August 22, 2024

Quantum Computing & Quantum Technology Initiatives in the USA

The United States has entered a new phase of quantum technology development – one marked by large-scale engineering challenges and system integration, rather than just laboratory science. The next decade will be critical. If current trends hold, we will witness U.S. quantum computers tackling problems that were impossible before, quantum communications protecting real-world data, and quantum sensors enhancing the precision of measurements that society relies on. The U.S. has laid a strong foundation through its national initiatives, research excellence, and industry agility. Maintaining leadership will require sustained investment, a continued focus on education and talent, and smart partnerships between government, academia, and industry ...

News - United States - Quantum Computing, Quantum Tech, Post-Quantum, Quantum Security

Quantum Cybersecurity Migration Act

Quantum Cybersecurity Migration Act: U.S. Senate Ramps Up Push for Post-Quantum Readiness

On July 31, 2025, U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced the National Quantum Cybersecurity Migration Strategy Act, a bipartisan bill to ensure the federal government prepares for encryption-breaking quantum computers. The legislation directs a White House office (leveraging the NSTC’s ESIX subcommittee) to develop a comprehensive ...
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Microsoft’s Majorana‑1 Chip Demonstrates X and Z Loop Parity Measurements

Microsoft’s Azure Quantum team has released a new scientific paper (Distinct Lifetimes for X and Z Loop Measurements in a Majorana Tetron Device) presenting the first experimental evidence of complementary Pauli-X and Pauli-Z parity measurements on a topological qubit. The results, announced by Microsoft Quantum Technical Fellow Chetan Nayak in ...
US Congressional Hearing - Preparing for the Quantum Age - When Cryptography Breaks

Preparing for the Quantum Age – U.S. Congressional Hearing Recap and Analysis

On June 24, 2025, a House Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing titled “Preparing for the Quantum Age: When Cryptography Breaks.” This hearing convened government, industry, and academic experts to discuss the looming threat quantum computing poses to our current cryptographic systems and what the United States should do to prepare ...
GAO Quantum Computing

The U.S. GAO Publishes a Quantum Threat Report – Right on Strategy but Wrong on Timing

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a June 2025 report titled “Quantum Computing: Leadership Needed to Coordinate Cyber Threat Mitigation Strategy” (GAO-25-108590). GAO makes many spot-on recommendations – calling for strong federal leadership, workforce development, investment in post-quantum readiness, and securing the quantum tech supply chain – and ...
Microsoft 4D Quantum Error-Correcting Codes

Microsoft Unveils New 4D Quantum Error-Correcting Codes

Microsoft Quantum's researchers have introduced a new family of four-dimensional (4D) geometric quantum error-correcting codes that promise to dramatically outperform today’s standard 2D surface codes. Revealed in a new preprint "A Topologically Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer with Four Dimensional Geometric Codes" (arXiv:2506.15130v1) and an accompanying Microsoft blog post, these novel 4D ...
IonQ FTQC Roadmap

IonQ’s 2025 Roadmap: Toward a Cryptographically Relevant Quantum Computer by 2028

IonQ has unveiled an accelerated quantum computing roadmap that, if realized, could deliver a cryptographically relevant quantum computer (CRQC) as early as 2028. In a June 2025 announcement, the Maryland-based quantum startup – known for its trapped-ion technology – outlined dramatic scaling milestones enabled by recent acquisitions and technical breakthroughs ...

Articles - United States

Quantum Technology, Quantum Computing, Quantum Security

May 22, 2025

Global Quantum Innovation Ecosystems: Lessons for TTOs from Around the World

For universities and tech transfer offices (TTOs), understanding global diverse quantum innovation ecosystems is more than a matter of curiosity – it’s a practical guide for positioning academic spin‑offs for success on the world stage. Government investment is a key differentiator: by 2025, governments worldwide have committed over $40 billion in public funding for quantum technology. How those funds are deployed, ...
March 5, 2025

The Race Toward FTQC: Ocelot, Majorana, Willow, Heron, Zuchongzhi

Quantum computing is entering a new phase marked by five major announcements from five quantum powerhouses—Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Google, IBM, and Zuchongzhi—all in the last 4 months. Are these just hype-fueled announcements, or do they mark real progress toward useful, large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computing—and perhaps signal an accelerated timeline for “Q-Day”? Personally, I'm bullish about these announcements. Each of ...
March 1, 2025

