Q*Bird is excited to share their recent achievement in securing quantum communications. Q*Bird, in collaboration with SURF and Quantum Delta NL, has successfully installed a multi-user, multipoint-to-multipoint Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) network in Utrecht. This achievement sets a new benchmark for secure communications, addressing the critical need for advanced data protection in the research and education sector.

Quantum Corridor Inc., a quantum-ready fiberoptic communications network connecting Chicago and Northwest Indiana, announced the close of its $10 million Series A round. The raise was funded by eight family offices and individual tech investors and brings Quantum Corridor’s total funding to more than $27 million.

Q.ANT, the leading startup for photonic computing, today announced the launch of its first commercial product – a photonics-based Native Processing Unit (NPU) built on the company’s compute architecture LENA – Light Empowered Native Arithmetics. The product is fully compatible with today’s existing computing ecosystem as it comes on the industry-standard PCI-Express. The Q.ANT NPU executes complex, non-linear mathematics natively using light instead of electrons, promising to deliver at least 30 times greater energy efficiency and significant computational speed improvements over traditional CMOS technology. Designed for compute-intensive applications such as AI Inference, machine learning, and physics simulation, the Q.ANT NPU has been proven to solve real-world challenges, including number recognition for deep neural network inference.

Lightmatter, the leader in photonic supercomputing, today announced a strategic collaboration with Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ASE, a member of ASE Technology Holding Inc.), the world’s largest semiconductor packaging and testing services provider. The partnership will focus on advancing Lightmatter’s Passage platform, the world’s first 3D-stacked photonics engine with pluggable fiber, to overcome the critical AI interconnect bottlenecks hindering today’s data center infrastructure. This breakthrough enables scaling to millions of XPUs at the speed of light to meet the unprecedented demands of AI workloads.

By integrating Arm Cortex processors at cryogenic temperatures, Equal1 is pushing the boundaries of practical, scalable quantum computing.

Quantum technology can bring us computers that can solve complex problems quickly, but currently the devices are still large and susceptible to failure. To accelerate their development, the German Agency for Innovation in Cyber ​​Security announced a competition with an ambitious goal: to develop the first mobile quantum computer. The project is in the penultimate phase, in which three applicants are already implementing their concepts. This includes the Innsbruck-based company ParityQC, which will develop a mobile quantum computer with the Australian-German company Quantum Brilliance. The contract value for the three applicants is 35 million euros.

IonQ, a leader in the quantum computing industry, announced today a partnership with NKT Photonics, a subsidiary of Hamamatsu Photonics, to procure next-generation laser systems for IonQ’s trapped-ion quantum computers and networking equipment. The partnership involves NKT Photonics developing and delivering three prototype optical subsystems to IonQ in 2025, designed to support the commercialization of IonQ’s data center-ready quantum computers – such as IonQ Tempo and future barium-based systems.

With a rise in advanced cyber threats and the impending era of quantum computing, there is a critical need for enterprise-scale encryption and a proactive transition to quantum-resilient technologies. QuintessenceLabs, renowned for its quantum-safe encryption, today announced it has deployed its Trusted Security Foundation (TSF) key and policy manager appliance in Equinix’s International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Canberra to help organisations strengthen their defences against the cryptographic threats posed by quantum computing.

Quantum Computing Inc. (“QCi” or the “Company”), an innovative, integrated photonics and quantum optics technology company, is pleased to announce significant progress as it approaches the final commissioning of its quantum photonic chip foundry, set to open in Q1 2025. In September, QCi launched a pilot program aimed at securing sales orders from early adopters for its thin film lithium niobate (TFLN) foundry services and establishing a unified ecosystem for producing high-performance and energy efficient photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and nanophotonic devices.

ORCA Computing announced its recognition by Bloomberg UK as a 2024 Startup to Watch. Bloomberg UK’s Startups to Watch canvassed the UK to find 25 startups that represent the diversity and innovation of the country’s startup scene.