IQM raises €39 M in Series A funding
IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), the Finnish builder of superconducting quantum computers, has just announced that it has raised €39 M in Series A funding, bringing the total amount of funding raised to date to €71
QC Ware teams up with Total
QC Ware has announced a joint research collaboration with Total, one of world’s largest energy companies, to explore quantum optimization algorithms. QC Ware’s quantum engineers and Total’s researchers worked together on a project focused on quantum
Data-driven quantum error mitigation
Achieving near-term quantum advantage will require effective methods for mitigating hardware noise. One approach is to optimize quantum circuits using compiling and machine learning, while another employs variational quantum algorithms to reduce circuit depth and
New record in super-fast quantum light detection
Researchers from the University of Bristol‘s Quantum Engineering Technology Labs (QET Labs) and Université Côte d’Azur have made a new miniaturized light detector to measure quantum features of light in more detail than ever before. The
ColdQuanta Raises $32M in Series A Funding
ColdQuanta has just announced it has raised $32M in Series A funding, with additional funding expected to close soon. The round was co-led by Global Frontier Investments and LCP Quantum Partners, with current investor Maverick
A new candidate material for Quantum Spin Liquids
Scientists at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences have successfully produced and studied a Quantum Spin Liquid (QSL) in a highly original material known as EDT-BCO. The system was designed and synthesized at Université d’Angers, France
Quantum simulation of electronic structure with a transcorrelated Hamiltonian
Researchers at IBM Research and Mercedez–Benz Research have demonstrated quantum simulations of electronic structure with a transformed Hamiltonian that includes some electron correlation effects. The transcorrelated Hamiltonian used in this work is efficiently constructed classically,
Reinforcement Learning with Quantum Variational Circuits
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have explored the potential for Quantum Computing to facilitate Reinforcement Learning (RL) problems. Deep RL has accelerated at astounding speed in the last decade. Achieving superhuman performance in massively complex
Atos and Pasqal to develop Quantum Accelerator for HPC
Atos will collaborate with French start-up Pasqal to develop a Quantum Accelerator based on neutral atom technology for High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems. This technology would make it possible to strengthen the computing capacities of current
A modem for a future Quantum Internet
The interface between local quantum devices and light quanta that enable the remote transmission of highly sensitive quantum information is a key topic of quantum communications. The Otto-Hahn group “Quantum Networks” at the Max-Planck-Institute of