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Juliang Guangqi Raises $28M+ USD Angel Round to Industrialize Superconducting Quantum in China

Juliang Guangqi has closed a $28M+ USD angel round, one of the largest early-stage quantum hardware financings in China. The Shanghai startup is forging silicon-substrate superconducting quantum computing to leverage mature semiconductor production lines for scalability. With backing from Heli Capital, Junshan Capital, and SMIC PE, it signals strong industrial momentum in China’s quantum sector.

May 18, 2026

China’s Origin Quantum Launches Origin Wukong-180

Origin Quantum has introduced its fourth-generation superconducting quantum computer, the Origin Wukong-180, featuring 180 computational qubits. Built on a complete domestic stack, the system offers improved gate fidelities and coherence times. It is immediately available to global users via cloud platform and supports early applications in AI model optimization, biochemistry, finance, chemistry, and smart grid analysis.

May 9, 2026

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Quantum Computing Weekly Round-Up: Week Ending May 2, 2026

This quantum computing weekly round-up captures a week of serious momentum. Investors poured fresh capital into trapped-ion and spin-qubit hardware while the Defiance QTUM ETF crossed $4 billion. Japan saw its first enterprise quantum computer purchase, and the crypto world got a stark reminder of Q-day risks with a record elliptic-curve attack.

May 1, 2026

China: Origin Wukong Quantum Computer Gains AI Capabilities

China’s Origin Wukong quantum computer has been upgraded with initial AI computing capabilities; reported on April 21, 2026. The 72-qubit superconducting system now integrates quantum power with AI tools like Origin Brain and QPanda3 Runtime for more user-friendly access. This marks progress in making homegrown quantum technology accessible to researchers and developers worldwide.

April 21, 2026

Quantum Computing Weekly Round-Up: Week Ending April 11, 2026

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 to operational systems. Momentum is building across every layer of the stack.

April 10, 2026

Quantum Computing Weekly Round-Up: Week Ending March 28, 2026

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 include new post-quantum tools at RSAC and significant funding for national quantum programs. The developments show the field rapidly moving toward practical applications.

March 27, 2026

Silicon Quantum Processor Logical Operations Mark Key Step in China Research

A research team in Shenzhen has built a small silicon quantum processor that performs a complete set of logical operations while detecting errors. Scientists encoded four physical qubits into two logical qubits and successfully ran single-qubit and two-qubit gates. They even executed a basic algorithm to estimate the ground-state energy of a water molecule. This progress shows silicon could support reliable, large-scale quantum machines compatible with existing chip manufacturing.

March 27, 2026

Quantum Computing Weekly Round-Up: Week Ending March 7, 2026

The quantum computing weekly round-up this week is loaded with public-market moves, post-quantum security deployments, and a fresh wave of research that actually feels connected to real-world use. From PASQAL and Xanadu chasing the public markets to telecom giants pushing quantum-safe infrastructure, the industry looked more commercial and more geopolitical at once. Add in new work on molecular simulation, drug discovery, quantum debugging, and dark-matter sensors, and this was one of those weeks where skipping the links would be a tactical error.

March 6, 2026

Quantum Computing Digest — 2020

2020 reflected a year of consolidation and readiness rather than breakthrough scale. Cloud platforms widened access, governments committed long-term funding, and enterprises began treating quantum risk and opportunity as programmatic concerns. While fault-tolerant systems remained distant, the ecosystem strengthened its technical, policy, and security foundations.

February 9, 2026

Quantum Computing Digest — Q1 2018

The first quarter of 2018 marked a pivotal period for quantum computing, featuring bold hardware announcements such as Google’s 72-qubit Bristlecone processor aimed at quantum supremacy. NIST initiated post-quantum cryptography standardization to counter future quantum threats. Governments worldwide boosted funding and strategies, while software tools and enterprise partnerships expanded, laying groundwork for the field’s next decade.

February 5, 2026

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