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Heriot-Watt University has officially opened a £2.5 million ($3.3 million USD) Optical Ground Station (HOGS) at its Research Park in Edinburgh to advance satellite-based quantum-secure communication. Developed under the UK Quantum Communications Hub and featuring a 70-cm precision telescope with adaptive optics and quantum detectors, the facility will enable quantum key distribution (QKD) experiments with satellites. HOGS is also equipped to monitor space debris and test ultra-high-speed optical communications for next-generation networks. The project marks a major step in the UK’s efforts to build a quantum-secure internet, offering a unique testbed for industry and academia. Connected via dark fibre to Heriot-Watt’s [...]

South Korea-based quantum technology firm Norma Inc. has entered into a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with UAE-based Al Fardan Ventures to establish a dedicated quantum computing R&D and manufacturing facility in the Middle East. The agreement, signed in Seoul during the World IT Show 2025, sets the foundation for Norma’s expansion into the region and aims to position the Middle East as a global hub for next-generation computing technologies. The partnership will target high-demand ICT domains such as artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, data centers, quantum security, and quantum computing. Norma and Al Fardan plan to support regional innovation through sustained research [...]

EntropiQ has officially launched as the first dedicated provider of Quantum Entropy as a Service (QEaaS), offering on-demand, elastic, and crypto-agile quantum entropy distribution tailored for critical infrastructure. The startup, headquartered in Atlanta with operations in Zurich, delivers hardware-seeded entropy over a post-quantum encrypted network and integrates with existing systems via API, meeting NIST SP 800-90 guidelines. The company’s platform is designed to preempt emerging quantum threats by enabling secure data protection before large-scale quantum decryption becomes viable. To scale deployment and operational validation, EntropiQ has partnered with Equinix and GIS QSP. Through integration at Equinix Solution Validation Centers in Silicon [...]

IBM, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and the Government of Andhra Pradesh have unveiled a plan to establish India’s most advanced quantum computing facility in Amaravati. Anchored by IBM's Quantum System Two with a 156-qubit Heron processor, this installation will be the centerpiece of the new Quantum Valley Tech Park—positioned to be India’s premier hub for quantum research, application development, and industry-academic collaboration. TCS will co-lead efforts to build quantum algorithms and hybrid computing applications aligned with India’s National Quantum Mission. Complementing IBM’s infrastructure, TCS will develop use cases across critical sectors including life sciences, manufacturing, cryptography, and energy systems. Quantum Valley [...]

Quantum Motion has appointed Hugo Saleh as President and Chief Commercial Officer. Saleh, who previously held senior leadership roles at Google, Intel, and Ayar Labs, will drive Quantum Motion’s global expansion and commercialisation strategy, supporting the company's productization of silicon-based quantum technologies. His appointment coincides with Quantum Motion’s expansion into the U.S., Australia, and Europe. A news release announcing his appointment is available here. Moth Quantum has named Dr. Ilana Wisby as Chief Executive Officer. Wisby, a recognized leader in the quantum computing sector, will lead Moth as it scales its infrastructure and launches consumer-facing quantum technology products. The announcement is [...]

Quantinuum has introduced Generative Quantum AI (GenQAI), a hybrid approach that integrates quantum data generation with transformer-based machine learning to address challenges at the intersection of quantum computing and artificial intelligence. Central to this methodology is the Generative Quantum Eigensolver (GQE), which leverages data generated from quantum circuits to train a transformer model that proposes improved quantum circuits. This iterative feedback loop enables the system to progressively identify quantum states with lower energy, improving the search for ground states of molecules—a fundamental problem in quantum chemistry. To validate the GQE framework, Quantinuum tested the method on the hydrogen molecule (H₂), a [...]

IQM Quantum Computers has introduced a novel quantum processing unit (QPU) architecture known as IQM Star, which departs from traditional grid-based designs by using a central superconducting resonator to connect multiple qubits. This effective all-to-all connectivity enables direct, high-fidelity interactions between any pair of qubits, significantly reducing the need for noisy SWAP gates. The architecture supports more flexible quantum error correction (QEC) schemes and improves circuit execution efficiency for connectivity-intensive algorithms. In a set of three research papers, IQM demonstrates the practical advantages of Star’s architecture. These include high-fidelity error detection with logical fidelities above 96%, creation of high-quality GHZ states, [...]

Xanadu has announced a strategic collaboration with Applied Materials to co-develop the first high-volume-compatible 300 mm fabrication process for superconducting transition edge sensors (TESs), a core technology enabling photon-number-resolving detectors (PNRs) in photonic quantum computing. TESs are integral to Xanadu’s approach to qubit state preparation, and their reliable, scalable production is considered essential for building fault-tolerant, utility-scale photonic quantum computers. This effort builds on previous joint work between the two companies, now advancing into the demonstration phase of 300 mm-compatible TES manufacturing by the end of 2025. Applied Materials brings its deep expertise in advanced materials engineering and process control on [...]

IonQ has announced two new research achievements demonstrating how quantum computing can augment artificial intelligence workflows, particularly in the domains of language modeling and materials science. In one effort, IonQ researchers integrated a quantum machine learning (QML) layer into a pre-trained large language model (LLM) to improve its fine-tuning on sentiment classification tasks. The hybrid quantum-classical architecture outperformed classical baselines with similar parameter counts and showed promise for improved accuracy and energy efficiency as the problem size scales beyond 46 qubits. In a second initiative, IonQ collaborated with a major automotive company to apply quantum-enhanced generative adversarial networks (QGANs) for image [...]

Keio University, a long-standing IBM Quantum Innovation Center in Japan, is advancing quantum reservoir computing (QRC) in collaboration with Mitsubishi Chemical. Their joint research aims to evaluate utility-scale QRC methods by implementing machine learning tasks on IBM quantum processors. This effort builds on a 2023 experiment with collaborators from the University of Tokyo, University of Arizona, and UNSW, where they modeled soft robot motion using quantum input states and linear regression post-processing. Unlike conventional QRC approaches, which require repeated quantum circuit executions at each time step, the team introduced a repeated measurements technique using auxiliary qubits. This method allows time series [...]