Physics at the Heart of the New Cold War

In the 21st century, cutting-edge physics has moved from the laboratory into the realm of high geopolitics. Breakthroughs in quantum computing, advanced materials, and energy aren’t just academic - they are strategic assets coveted by nations. The situation echoes the mid-20th century, when projects like the Manhattan Project turned abstract physics into world-altering power. Today, governments are pouring billions into ...
March 1, 2025

Quantum Geopolitics: The Global Race for Quantum Computing

Quantum computing has emerged as a new frontier of great-power competition in the 21st century​. Nations around the world view advanced quantum technologies as strategic assets—keys to future economic prowess, military strength, and technological sovereignty. Governments have already poured over $40 billion into quantum research and development globally​, launching national initiatives and international collaborations to secure a lead in this ...
January 3, 2025

Entropy-Driven Photonic Quantum Computing: A Critical Look at QCI’s Approach

Quantum Computing Inc. (QCI) has introduced an unconventional paradigm in quantum computing called Entropy Quantum Computing (EQC). Unlike the standard approach of isolating qubits in pristine, ultra-cold environments, QCI’s method intentionally embraces environmental noise and loss as part of the computation. Their quantum processors, optical devices operating at room temperature, leverage photons and a bit of chaos to solve complex ...
April 28, 2022

National Initiatives in Quantum Technologies (as of April 2022)

As quantum technologies garner global attention, its economic and national security implications are positioning these set of technologies alongside AI and 5G as pivotal emerging technologies for the future. Governments worldwide are recognizing the strategic importance of quantum technologies, which broadly includes quantum computing, quantum communication and quantum sensing ...

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US vs China 5G
April 1, 2019

Geopolitics of 5G and 5G-Connected Massive & Critical IoT

Emerging Technology and Geopolitics of 5G There are several reasons emerging technology is a highly competitive industry, notwithstanding the race for intellectual property that can be licensed by burgeoning markets for revenue. A first-mover advantage is often a way to lock in relationships that can lead to long-term infrastructure commitments, integration support services, and service delivery platform development. As the ...

Companies - United States

Quantum Computing Hardware

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July 1, 2025

Quantum Circuits Inc (QCI)

Quantum Circuits, Inc. (QCI) is a Yale University spin-out that has pioneered a novel approach to superconducting quantum computing focused on hardware-efficient error correction. Co-founded in 2017 by leading Yale ...
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May 22, 2025

Quantinuum

Quantinuum, formed by the 2021 merger of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum, is another leader in trapped-ion quantum computing. It combines Honeywell’s hardware prowess with Cambridge’s algorithm/software expertise. Quantinuum’s ...
Quantum Computing Inc
May 22, 2025

Quantum Computing Inc

Quantum Computing Inc. (QCI) is a young entrant in the quantum computing race that has charted a strikingly different course from its larger rivals. Rather than building superconducting or ion-trap ...
Rigetti
May 22, 2025

Rigetti

Rigetti Computing is a full-stack quantum hardware company specializing in superconducting qubit processors. Rigetti’s qubits are implemented as Josephson-junction-based circuits (transmons) operated at milli-Kelvin temperatures inside dilution refrigerators. This platform ...
QuEra
May 22, 2025

QuEra Computing

QuEra Computing is a Boston-based quantum computing company pioneering neutral-atom quantum processors. Built on research from Harvard and MIT, QuEra operates the world’s largest publicly accessible quantum computer (the 256-qubit ...
PsiQuantum
May 22, 2025

PsiQuantum

PsiQuantum is a Silicon Valley-based startup taking a fundamentally different approach: photonic quantum computing. Their goal from the outset has been to build a large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer using photons, ...
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May 22, 2025

Microsoft

IQM Quantum Computers is a Finland‑based hardware company building superconducting (transmon) quantum processors with a distinctly European strategy: deliver on‑premises systems tightly integrated with high‑performance computing (HPC) centers while co-designing ...
IonQ
May 22, 2025

IonQ

IonQ is a publicly traded leader in trapped‑ion quantum computing whose strategy is to reach useful fault tolerance with fewer physical qubits by maximizing fidelity, connectivity, and modularity. Rather than ...
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