
The Qubit Report: September 9, 2026
Quantinuum posted Helix results on Helios on September 9, 2026, with a 4.6 × 10^-5 per-qubit per-round error and a 99.925 percent logical GHZ lower bound across 20 syndrome rounds. The same wires covered an Xanadu-ASML lithography pact, Altera PQC secure boot on Agilex 3 and Agilex 5, a ₹200 crore (~$24 million) QNu Labs Series A1, and a SandboxAQ AQNav flight on Northrop Grumman’s Lumberjack. Desk-by-desk numbers, caveats on hardware versus finished machines, and source anchors are in the full briefing.