adapt to specific enterprise use cases and complex workflows. However, optimizing these skills is a slow process and faulty process, as they … Read more

Presented by Capital One Enterprises aren’t struggling to experiment with AI; they’re struggling to make it work in the real world. Moving from promising prototypes to reliable, production-scale systems is where most efforts stall.In my role within Capital One’s AI Foundations organization, I’ve seen firsthand that successful AI implementation isn’t just about adopting the latest … Read more

Insider Brief Pasqal has inaugurated Italy’s first neutral-atom quantum computer at CINECA in Bologna, expanding Europe’s hybrid HPC-quantum computing infrastructure. The 140-qubit Pasqal Orion system, named SOL, is integrated with the Leonardo supercomputer to support hybrid quantum-classical workloads. The deployment is Pasqal’s third EuroHPC-linked quantum system in Europe, following earlier installations in France and Germany. … Read more