Mohamed Abdel-Kareem

Quantinuum and Al Rabban Capital have announced the formation of a Qatari joint venture aimed at accelerating the adoption of quantum computing in Qatar and the wider Gulf region. The initiative, backed by up to $1 billion in investment over 10 years, will focus on providing access to Quantinuum’s technology, co-developing region-specific quantum applications, and training a local quantum workforce. The venture was highlighted during the U.S. President’s state visit to Qatar and builds on Quantinuum’s prior collaboration with Hamad Bin Khalifa University and the Qatar Center for Quantum Computing (QC2). Strategic application areas include energy, materials discovery, precision medicine, financial [...]

Rigetti Computing has announced its Q1 2025 financial results. A summary of key financial metrics comparing Q1 2025 with Q4 2024 and the year-ago quarter of Q1 2024 is shown in the chart below. Financial Overview Rigetti reported $1.5 million in revenue for Q1 2025, marking a 36% decline from the previous quarter and a 52.5% year-over-year drop. This continues the downward trend in topline performance and reflects the company’s ongoing reliance on a small number of project-based contracts. Operating expenses rose to $22.1 million, up 13.2% from Q4 2024 and 22.0% from Q1 2024, driven by higher R&D expenditures. The [...]

SilQ Connect, a startup focused on distributed quantum computing, has closed its pre-seed funding round with backing from quantum-focused investors QV Studio, Quantacet, and Quantonation. The funding will support SilQ’s development of microwave-optical quantum interconnects for modular and scalable quantum systems. The company aims to enable utility-scale quantum computing by connecting modular processors into distributed architectures. This marks a critical step in advancing long-distance entanglement and scaling quantum computing systems beyond single-chip limitations. The investors include Quantonation, a global deep-tech VC; Quantacet, Quebec’s first quantum-focused fund; and QV Studio, a quantum venture studio that supports researcher-led startups. All three have supported [...]

Pasqal has launched access to its 100-qubit neutral-atom quantum processor through the Google Cloud Marketplace, marking a significant step in broadening availability of neutral-atom quantum computing. The integration allows users to leverage the Pasqal Cloud platform—a separately available service—for submitting, monitoring, and post-processing quantum jobs directly within Google Cloud's infrastructure. Through this partnership, users can define quantum jobs using Pasqal’s open-source software stack, which includes both low-level libraries for direct hardware control and high-level libraries offering pre-built solutions for graph machine learning. This layered approach makes the system accessible to both domain experts and users without quantum experience. Upcoming releases in [...]

QuEra Computing has announced that two research collaborations it supports have advanced to Phase Three of the Wellcome Leap Quantum for Bio Challenge, an international program focused on applying quantum computing to healthcare and biology. Out of six remaining projects globally, two are powered by QuEra’s neutral-atom systems, underscoring its growing role in quantum-assisted biomedical research. The challenge's earlier phases focused on algorithm development and classical simulation. In Phase One, twelve initial teams developed quantum algorithms with relevance to human health. Eight teams proceeded to Phase Two, where they benchmarked simulations of 30–40 qubit algorithms against classical counterparts using HPC. Now [...]

QuantWare and Q-CTRL have announced a strategic partnership to integrate Q-CTRL’s autonomous calibration software, Boulder Opal Scale Up, with QuantWare’s superconducting quantum processing units (QPUs), including its new Contralto-A QPU for quantum error correction. The collaboration aims to streamline quantum system deployment by automating calibration routines, a traditionally time-consuming and manual process. By integrating Boulder Opal Scale Up, QuantWare’s customers will benefit from reduced system setup times—from days to hours—allowing faster tuning of VIO-based QPUs designed to scale beyond one million qubits. The solution combines AI-driven automation with physics-informed models to deliver robust, repeatable performance optimization across QPU hardware. This partnership [...]

Quantinuum has announced a new industry benchmark, reporting a Quantum Volume (QV) of 2²³ = 8,388,608 on its H2 quantum computer, the highest reported QV to date. The QV metric, originally introduced by IBM, reflects a quantum system’s overall computational performance by integrating factors such as qubit count, gate fidelity, connectivity, and error rates. This achievement concludes a five-year commitment by Quantinuum to increase QV tenfold annually. The milestone was reached using the H2 platform and driven by benchmarking leadership from Dr. Charlie Baldwin, a noted expert in quantum hardware performance. Quantinuum asserts that the QV metric remains a reliable and [...]

IQM Quantum Computers has announced the deployment of its first Asia-Pacific (APAC) quantum computer at Chungbuk National University (CBNU) in South Korea, along with plans to open a new office in Seoul by June 2025. The installation of the IQM Spark—a 5-qubit superconducting quantum system—was completed within four months, marking a key milestone in the company’s regional expansion and its strategy to localize quantum infrastructure for academic and industrial use. The Seoul office, led by newly appointed Country Manager Youngsim Kim, will serve as a regional hub for collaboration with Korean universities, high-performance computing centers, and enterprises. IQM aims to support [...]

Diraq, an Australian quantum computing firm and DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) Stage A performer, has signed a letter of intent to join the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) as a future tenant. While the IQMP campus is under development, Diraq will begin operations through the IQMP’s On-Ramp Program, gaining access to cryostats, control electronics, lasers, and 2,000 square feet of research space in the Chicago area. Diraq develops silicon quantum dot spin qubits fabricated with standard CMOS technology, targeting compact, cost-effective systems for scalable quantum computing. The company was recently selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to [...]

Infleqtion, in collaboration with JPMorgan Chase, has released an open-source quantum software library designed to accelerate research into more efficient quantum error correction methods. The library, called qLDPC, implements advanced fault-tolerant coding schemes that can potentially reduce the number of physical qubits needed per logical qubit by a factor of 10 to 100, depending on the code. This breakthrough addresses one of the most persistent bottlenecks in quantum computing—excessive qubit overhead for achieving error tolerance. The qLDPC library supports error correction schemes particularly well suited to Infleqtion’s neutral atom-based quantum computing hardware, which offers programmable qubit layouts. This hardware-software co-design approach [...]