Mohamed Abdel-Kareem

Welinq has announced the first commercial sale of its QDrive quantum memory system to the Institute of Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. The system will be integrated into the Slovak Quantum Communication Infrastructure (skQCI), a national initiative contributing to the broader EuroQCI framework for secure, continent-wide quantum networking. This transaction marks the transition of Welinq’s neutral-atom storage technology from advanced research to a deployable infrastructure component within an operational network. The QDrive system is a fully integrated, rack-mountable unit that operates at room temperature, eliminating the requirement for complex cryogenic cooling. It utilizes laser-cooled clouds of Rubidium-87 atoms to [...]

Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc. and Thorlabs have entered into a strategic partnership to develop customized optical fiber components essential for large-scale photonic quantum computing. The collaboration aims to address critical hardware challenges, specifically phase and polarization stability in photonic qubits. By combining Xanadu’s photonic architecture expertise with Thorlabs’ industrial-scale manufacturing capabilities, the companies intend to accelerate the transition of novel component designs from proof-of-concept to high-volume production for future quantum data centers. Maintaining optical stability is a primary hurdle in photonic systems, as unwanted drift can distort qubit information and lead to computational errors. This partnership focuses on developing stable fiber [...]

Haiqu has announced an $11 million seed round to accelerate the deployment of its hardware-aware quantum operating system (OS). The round was led by Primary Venture Partners, with participation from Qudit Investments led by John Donovan, Alumni Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Silicon Roundabout Ventures, and returning investors Toyota Ventures and MaC Venture Capital. This latest capital injection follows a 2025 technical milestone where Haiqu, in collaboration with IBM and the Bank of Montreal, demonstrated the ability to load over 500 data features onto a 128-qubit IBM Quantum Heron processor for enhanced financial anomaly detection. The startup’s flagship software stack is designed to reduce the computational cost of running near-term quantum applications [...]

Q*Bird, a Netherlands-based leader in quantum-secure communication, has officially signed its EIC Accelerator agreement, securing €2.5 million ($2.92 million USD) in grant funding and €5 million ($5.85 million USD) in equity investment. Selected as one of only 40 startups from a pool of nearly 1,000 applicants, the Delft-based company will utilize the funds to scale its "NEXUS" project. This initiative is designed to enhance the efficiency of Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution (MDI-QKD) hardware and establish an end-to-end sovereign quantum networking capability for Europe. The technical core of the NEXUS project focuses on driving down the cost and physical footprint of MDI-QKD [...]

SEEQC has announced the formation of a strategic quantum technology ecosystem between the United States and Taiwan to accelerate the commercialization of its Single Flux Quantum (SFQ)-based quantum computing platform. The initiative unites SEEQC’s proprietary digital quantum control intellectual property with Taiwan’s specialized semiconductor manufacturing and packaging infrastructure. By integrating partners across advanced electronics, process development, and academic research, the coalition aims to deliver a fully integrated, chip-based quantum computer that addresses the energy and scaling bottlenecks of current cryogenic systems. The ecosystem utilizes a multi-layered partnership model where each collaborator manages a specific technical domain of the hardware stack. Kinpo [...]

The University of Maryland and Zapata Quantum, Inc. (OTC: ZPTA) have launched a research collaboration to implement formal verification in quantum software development. This partnership aims to transition beyond manual, error-prone coding by using mathematical proofs to ensure that quantum algorithms behave correctly as they scale. The initiative seeks to establish a "verification-first" model, a standard practice in mission-critical classical computing that has remained a nascent field in quantum application development until now. As quantum hardware transitions toward the fault-tolerant era, the translation of complex mathematical formulas into physical quantum circuits represents a significant failure point. Formal verification addresses this by [...]

Forward Edge-AI, Inc. has announced a significant expansion of its global channel partner ecosystem, adding over two dozen new partners across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East. The expansion includes a strategic joint venture in Japan and partnerships with major industry leaders such as Microsoft, Lumen, and Cubic. This growth is a direct response to the accelerating demand for deployable post-quantum cryptography (PQC) solutions, driven by emerging national security mandates and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) estimate that over 20 billion devices will require quantum-resistant updates by 2027. The central component of this rollout is [...]

Polaris Quantum Biotech (PolarisQB) has released a comparative study indicating that its Quantum-Aided Drug Design (QuADD) platform, powered by D-Wave Quantum Inc.’s annealing technology, significantly outperforms classical Generative AI in lead identification for drug discovery. The study, currently a preprint on ChemRxiv, compared QuADD to the Bond and Interaction generating Diffusion model (BInD), a representative AI-based diffusion algorithm. The findings suggest that quantum annealing can reduce the timeline for selecting pre-clinical molecular candidates from months to hours while delivering higher-quality results. The QuADD platform utilizes the D-Wave Advantage system, featuring over 5,000 qubits, to solve complex combinatorial optimization problems. By framing [...]

Monarch Quantum, Inc. has officially launched as a privately held quantum photonics company based in San Diego. Led by photonics industry veteran Dr. Timothy Day, the company aims to resolve a critical bottleneck in quantum hardware: the reliance on complex, fragmented, and fragile "laser benches." Monarch Quantum’s core product line, branded as Quantum Light Engines™, consolidates hundreds of discrete optical components into integrated, factory-aligned modules designed for commercial-scale manufacturing. The company’s technology stack utilizes hybrid micro-optics packaging to integrate chip-scale lasers, electro-optics, modulators, and low-noise control electronics into a single subsystem. These engines are engineered to perform foundational quantum operations, including [...]

A joint research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) has developed a groundbreaking 3D printing technology capable of creating high-density, vertical nanolasers. Published in ACS Nano, the research introduces an "ultra-fine electrohydrodynamic" printing method that allows for the precise, on-demand placement of perovskite nanostructures on semiconductor chips. This advancement is expected to solve the spatial and efficiency limitations of traditional horizontal laser architectures, providing a scalable path for high-speed optical computing and quantum cryptographic communication. The core of this technical milestone is the ability to print freestanding, [...]