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Infleqtion, a neutral-atom quantum technology company, and Silicon Light Machines (SLM), a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) innovator, have announced a strategic partnership to integrate SLM’s Displacement Phase Modulator (DPM™) technology into Infleqtion’s neutral atom quantum computing systems. The collaboration is intended to enhance the speed and scalability of the neutral atom platform by accelerating individual qubit addressing. The DPM™ technology uses a silicon-germanium (SiGe) MEMS that integrates high-speed, non-contact piston phase modulators onto CMOS drivers. This innovation enables faster phase modulation, which is critical for advanced quantum applications such as individual qubit addressing, optical multiplexing, and scalable laser processing applications. The 32x256 [...]

The Florida Opportunity Fund (FOF), a state-backed investment entity, and Quantum Coast Capital (QCC), a venture firm focused on quantum investment, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to accelerate investment and innovation in quantum technology and advanced computing across Florida. The signing took place during the Quantum Beach 2025 conference in West Palm Beach. The MOU establishes a framework for identifying, evaluating, and co-investing in companies developing quantum-related technologies, including quantum computing, networking, and sensing applications within Florida. The collaboration is intended to align state resources with private capital and research institutions to support the commercialization of emerging technologies developed [...]

IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) has announced the pricing of a $2.0 billion equity offering. The offering consists of 16,500,000 shares of common stock, pre-funded warrants to purchase 5,005,400 shares, and warrants to purchase 43,010,800 additional shares. The common stock and pre-funded warrants were priced at $93 per share, which represents a 20% premium to the company’s closing stock price on October 9, 2025. The securities will be purchased from the underwriter by an entity managed by Heights Capital Management, Inc.. The warrants to purchase additional shares are exercisable at a price of $155 per share, which represents a 100% premium to the [...]

BTQ Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq: BTQ) has announced a collaboration with the University of Cambridge to fund research in quantum photonic devices. The collaboration will focus on implementing inverse-design approaches to develop novel quantum photonic devices, which are a critical technology for the future of quantum computing and quantum-secure communications. The research project will leverage advanced computational design techniques to create quantum photonic devices with the goal of optimising device geometries to maximize the collection of quantum light in and out of a chip. This involves implementing sophisticated inverse-design methodologies to discover device geometries that could significantly outperform traditional designs. The resulting [...]

Qunnect announced that it has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to advance components of its quantum networking technology for national defense applications. The amount of the contract was not disclosed but the length of the contract extends for 18 months. Qunnect provides components for use in entanglement-based quantum networks and has demonstrated their use in quantum networks located in New York, Berlin and Montana. Their hardware can be used with standard telecom grade fiberoptic cable and operates at room temperature. The company asserts that their hardware provide best-in-class fidelity and uptime. A press release announcing [...]

Patero Inc., a post-quantum cryptography company, and Calibr8 Systems, Inc., a systems integrator specializing in industrial data infrastructure, have announced a strategic agreement to facilitate the migration of industrial data infrastructures to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) in Australia and the Philippines. Under the alliance, the two companies will deliver cryptographic discovery and inventory services, as well as migration pathways to NIST-compliant PQC. Patero’s crypto-agile solutions hybridize classic encryption with NIST-standardized quantum-resistant algorithms. The collaboration will initially focus on financial services, telecommunications, and critical infrastructure operators in both regions. The partnership is aligned with government mandates for phasing out quantum-vulnerable cryptographic algorithms. In [...]

FirstQFM AB, a Stockholm-based quantum technology company, has raised €1.2 million (13.1 million SEK) ($1.4 million USD) in pre-seed funding. The round was led by BSV Ventures, with participation from Almi Invest, Further than Capital and Luminar Ventures.. The funding is intended to accelerate the development of the company's patent-pending AI foundation models for the quantum computing stack. The company’s AI foundation models are designed to improve performance, scalability, and reliability across the quantum stack, with a focus on enhancing device calibration and error correction. This technology is intended to advance the utility of NISQ-era machines and support the path toward fault-tolerant quantum computing. The [...]

Pasqal, a neutral-atom quantum computing company, has announced it will establish its U.S. headquarters as a tenant of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) on Chicago’s South Side. The company will invest more than $65 million in its first U.S. location and create 50 new full-time jobs. This expansion is supported by the State’s Manufacturing Illinois Chips for Real Opportunity Act (MICRO) Program and includes a $15 million loan from the Illinois Finance Authority/Climate Bank. This commercial expansion is underpinned by recent technical milestones. Pasqal has achieved control over 250+ physical qubits and demonstrated the successful execution of two logical [...]

NTT Research, Inc.'s Physics and Informatics (PHI) Lab, in collaboration with Cornell University and Stanford University, has developed the world’s first programmable nonlinear photonic waveguide that can switch between multiple nonlinear-optical functions on a single chip. This innovation, published in Nature, is intended to move beyond the conventional "one device, one function" paradigm by enabling fast device reconfigurability. The device's architecture utilizes an optical slab waveguide with a reconfigurable two-dimensional distribution of χ(2) nonlinearity. This χ(2) nonlinearity is dynamically induced by projecting a structured light pattern onto a photoconductive layer, which controls the internal bias electric field. This unique process allows [...]

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Associate Professor Sufei Shi has been awarded a $1.3 million grant over five years from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to pursue research goals focused on quantum simulation. The funding, part of the Foundation’s Experimental Physics Investigators program, is intended to establish a flexible and scalable platform for quantum simulation. The research leverages moiré superlattices, created by precisely aligning atomically thin materials, to confine and tune exciton behavior using electric fields. Shi’s planned research will take two complementary approaches: trapping large, highly excited excitons using advanced nanofabrication, and controlling exciton behavior through moiré patterns. This method [...]