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Industry
IBM and Cisco Want to Network Fault‑Tolerant quantum computers
IBM and Cisco’s joint announcement this week is easy to misread as another “quantum + internet” headline. It isn’t. The two companies are laying out a step‑by‑step program to turn stand‑alone fault‑tolerant machines into a fabric: first a proof‑of‑concept linking…
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Industry
OCP Initiative to Integrate Quantum Computers into Data Centers
The Open Compute Project (OCP) has launched a new workstream to prepare conventional data centers for co-locating quantum computers alongside classical HPC systems. Announced at OCP’s Global Summit, this initiative will develop open specifications, best practices, and checklists to guide…
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Policy & Sovereignty
U.S. Panel Urges a “Quantum First” Goal by 2030 to Outpace China
In a bid to secure the technological high ground, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission - a bipartisan federal advisory panel - has issued a bold recommendation: America should adopt a “Quantum First” national goal by 2030, arguing that…
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Industry
Palo Alto Networks CEO Warns of Nation-State Quantum Threat by 2029
Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks, has issued a stark warning that hostile nation-states may possess cryptanalytically relevant quantum computers by 2029 – or even sooner. Speaking on the cybersecurity company’s Q1 2026 earnings call, Arora predicted that within…
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Industry
Quantum Utility Block: A Fast-Track, Modular Path to Quantum Utility
Three quantum technology companies – QuantWare, Q-CTRL, and Qblox - jointly unveiled a new offering called the Quantum Utility Block (QUB), billing it as “the fastest path to quantum utility” for enterprises and research institutions. This announcement, made in Delft,…
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Industry
Full-Photonic Quantum Teleportation Achieved at Telecom Wavelengths
In a breakthrough for quantum communication, a research team led by Tim Strobel has demonstrated quantum teleportation between two remote quantum dot systems at standard fiber-optic (1550 nm) telecommunications wavelengthsquantumzeitgeist.com. The experiment, published in Nature Communications on Nov 17, is…
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Industry
Microsoft Brings Post-Quantum Crypto to Windows 11 and .NET
Microsoft has announced the general availability of NIST’s post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms in core Windows and .NET platforms. As of the November 2025 update, Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 now include built-in support for the CRYSTALS-Kyber key encapsulation mechanism…
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Quantum Ecosystem
The Tweezer Array’s Hidden Supply Chain: Who Really Wins If Neutral-Atom Quantum Computing Wins
In 2025, a team at Harvard, MIT, and QuEra did something that no quantum computing platform had done before: they ran a 3,000-qubit atom array continuously for over two hours, replenishing lost atoms mid-computation - effectively building the first quantum…
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Systems & Engineering
Elevate Quantum Launches First Open Quantum Architecture System in U.S. (Colorado)
Elevate Quantum and an international team of partners have announced the deployment of the United States’ first Quantum Open Architecture (QOA) quantum computing system, to be hosted in Colorado. In a collaborative effort involving Dutch quantum processor maker QuantWare, control…
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Quantum Computing
Experimental Quantum Error Correction Below Threshold
When Harvard’s neutral-atom team quietly dropped their new paper on a fault-tolerant architecture for universal quantum computation, a few days ago, it felt like the field had crossed an invisible line. For years we’ve had impressive pieces of the puzzle…
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Quantum Sovereignty
Investment Screening and M&A: When Capital Becomes a Quantum Sovereignty Vector
Foreign investment screening, acquisition scrutiny, and “strategic capital” policies increasingly shape which quantum technology companies survive - and where their intellectual property (IP) and talent ultimately reside. National security and technological sovereignty narratives are no longer abstract concerns; they influence…
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Industry
China’s “Photonic Quantum Chip” Is Impressive. But It’s Also a Case Study in Quantum-Washing
Every few months, a headline pops up proclaiming the dawn of a new quantum breakthrough - often accompanied by phrases like “1000x faster than classical computers,” “industry first,” “quantum chip,” or “beyond classical limits.” And every time, the quantum-security community…
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Quantum Sovereignty
Quantum Sovereign Optionality: Agility Over Autarky
Technical sovereignty has become a buzzword in geopolitical and tech circles. As global alliances fray and trust in traditional partners wanes, countries are scrambling to assert control over critical technologies. In the quantum arena, this instinct translates into an ambitious…
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Quantum Computing Companies
Silicon Quantum Computing
Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC) is an Australian quantum hardware company based in Sydney, founded in May 2017 as a UNSW Sydney spin-off by Prof. Michelle Simmons (2018 Australian of the Year). It was launched as Australia’s first quantum computing company…
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Quantum Computing
A Quantum Contrarian Con Artist
In the growing spotlight on quantum technology, a new kind of opportunist is taking the stage - the contrarian con artist. These are not the honest skeptics who ask hard questions in good faith. They are bad-faith actors cloaking themselves…
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