Mohamed Abdel-Kareem

German photonics manufacturer Innolume has ordered a GEN2000® Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) system from Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) to scale production of gallium arsenide (GaAs)-based quantum dot (QD) lasers. Operating a vertically integrated manufacturing campus in Dortmund, Germany, Innolume is expanding its 6-inch epitaxy and wafer processing capacity to supply QD lasers, comb lasers, distributed feedback (DFB) lasers, and semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs). These devices serve as optical interconnects, co-packaged optics (CPO), and light sources for AI infrastructure, cloud data centers, and silicon photonics. Scaling Epitaxy and Facet Coating for Co-Packaged Optics Quantum dot lasers offer narrower spectral linewidths, lower [...]

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has announced a five-year, $100 million grantmaking initiative focused on the policy, security, and governance challenges of fast-moving emerging technologies. Announced at the Aspen Security Forum, the Emerging Technology and Security Initiative will allocate $20 million annually through 2031 to civil society organizations, universities, think tanks, and policy research institutions. The program specifically targets artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and quantum computing, aiming to bridge the operational gap between fast-moving commercial technology sectors and slower-moving government regulatory frameworks. Focusing on Quantum Vulnerabilities and Infrastructure Security The initiative builds on $10 million in exploratory grantmaking announced in early [...]

Rice University has officially joined the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Quantum Science Center (QSC), expanding its footprint in national fault-tolerant quantum computing R&D. Headquartered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the QSC is one of five National Quantum Information Science Research Centers established under the National Quantum Initiative Act. Led by Tirthak Patel, assistant professor of computer science at Rice, the university’s research group will receive approximately $900,000 over five years from the center. The project will focus on developing, optimizing, and evaluating quantum error-correction (QEC) decoding algorithms engineered to run directly on classical High-Performance Computing (HPC) supercomputing architectures. Targeting [...]

Digital trust and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) management provider Keyfactor has announced an expansion of its Global Partner Program. The program is designed to equip systems integrators, hyperscaler partners, managed service providers (MSPs), and security advisory firms to help enterprise clients navigate the transition toward Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) and manage machine identities generated by artificial intelligence. [ Keyfactor Partner Program Matrix ] Managing Company ──► Keyfactor (Cleveland, OH). Target Transition ──► Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) & Crypto-Agility Modernization. New Enablement Tools──► Not-for-Resale (NFR) PQC Lab Innovation Program & Role Badges. Cloud Marketplaces ──► AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Ecosystems. Global Rollout ──► [...]

Strasbourg-based quantum software developer QPerfect—a wholly owned subsidiary of BTQ Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq: BTQ / Cboe CA: BTQ)—has entered into a strategic research partnership with the University of Strasbourg. The collaboration supports aQCess (Atomic Quantum Computing as a Service), France’s first publicly accessible neutral-atom quantum computing platform. Building a Hardware-Accurate Digital Twin with MIMIQ™ Led by co-coordinators Shannon Whitlock and Guido Pupillo at the Centre Européen de Sciences Quantiques (CESQ)—a joint research laboratory of the University of Strasbourg and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)—the aQCess platform is targeting an array of more than 400 individually controllable ytterbium (Yb) [...]

Japan’s flagship research institute, RIKEN, has initiated operations for ROQUO, a new hybrid Quantum-HPC supercomputer located at the RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS) in Kobe. Constructed under the Japanese government's JHPC-quantum project, ROQUO connects directly to on-premises quantum hardware—including Quantinuum’s trapped-ion Reimei system installed at RIKEN's campus—and is linked to Japan’s flagship Fugaku supercomputer. The deployment represents a major milestone for the U.S.-Japan Genesis Mission partnership, marking the launch of a joint operational framework that combines GPU-accelerated classical computing, agentic AI, and physical quantum processing units (QPUs). [ ROQUO Hybrid System Architecture ] Location & Lead ──► RIKEN Center for [...]

In alignment with federal initiatives to establish an integrated national research platform, IBM (NYSE: IBM) has announced a $50 million commitment in quantum computing access to support the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Genesis Mission. The five-year compute contribution will grant researchers across DOE national laboratories and collaborating academic institutions direct access to IBM's utility-scale QPU fleet. In parallel, IBM was selected as a lead performer under a Phase I Genesis Mission Request for Applications (RFA) project focused on agentic AI-driven quantum algorithm discovery. [ IBM Genesis Mission Support Matrix ] Compute Contribution──► $50 Million equivalent in utility-scale QPU access over [...]

Neutral-atom quantum hardware and software developer Infleqtion, Inc. (NYSE: INFQ) has been selected to lead three projects under the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Genesis Mission. The national initiative combines artificial intelligence, high-performance computing (HPC), and quantum systems across DOE national laboratories to accelerate scientific discovery, energy infrastructure development, and national security capabilities. Infleqtion's Phase I projects focus on integrating agentic AI and quantum machine learning with neutral-atom QPUs and atomic sensors. The research will be conducted alongside Argonne National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and the University of Colorado Boulder. Three Genesis Mission Technical Workstreams The [...]

Photonic quantum computing developer PsiQuantum has signed a $125 million expanded tasking agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI). The performance-based award represents PsiQuantum’s most valuable U.S. government contract to date. The agreement funds verification and validation tasks for PsiQuantum's utility-scale hardware architecture, custom integrated photonic manufacturing processes, and supporting cryogenic infrastructure as the company advances through Stage C—QBI’s final assessment phase focused on independent technical verification. Expanding On-Site Verification and Component-Level Testing Building on a $31.8 million Stage C award from September 2025, the new $125 million tasking broadens DARPA’s hands-on evaluation [...]

Japanese industrial technology giant Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) has been selected by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) to lead a major government-backed R&D initiative aimed at transitioning silicon spin-qubit quantum computers from academic demonstrations to mass-manufacturable industrial infrastructure. The project—titled "Accelerating the Development and Demonstration of Next-Generation Quantum Computers to Solve Social Challenges"—will run through March 2029. Proposed jointly with Intel K.K. (Intel’s Japanese subsidiary), the initiative will leverage AIST's Global Research and Development Center for Business by Quantum-AI Technology (G-QuAT) to establish an open cloud-computing platform and fabrication ecosystem for silicon quantum hardware. Leveraging Intel 18A [...]