PQC is moving from roadmap to real procurement signals. This week brought certifications, enterprise partnerships, and manufacturing ambitions, plus hardware consolidation and new developer tools. QKD engineering realities and headline research kept the pressure on. If you skipped the links, you missed the week. Check out what you may or may not have missed!
This week’s quantum computing cycle mixed market moves with tangible hardware momentum. Quantum-safe security stories hit the mainstream, while policy activity kept pace internationally. Labs delivered dense, click-worthy physics across materials, photonics, and simulators.
This Quantum Computing Weekly Round-Up captures the week ending January 10, 2026 across funding, policy, manufacturing, research, security, and markets. Photonic’s $180 million raise set the tone as lawmakers revived National Quantum Initiative momentum and fabs pushed onshoring arguments. DARPA-backed contracts, NIH-linked research progress, and sober investor analysis reinforced quantum is increasingly treated as infrastructure rather than speculation.