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Nov- 2025 -8 NovemberIndustry & Ecosystem News
DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) – 11 Companies Advance to Stage B
On November 6, 2025, DARPA announced the first cohort of companies that have successfully completed Stage A and are advancing to Stage B of QBI. This announcement, quietly reflected on DARPA’s official QBI program webpage and subsequently picked up by the press on Nov. 7-8, 2025, marks a significant down-selection of participants as the program moves from conceptual proposals to…
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8 NovemberIndustry & Ecosystem News
California Launches “Quantum California” Initiative
California is making a bid to become the epicenter of the quantum tech economy. In early November, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled Quantum California, a new statewide initiative to align academia, industry, and government in accelerating quantum innovation. Announced at an event at UC Berkeley, the initiative comes with initial legislation (Assembly Bill 940) and $4 million in funding to kick-start the effort.…
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8 NovemberIndustry & Ecosystem News
UK Unveils Major Quantum Initiatives at 2025 Showcase
The United Kingdom is ramping up its quantum ambitions with a slate of new initiatives and international partnerships announced at the National Quantum Technologies Showcase in London on November 7. UK officials dubbed the coming years a “Quantum Decade,” backed by fresh investments to maintain the country’s global leadership in the field. One highlight is a £14 million award for 14 industry-led…
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6 NovemberIndustry & Ecosystem News
Quantinuum Launches ‘Helios’ Hybrid Quantum Computer, To Be Deployed in Singapore
Quantinuum, a leading quantum computing firm, has officially launched Helios, a new general-purpose quantum computing system designed for enterprise use. Billed as “the world’s most accurate” commercial quantum computer, Helios is engineered to tackle hybrid quantum-classical workloads and is set to be deployed in Singapore as the company’s first system outside the United States. This launch marks a significant milestone…
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6 NovemberIndustry & Ecosystem News
Quantinuum Raises $800 M at $10 B Valuation
In a sign of surging investor confidence in quantum computing, Quantinuum - the company formed by Honeywell’s quantum unit and Cambridge Quantum - has secured an $800 million funding round that values it at roughly $10 billion. The raise, announced November 5, is one of the largest ever in the quantum industry and was oversubscribed, expanding from an initial target of $600 million due…
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6 NovemberIndustry & Ecosystem News
IonQ & Partners Launch City-Scale Quantum Network in Geneva
California is making a bid to become the epicenter of the quantum tech economy. In early November, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled Quantum California, a new statewide initiative to align academia, industry, and government in accelerating quantum innovation. Announced at an event at UC Berkeley, the initiative comes with initial legislation (Assembly Bill 940) and $4 million in funding to kick-start the effort.…
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5 NovemberIndustry & Ecosystem News
U.S. DOE Invests $625 M to Renew National Quantum Centers
American officials are doubling down on quantum research. On November 4, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $625 million in funding to renew its five National Quantum Information Science Research Centers for another five years. These centers, originally established in 2020 under the National Quantum Initiative Act of 2018, bring together national labs, universities, and companies to push the frontiers…
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4 NovemberIndustry & Ecosystem News
Xanadu to Go Public in $3 B Photonic Quantum SPAC
In a landmark deal for the quantum industry, Canada’s Xanadu Quantum Technologies announced plans to go public via a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The deal, unveiled November 3, values Xanadu at a pre-money equity value of US$3 billion and is expected to provide around $500 million in gross proceeds for the company’s expansionthequantuminsider.com. Once completed, Xanadu will become the world’s…
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1 NovemberIndustry & Ecosystem News
EU Launches Plan for a Comprehensive “Quantum Act”
The European Union (EU) is laying the groundwork for a major legislative push in quantum technologies with a proposed EU Quantum Act, aiming to unify and amplify Europe’s efforts in the global quantum race. On October 31, the European Commission opened a public consultation (Call for Evidence) for stakeholders to help shape this Quantum Act, which is slated for adoption…
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1 NovemberIndustry & Ecosystem News
China Deploys 100-Qubit Neutral-Atom Quantum Computer
China has reached a new milestone in quantum computing with the deployment of Hǎnyuán-1, the country’s first room-temperature neutral-atom quantum computer. Announced in late October in Hubei Province, Hǎnyuán-1 is a 100-qubit system that has now entered commercial use - reportedly with over ¥40 million (~$5.6 million) in orders from customers. One unit has already been delivered to a subsidiary of China…
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Oct- 2025 -29 OctoberIndustry & Ecosystem News
Cloudflare Secures Majority of Internet Traffic with PQC
The Internet is quietly undergoing a massive cryptographic upgrade to resist quantum attacks - and as of October 2025, a major milestone was reached: over 50% of human web traffic through Cloudflare’s network is now protected with post-quantum encryption. Cloudflare, which operates one of the world’s largest content delivery and security networks handling a significant chunk of global internet traffic,…
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29 OctoberIndustry & Ecosystem News
NVIDIA Bridges Quantum and Classical Supercomputing
NVIDIA is forging a tighter link between quantum and classical supercomputers. At its GTC Washington, D.C. event on October 28, NVIDIA unveiled NVQLink, a new high-speed interconnect and open architecture that couples quantum processors (QPUs) directly with GPU-accelerated supercomputers. The system supports a broad ecosystem - connecting 17 different quantum hardware platforms (from startups like IonQ, Pasqal, Quantinuum, Rigetti and…
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12 OctoberIndustry & Ecosystem News
🏆 The Quantum Minute Wins Best Podcast Series of 2025 – and What That Really Means for Cybersecurity
I’m proud, both personally and professionally, to share that Applied Quantum’s podcast, The Quantum Minute, produced by Cybercrime Magazine, has been named Best Podcast Series of 2025. But what makes this win truly meaningful isn’t just that our show received an award. It’s where this recognition came from - and what it signals about the future of cybersecurity itself. Cybercrime…
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7 OctoberIndustry & Ecosystem News
Quantum Tunnelling on a Chip: Why the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics Matters for Quantum Tech
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics went to John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis for a deceptively simple yet profound experiment. They built a superconducting circuit - two superconductors separated by an insulating barrier known as a Josephson junction - and showed that a system big enough to hold in your hand can still display the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics. Their…
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6 OctoberIndustry & Ecosystem News
IBM’s “Secure the Post-Quantum Future” Report
A new 2025 report from IBM’s Institute for Business Value (IBV), in collaboration with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), paints a stark picture of enterprise readiness for the quantum era. Titled ”Secure the post-quantum future,” the study surveyed 750 executives worldwide on their preparations for quantum-enabled cyber threats. The results reveal a widening gap between rising awareness and lagging action…
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