Quantinuum, the world’s largest and leading integrated quantum computing company, has been recognized by Fast Company as a winner in the 2024 Next Big Things in Tech Awards in the Computing, Chips, and Foundational Technology category. In its fourth year, the list honors technology breakthroughs that promise to shape the future of our society. This prestigious accolade underscores Quantinuum’s advancements with its System Model H2 quantum processor, the latest in a series of groundbreaking announcements.

Dutch quantum computing startup Fermioniq has announced that its quantum emulation product, Ava, is the first third-party tensor network simulator to be available through the NVIDIA CUDA-Q platform. CUDA-Q users will be able to leverage the powerful emulation capabilities of Ava to run their quantum programs, accessing the platform via the cloud alongside real quantum hardware.

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (“D-Wave” or the “Company”), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services and the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, today announced it has achieved “Awardable” status through the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s (CDAO) Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace.

D-Wave Quantum Inc., a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services and the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, today announced the appointments of veteran technology industry leaders, John DiLullo and Rohit Ghai, to its board of directors. The new board members join at a key time for the company, as it executes an aggressive go-to-market strategy designed to rapidly accelerate the adoption of its annealing quantum computing solutions across global businesses, research institutions and government agencies.

A recently released joint research paper by NVIDIA, Moderna and Yale reviews how techniques from quantum machine learning (QML) may enhance drug discovery methods by better predicting molecular properties.

To speed up the puzzle-fitting process, researchers at SMU have created SmartCADD. This open-source virtual tool combines artificial intelligence, quantum mechanics and Computer Assisted Drug Design (CADD) techniques to speed up the screening of chemical compounds, significantly reducing drug discovery timelines. In a recent study published in the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, researchers demonstrated SmartCADD’s ability to identify promising HIV drug candidates.

Terra Quantum, a global leader in quantum technology, today announced a new method for predicting molecular structures with improved efficiency and speed in a joint research effort with Prof. Dr. Christoph Bannwarth of RWTH Aachen University, the largest technical university in Germany. The quantum tensor network-based approach demonstrated a 5X to 20X speed-up in determining the molecular structure, over classical approaches.

D-Wave Quantum, a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services and the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, and the pharmaceutical division of Japan Tobacco Inc. today announced plans to collaborate on a joint proof-of-concept project that will leverage quantum computing technology and artificial intelligence (“AI”) in the drug discovery process, i.e., “Quantum AI-driven Drug Discovery.”

Infleqtion, the world’s leading quantum information company, today announced it has been awarded a $1.15M grant by the Department of Energy (DOE) under the SBIR Phase IIB program. This grant marks the first DOE SBIR Phase IIB award given to software for quantum computing and will help advance Infleqtion’s work on Superstaq, the company’s software platform purpose-built to optimize quantum computing performance.

Phasecraft, the UK quantum company developing world-leading quantum algorithms, today publishes a white paper examining the near-term future of quantum computing. While acknowledging the field’s significant progress, the paper highlights the challenges ahead and calls for sustained investment, international collaboration, and responsible regulation.