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Company, funding, product and policy news from across the quantum industry, as it happens.

    1. Quanta Computer and Quantinuum Partner to Industrialize Fault-Tolerant Trapped-Ion Hardware Manufacturing

      Quantinuum and Quanta Computer have partnered to industrialize the manufacturing of Quantinuum’s trapped-ion quantum computers. This collaboration will leverage Quantinuum’s QCCD architecture and Quanta’s manufacturing expertise to create standardized, mass-producible quantum hardware, moving from custom-built systems to enterprise IT hardware. The focus is on scaling physical hardware assembly, stabilizing the supply chain, and developing scalable production systems to achieve fault-tolerant, megaquop-class quantum systems.

    1. DARPA Awards Contract to Qunnect to Advance Real-Time Polarization Compensation for Quantum Networks

      DARPA has awarded Qunnect a contract to advance their real-time polarization compensation module, a key component of their Carina™ entanglement distribution system. This initiative, part of DARPA’s QuANET program, aims to improve the stability and resilience of quantum networks by counteracting polarization drift in optical fibers caused by environmental factors. Qunnect’s technology, already deployed in several cities, is crucial for connecting distributed quantum processors, sensors, and secure communication systems.

    2. T-SQUARED Begins Construction on Infleqtion’s Quantum Innovation Centre in Oxford

      T-SQUARED has begun construction on Infleqtion’s new Quantum Innovation Centre at Oxford Technology Park, which will triple the capacity of Infleqtion’s UK operations. This expansion will enhance research, manufacturing, and systems integration for neutral-atom quantum computing, sensing, and precision timing. The facility builds on Infleqtion’s decade of UK operations, including deploying the country’s first 100-qubit quantum computer and sea trials of its Tiqker™ optical atomic clock.

    3. University of Guelph and Xanadu Sign MOU to Advance Quantum Education and Talent Development

      The University of Guelph and Xanadu Quantum Technologies have signed a three-year MOU to advance quantum education and workforce development. This partnership integrates Xanadu’s PennyLane software into U of G’s curriculum, aiming to train future quantum software developers and researchers and strengthen Canada’s quantum technology ecosystem.

    4. Xanadu and University of Alberta Partner to Accelerate Photodynamic Cancer Drug Discovery

      Xanadu Quantum Technologies and the University of Alberta have partnered to use photonic quantum computing for cancer drug discovery. Their collaboration focuses on developing quantum algorithms to model light-matter interactions in photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy, aiming to overcome classical computational limitations and design more effective cancer treatments.

    5. BTQ Technologies Signs MOU with ITCENGLOBAL Subsidiary ITCEN PNS to Deploy Post-Quantum Security in South Korea

      BTQ Technologies has partnered with ITCEN PNS, a subsidiary of ITCENGLOBAL, to implement post-quantum security solutions across South Korea’s IT infrastructure, including financial, public, and enterprise sectors. This collaboration will integrate BTQ’s quantum-safe technologies with ITCEN PNS’s validated cryptographic modules and expertise in national PQC standardization. The initiative aims to enhance security in areas like banking networks, digital identity, and biometric authentication.

    6. SDT Joins Canadian Non-Profit Open Quantum Design as Official Manufacturing Partner

      SDT has partnered with Open Quantum Design (OQD) to manufacture open-source trapped-ion quantum computers, translating OQD’s blueprints into physical hardware. This collaboration expands OQD’s reach and strengthens SDT’s role in the global quantum hardware supply chain, alongside SDT’s deployment of its QuREKA Quantum Computing as a Service (QCaaS) platform for hybrid quantum research in South Korea.

    7. New York State Launches $60M RFP for Regional Quantum Technology Commercialization Hubs

      New York State is investing $60 million to establish up to four regional Quantum Technology Commercialization Hubs, each receiving up to $15 million. This initiative, building on a $300 million investment in a Quantum Research and Innovation Hub, aims to accelerate the commercialization of quantum computing, sensing, and secure communications. The hubs will focus on specialized quantum domains and provide access to advanced infrastructure for startups and researchers.

    1. ORIENTOM and Fondazione LINKS Form Research Partnership for Financial Quantum Computing

      ORIENTOM and Fondazione LINKS have partnered to advance quantum computing in finance, banking, and insurance. The collaboration will leverage ORIENTOM’s Quantum Middleware and Fondazione LINKS’ HPC infrastructure to develop solutions for derivatives pricing, portfolio optimization, risk management, and banking/insurance machine learning, with a focus on hybrid classical-quantum workflows and potential expansion into other industrial domains.

