Mohamed Abdel-Kareem

Alpine Quantum Technologies (AQT) and Scaleway have established a partnership to integrate the IBEX Q1 trapped-ion quantum processing unit (QPU) into Scaleway’s Quantum-as-a-Service (QaaS) platform. This deployment provides industrial and research organizations with access to universal quantum hardware hosted on European sovereign cloud infrastructure. The integration is designed to support high-performance computing (HPC) and quantum computing hybrid workflows, utilizing AQT’s hardware in coordination with Scaleway’s classical computing resources. The IBEX Q1 system utilizes trapped-ion technology characterized by all-to-all qubit connectivity and high gate fidelity. The hardware is accessible through standard open-source frameworks, including Qiskit, Cirq, and Pennylane, requiring no prior reservations [...]

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) has been named an inaugural member of the Southeastern Quantum Collaborative (SQC), joining a consortium that includes the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), Davidson Technologies, IBM, and Alabama A&M University. The collaboration is structured to synchronize academic and industrial efforts in quantum information science (QIS) across the Southeastern United States, focusing on the development of field-ready quantum capabilities. Central to this integration is the D-Wave Advantage2™ annealing system, currently operational at Davidson Technologies’ Huntsville facility. This infrastructure provides the collaborative with the hardware necessary to develop and test quantum-powered applications for mission planning and large-scale [...]

MicroAlign has secured a €2.5 million ($3 million USD) Accelerator Grant and equity investment from the European Innovation Council (EIC) to industrialize the production of high-precision fiber arrays. These components are essential for photonic quantum architectures, which require thousands of arrays per system to maintain qubit preservation and control. The capital will transition the company's manufacturing from pilot-scale to high-volume production, addressing a critical bottleneck in the photonic quantum computing supply chain. The company utilizes patented micro-manipulation technology to achieve nanometer-scale active alignment of individual optical fibers. Unlike passive assembly methods used in standard telecommunications, this micro-actuator-based approach minimizes photon loss [...]

IBM Ventures has announced new investments in SQK and QodeX Quantum, two early-stage startups participating in the Alchemist Chicago deep tech accelerator. These investments represent a strategic move by IBM to bolster the quantum software ecosystem by supporting founders who are transitioning theoretical breakthroughs into industrial applications. Both startups were selected from the Duality accelerator program to advance into the second phase of Alchemist Chicago, a business acceleration stage that provides venture capital and intensive mentorship for enterprise scaling. SQK, based in Seattle, is developing hybrid quantum-classical algorithms specifically for medical image reconstruction. The company’s technology aims to improve the diagnostic [...]

The Business Development Board of Palm Beach County (BDB) has been awarded $1,031,000 in federal funding to facilitate regional coordination and workforce development in quantum technologies. Secured by U.S. Representative Lois Frankel, the investment is designed to align business, education, and economic development strategies to support a growing cluster of high-tech industries. Simultaneously, Palm Beach State College (PBSC) received more than $2 million in federal funding to support the creation of a Quantum Innovation Center in West Palm Beach, which will serve as a regional hub for research and specialized training in quantum computing and artificial intelligence. The Quantum Innovation Center [...]

Aliro has raised $15 million in an oversubscribed funding round led by Gutbrain Ventures, with participation from Cisco Investments, Argon Ventures, and Wonderstone Ventures. The company intends to use the capital to transition network security from mathematical assumptions to physics-based enforcement. By utilizing entanglement protocols, the platform aims to provide deterministic trust where physical laws, rather than computational complexity, prevent unauthorized access and spoofing. The company’s vendor-agnostic software stack currently supports over 50 entanglement and classical network devices, enabling organizations to deploy high-assurance networks using existing fiber infrastructure. Aliro also provides a physics-accurate entanglement network simulator that acts as a digital [...]

SEALSQ Corp (NASDAQ: LAES) and Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC) have announced a collaboration to integrate advanced post-quantum cryptography (PQC) into select Lattice FPGA solutions using a unified TPM-FPGA architecture. This collaboration addresses the urgent requirement for quantum-resistant security in mission-critical edge computing and industrial infrastructure. By combining SEALSQ’s specialized post-quantum hardware with Lattice’s low-power, secure FPGA platforms, the partnership provides a scalable reference design for organizations transitioning to CNSA 2.0 and NIST standards. The joint solution features a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) that integrates a Lattice secure FPGA with SEALSQ’s QS7001 and QVault TPM secure Root-of-Trust (RoT). The QS7001 is a hardware-embedded PQC [...]

Quantonation Ventures has closed its second flagship fund, Quantonation II, at €220 million ($260 million USD), surpassing its original €200 million ($236.3 million USD) target. With this close, the firm becomes the largest dedicated quantum investment vehicle globally by assets under management. This second vintage is more than twice the size of the firm’s inaugural €91 million ($123.3 million USD) fund and signals a strategic pivot from backing early laboratory-to-market "pioneers" toward the industrialization and enterprise deployment of quantum and physics-based systems. The fund is backed by a mix of returning and new institutional limited partners, including Vertex Holdings, Bpifrance (on [...]

The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has concluded a series of trials aimed at developing next-generation atomic clock technology for military applications. Published on February 18, 2026, the initiative focuses on improving Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) resilience for UK forces, providing a fallback for satellite-based systems like GPS, which are susceptible to jamming or denial. These clocks utilize light waves to energize atoms, creating a frequency reference significantly more stable and accurate than current standard military timing components. The trial allowed manufacturers and research teams to test individual components and integrated devices under long-term, unattended operation, providing a [...]

Infleqtion, a developer of neutral-atom quantum technology, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) today under the ticker symbol "INFQ." The public listing follows the completion of a business combination with Churchill Capital Corp X, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). This milestone makes Infleqtion the first neutral-atom quantum hardware and sensing company to enter the public markets. The transaction provided Infleqtion with over $550 million in gross proceeds. This capital includes a $125 million common stock Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE) from institutional investors and nearly 100% of the cash held in Churchill X’s trust account, representing [...]