Author: Doug Finke

    1. Intel to Acquire Classiq: Strategic Move Creates Full-Stack Quantum Computing Platform

      Intel is acquiring Israeli quantum software provider Classiq for $2.3 billion, creating a full-stack quantum computing platform by combining Classiq's algorithm synthesis with Intel's hardware. This move aims to simplify quantum development and make quantum technology more accessible. Meanwhile, Israel is emerging as a global quantum technology hub, attracting significant investment and fostering numerous startups across the quantum computing stack.

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      Podcast with Joel Van Dyk, CTO/CISO and Co-Founder of Done. Quantum Security Limited

      Podcast with Joel Van Dyk, a physicist turned Wall Street cybersecurity veteran, about the quantum threat to cryptography and what organizations should be doing right now to prepare.

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      Podcast with Johannes Pollanen, Co-founder of EeroQ and a Professor of Physics at Michigan State University

      Johannes Pollanen, co-founder of EeroQ and a professor of physics at Michigan State University, explains how EeroQ builds qubits from single electrons floating on a film of superfluid helium, and why he thinks the semiconductor chip is the only proven way to scale a quantum computer.

    1. Manufacturing Announcements Can Influence Patentability Challenges: What Quantum Computing Companies Should Know

      Guest post by Sarah Schlotter and Adam R. Wichman describe how the U.S. Patent Office may treat domestic manufacturing as a factor affecting when it will hear a challenge to the patentability of an issued patent claim. The article goes on to recommend best practices for quantum companies to work with this.

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      Podcast with Walter Raquet, Chairman and CEO of Symmatrics

      Yuval Boger speaks with Walter Raquet, Chairman and CEO of Symmatrics, a company that has revived the one-time pad symmetric key encryption concept — once used exclusively by US intelligence agencies — and brought it to the internet age using quantum random number generators.

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      Podcast with Harry Kumar, Co-founder, Director & CCO of Moth Quantum

      Interview with Harry Kumar, co-founder, director, and Chief Creative Officer of Moth Quantum. Moth is the company behind Quantum Backrooms, a browser game whose maze is generated on real quantum hardware.

    1. Patenting Quantum Computing Innovations – Part 5: Shor’s Algorithm and Conclusions

      In part five of our five part series on quantum patents, Sinan Utku discusses why an attempt to patent Shor's algorithm would likely be challenged. The article concludes with an observation about the uncertain state of patent eligibility law in the US.

    1. Patenting Quantum Computing Innovations – Part 4: Entanglement Swapping

      In part four of our five part series on quantum patents, Sinan Utku discusses the arguments both for and against the patent eligibility as an invention of entanglement swapping.

    2. How a Large IT Consulting Company Works with Quantum

      To find out how a large IT consulting company is approaching quantum, GQI interviewed two executives at CGI to hear their views on how to leverage quantum for their clients. This article provides an interesting perspective on how they are leveraging quantum tech as well as some of the challenges.

    3. Unitary Foundation Launches Its 2026 Quantum Open Source Software Survey

      The Unitary Foundation has launched its 2026 Quantum Open Source Software (QOSS) survey, an annual initiative designed to collect information on the quantum open-source software community. The survey includes questions on demographics, research, tools, and platforms, with the goal of providing an informative and representative snapshot of the community and field.