    2. Yonsei University to Upgrade On-Premises IBM Quantum System One to Next-Generation Nighthawk QPU

      Yonsei University is upgrading its on-premises IBM Quantum System One with the new 120-qubit Nighthawk QPU by November 2026, making it the second facility globally to host this advanced system. This upgrade will enhance computational capacity by 40% due to Nighthawk’s square lattice topology and increased qubit connectivity. The university plans to leverage this for hybrid quantum-HPC workloads, including research on Leigh syndrome, and will launch “Q-Bridge” to foster commercial application adoption.

    3. Infleqtion Reports Q2 2026 Results: Record Revenue Up 116% YoY, Raised Guidance to $43M, and $100M CHIPS Act LOI

      Infleqtion reported record Q2 2026 revenue of $12.63 million, a 116.3% increase year-over-year, driven by organic growth in quantum computing and sensing. The company raised its full-year 2026 revenue guidance to $43 million and received a $100 million CHIPS Act Letter of Intent. Infleqtion also made significant progress in its computing roadmap, including a contract to deploy a quantum computer at the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park and advancements in quantum sensing with its Tiqker atomic clocks.

    4. Quantinuum Reports Q2 2026 Results: Revenue Up 279% YoY, $1.7B Traditional IPO, and Oracle Cloud Integration

      Quantinuum Inc. reported a Q2 2026 revenue of $8.00 million, a 279.4% year-over-year increase, following its $1.7 billion IPO. The company ended the quarter with $2.11 billion in cash and provided a full-year 2026 revenue guidance of $28 million to $32 million. Key highlights include a strategic partnership with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, advancements in quantum computing hardware and software, and a letter of intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s CHIPS R&D Office.

    5. Quantinuum and Oracle Partner to Bring Helios Quantum Computer to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

      Quantinuum and Oracle have partnered to integrate Quantinuum’s Helios quantum computer directly into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) AI data centers. This collaboration will make Helios available as a managed OCI quantum service, combining trapped-ion quantum processing units with OCI’s high-performance computing to accelerate hybrid quantum-AI workloads for various applications. This marks Quantinuum’s first on-premises deployment within a major public cloud provider’s AI data center ecosystem.

    6. Davidson and Strangeworks Partner on Hybrid Quantum Defense Optimization

      Davidson and Strangeworks have partnered to develop quantum-enabled optimization solutions for military mission planning, leveraging Davidson’s aerospace and defense expertise and Strangeworks’ quantum orchestration platform. This collaboration, announced at the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium, aims to apply advanced algorithms to defense logistics, tactical resource allocation, and operational readiness challenges, with a focus on security, practicality, and speed of decision-making for U.S. military operations. The partnership also enhances Huntsville’s quantum technology defense hub.

    7. BLOQ Quantum Partners with Srirama Engineering College to Drive Quantum Education in Andhra Pradesh

      BLOQ Quantum has partnered with Srirama Engineering College in Tirupati to introduce quantum education to the region. This collaboration will integrate BLOQ Quantum’s cloud-based platform into the college’s curriculum, offering students and faculty hands-on experience in quantum computing, particularly in Quantum Machine Learning applications, and aims to foster regional quantum software development and research.

    8. D-Wave Awarded NRC Funding to Advance Commercial Annealing Algorithms and Software

      D-Wave Quantum Inc. received CAD $300,000 from the National Research Council of Canada to develop advanced graph-embedding algorithms and open-source software for its quantum annealing systems. This project, conducted at D-Wave’s Quantum Centre of Engineering Excellence, aims to integrate these algorithms into D-Wave’s Ocean™ SDK, enhancing the capability of its Advantage2™ processors to solve complex optimization problems across various commercial sectors. The initiative supports Canada’s National Quantum Strategy by accelerating the commercialization of quantum applications.

    9. Saab, Aquark Technologies, and Royal Navy Complete World-First Quantum Timing Radar Trial

      A recent trial successfully integrated cold-atom quantum clocks with military radar networks, demonstrating a GNSS-independent system for maintaining a coherent air picture. This collaboration between Saab UK, Aquark Technologies, and the Royal Navy proved the resilience of this technology against electronic warfare, allowing radar systems to operate without GPS timing signals. This advancement provides a practical solution for secure Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) in contested operational environments.

