Dublin, Jan 15 – Equal1, a quantum semiconductor company, today announced it has raised $60 million to accelerate development of scalable, silicon-based quantum computers and deployment of its Bell-1 quantum server. The round was led by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), with participation from Atlantic Bridge, the European Innovation Council Fund, Matterwave Ventures, Enterprise […]
Argonne Launches Silicon Quantum Collaboration with Intel
January 8, 2026 by
Argonne National Laboratory announced it has successfully deployed and is running a 12-qubit quantum dot device built by Intel, with the first collaborative work published in Nature Communications.
D-Wave in $550M Acquisition of Quantum Circuits
January 7, 2026 by
D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) and Quantum Circuits Inc. today announced D-Wave will acquire Quantum Circuits for $550 million, consisting of $300 million in D-Wave common stock and $250 million in cash.
Quantum: Photonic Raises $130M
January 7, 2026 by
Jan. 6, 2026 — Photonic Inc., a distributed quantum computing company, announced it has raised $180M CAD ($130M USD) in the first close of its latest investment round, led by Planet First Partners, with participation from new investors Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), TELUS, and others. The company said this raise underscores strong investor confidence […]
HPC News Bytes 20260105: Denied H20s, China Now Granted H200s, Meta Acquires Manus, Sandia’s Photonics Quantum Chip
January 5, 2026 by
A happy and prosperous 2026 to you! The world of HPC-AI transitioned to the new year while generating its fair share of news, here’s a rapid (8:35) recap of recent developments, including ….
HPC News Bytes 20251229: Nvidia’s $20B Non-Acquisition of Groq, Quantum-HPC Hybrids, NCAR Closure
December 29, 2025 by
A happy holiday break to all! Here’s a fast (9:30) run-down of recent developments, including: Nvidia’s $20B Groq deal ….
Photonic Inc.’s Dr. Stephanie Simmons Named to UNESCO 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology Quantum 100
December 17, 2025 by
Vancouver, BC, Dec. 17, 2025 – Photonic Inc., a distributed quantum computing company, today announced that its founder and Chief Quantum Officer, Dr. Stephanie Simmons, has been included in the Quantum 100, an initiative as part of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ 2025). The Quantum 100 celebrates the people advancing quantum science worldwide […]
UKRI Maps £38.6 Billion R&D Budget, £1 Billion for Quantum, Over 4 Years
December 17, 2025 by
The UK Research and Innovation agency today announced it will invest its record four-year £38.6 billion allocation from government, incluging £1 billion for quantum computing R&D. The allocations explainer provides information on how UKRI funding will be invested across priority ‘buckets’ as set out by Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall and UKRI CEO Ian Chapman […]
Qilimanjaro and Oxigen Data Center Collaborate on Multimodal Quantum-HPC Integration
December 17, 2025 by
Barcelona, Dec. 16, 2025 – Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech and Oxigen Data Center announced a collaboration to explore how multimodal quantum computers can be integrated into commercial data centers. The companies said they intend to lay the foundations for the next generation of hybrid quantum infrastructure. This collaboration will highlight Qilimanjaro’s analog quantum computers, which require less […]
Photonic Inc. Announces Approach to Quantum Resource Estimation
December 11, 2025 by
VANCOUVER, BC, December 10, 2025 — Photonic Inc., today announced an approach to Quantum Resource Estimation (QRE) for measuring and comparing quantum performance. This method accounts for the costs of distributed quantum computing using Quantum Low-Density Parity Check (QLDPC) codes. The company said a QRE estimate for Shor’s algorithm has been precisely calculated with Photonic’s […]
