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This quantum computing weekly roundup shows the field hitting its stride with governments dropping serious cash, hardware hitting new milestones, and software stacks getting seriously hybrid. From UK procurement programs to integrated chips running at millikelvin temps, it’s clear the hype is turning into tangible progress that will make you FOMO if you miss a single link.
SEALSQ announced a $125 million registered direct offering to supercharge its post-quantum cryptography and quantum commercialization efforts across the US and Europe, per GlobeNewswire. Meanwhile, Horizon Quantum closed its business combination with dMY Squared and will start trading on Nasdaq under HQ, raising around $120 million to push its Triple Alpha quantum programming environment. Rhonexum also pulled in $1 million to advance cryogenic electronics, proving investors are all-in on the hardware stack.
The UK Government unveiled a massive £2 billion quantum package, including £1 billion for procuring large-scale quantum computers to be the first country rolling them out at scale by the early 2030s. Goals include beating disease with personalized medicine, creating over 100,000 high-paid jobs, and bolstering national security. Infleqtion delivered the UK’s only operational 100-qubit neutral-atom quantum system to the National Quantum Computing Centre, hitting a key milestone right on cue. The Guardian reports Technology Secretary Liz Kendall stressing the need to retain quantum talent by learning from the AI talent drain.
Infleqtion’s 100-qubit delivery wasn’t the only win. SEEQC reported the first quantum computer with integrated qubit control logic on a chip operating reliably at millikelvin temperatures alongside the qubits, promising scalable, low-power systems. AQT partnered with Quantum Rings to make its high-fidelity IBEX Q1 trapped-ion quantum computer (12 qubits) available on an open platform via API. Q.ant deployed second-gen photonic processors at Germany’s LRZ supercomputing center for higher performance and less energy draw.
NVIDIA is the MVP this week. Alice & Bob used CUDA-Q for a 9.25x speedup in quantum error correction decoding. Q-CTRL integrated with NVQLink for 50x reduction in communication overhead and hybrid HPC workflows. Quantum Machines launched an open acceleration stack with NVIDIA, AMD, and Riverlane for microsecond-latency hybridization and real-time QEC. Pasqal, PNNL, Dell, Berkeley Lab, and Scaleway also jumped on the CUDA-Q and NVQLink train, making hybrid quantum-classical computing feel inevitable.
Quantinuum dropped “skinny logic” iceberg codes achieving a record 2:1 physical-to-logical qubit ratio with 48 logical qubits from just 98 physical ones on Helios – logical qubits outperforming physical ones by 10-100x in fidelity. Alice & Bob’s work shows GPUs are accelerating the path to fault tolerance. These advances mean fewer physical qubits needed for reliable logic, pushing us closer to useful applications faster than expected.
India’s Science & Technology Ministry approved quantum teaching facilities at 23 institutions. QuiX Quantum joined Italy’s Q-Alliance for a national quantum hub. The Netherlands secured spots on three European pilot lines, and Qblox introduced first made-in-America quantum control systems while partnering with Université de Sherbrooke’s Institut Quantique.
Xanadu teamed with University of Toronto and NRC Canada on quantum algorithms for lithium-ion battery simulations using under 500 logical qubits. Kvantify is tackling drug discovery challenges, while OTI Lumionics set a new computational chemistry benchmark and Syngenta deepened ties with QuantumBasel.
This week proved quantum computing is shifting from labs to national priority and commercial reality, with hardware shipping, software integrating, and governments betting big on its future impact.
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This week’s Quantum Computing Weekly Round-Up highlights real hardware deployments, accelerating post-quantum security efforts, and growing geopolitical competition. The industry is transitioning from lab experiments
This week’s quantum computing weekly round-up highlights explosive growth in investments, impressive hardware progress, and mounting urgency around quantum-safe security. From European unicorns raising big
This Quantum Computing Weekly Round-Up highlights a busy week where governments and companies ramped up efforts in quantum security, navigation, and computing power. Key stories