    10. Alice & Bob Joins €4.6M MSCA-Backed QuBriC Doctoral Network for Quantum Error Correction

      Alice & Bob has joined QuBriC, a €4.6 million MSCA Doctoral Network focused on Quantum Error Correction (QEC) for fault-tolerant quantum computing. This network unites 16 academic institutions and seven quantum enterprises to train 15 PhD candidates in QEC, bridging the gap between theoretical physics and classical error-correcting codes. Alice & Bob will contribute its cat-qubit architecture to help train researchers in co-designing physical QPUs with logical QEC layers, accelerating the deployment of fault-tolerant logical QPUs across Europe.

    11. Zapata Quantum Partners with QuEra to Advance Commercial Viability of Quantum Applications

      Zapata Quantum and QuEra Computing have partnered to accelerate the commercialization of quantum applications. This collaboration combines QuEra’s neutral-atom hardware with Zapata’s Quantum Application Intelligence framework to help enterprises and HPC centers design and validate quantum algorithms. The goal is to prepare for the 2028 deployment of a megaquop-class fault-tolerant neutral-atom QPU on AWS, focusing on use cases like materials design, optimization, and chemistry.

    1. Hefei Startup and USTC Demonstrate 16-Qubit On-Chip Photonic MBQC Architecture

      Hefei Guizhen Chip Technology Co., Ltd. and USTC have demonstrated a 16-qubit on-chip photonic measurement-based quantum computing (MBQC) system using high-dimensional path encoding. This system utilizes four photons routed through 16 waveguide paths, achieving a 98.7% success rate in Grover’s search algorithm. The innovation addresses multi-photon entanglement challenges but faces potential photon-loss penalties, with further peer review pending.

    2. QuSecure’s QuProtect R3 PQC Platform Added to Carahsoft’s GSA Schedule Contract

      QuSecure’s QuProtect R3 PQC Platform has been added to Carahsoft’s GSA Schedule contract, simplifying procurement for U.S. federal agencies to meet post-quantum migration mandates by 2030 and 2031. This platform offers an external cryptographic control plane, enabling security administrators to swap encryption algorithms and enforce crypto-agility across various environments without altering application code. It unifies discovery, remediation, and reporting modules to provide continuous compliance and dynamic algorithm swapping.

    1. Utah Governor Spencer Cox Signs Executive Order Launching Statewide Quantum Initiative

      Utah Governor Spencer Cox has signed Executive Order 2026-06, launching the Utah Quantum Initiative to establish the state as a hub for quantum research, advanced manufacturing, and commercialization. This initiative integrates quantum technology into Utah’s economic development strategy, leveraging existing strengths in photonics, quantum materials, semiconductor fabrication, and high-performance computing. It focuses on hardware integration, workforce development, commercialization, defense integration, federal strategy coordination, and statewide landscape mapping, with a report due by March 30, 2027.

    2. Pasqal Achieves First On-Chip Neutral-Atom Qubit Trapping via Photonic Integrated Circuits

      Pasqal, in collaboration with its subsidiary Aeponyx, has achieved a significant milestone by successfully trapping individual neutral atoms using on-chip photonic integrated circuits. This innovation replaces traditional bulk optics with silicon nitride photonic chips, drastically reducing the hardware footprint and enabling scalable manufacturing for future neutral-atom quantum processors. This advancement supports Pasqal’s goal of scaling its QPUs to over 10,000 physical atoms and 100 logical qubits.

    3. Quantum Computing Inc. Reports Q2 2026 Financial Results: Revenue Surges to $5.6M and Fab 2 Launch via NHanced Acquisition

      Quantum Computing Inc. (QCi) announced strong Q2 2026 financial results, with revenue surging to $5.55 million, a 50.4% increase over Q1 2026, driven by growth in integrated photonics and component portfolios. The company also completed its third acquisition of the year, NHanced Semiconductors, accelerating the launch of Fab 2 and expanding its quantum photonics foundry infrastructure. QCi reported a net loss of ($11.75) million, a significant reduction from the previous year, and a substantial contract backlog of $42.5 million.

    4. Qunnect and Monarch Quantum Partner for Commercializing and Deploying Quantum Networking Technologies Using Advanced Manufacturing

      Qunnect and Monarch Quantum are partnering to advance quantum networking infrastructure by miniaturizing and ruggedizing entanglement-based systems. This collaboration integrates Qunnect’s entanglement distribution ecosystem with Monarch Quantum’s photonic integration technology to create deployable networking nodes for various applications, including defense, satellite payloads, and 5G/6G infrastructure. Their goal is to transition from bulk-optic components to integrated photonic assemblies, enabling scalable, multi-node quantum supercomputing architectures.