The procurement contract for EuroQCS-Italy, the EuroHPC quantum computer to be located in Italy, has been signed by the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) and quantum computing company Pasqal, the selected vendor.

A team of researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and its partners have made significant advancements in random quantum circuit sampling with Zuchongzhi-3, a superconducting quantum computing prototype featuring 105 qubits and 182 couplers. Operating at a speed 10¹⁵ times faster than the most powerful supercomputer currently available and one million times faster than Google's latest published results, the achievement marks a major milestone in quantum computing and follows the success of its predecessor, Zuchongzhi-2.

IonQ, a leader in the quantum computing and networking industry, today announced the delivery of IonQ Forte Enterprise to its first European Innovation Center at the uptownBasel campus in Arlesheim, Switzerland. Achieved in partnership with QuantumBasel, this major milestone marks the first datacenter-ready quantum computer IonQ has delivered that will operate outside the United States and the first quantum system for commercial use in Switzerland.

QunaSys, Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; CEO: Tennin Yan), a leader in quantum computing algorithms and software development, has successfully raised JPY 1.7 billion in Series B2 funding. The round was led by ­Mirai Creation Fund III managed by SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; President & CEO: Shuhei Abe), with additional participation from funds managed or co-managed by JIC Venture Growth Investments (VGF I), Fujitsu Ventures (Fujitsu Ventures Fund LLC), Mitsubishi Electric (ME Innovation Fund), Osaka University Venture Capital (OUVC No.2 Fund), KDDI (KDDI Open Innovation Fund III), and Kyocera (KVIF-I), and Zeon. QunaSys has signed a new JPY 500 million commitment line agreement with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, and has agreed with KDDI and Kyocera to pursue capital and business partnerships alongside this fundraising.

Quantinuum, the world’s largest and leading integrated quantum computing company, unveiled its roadmap to universal, fully fault-tolerant quantum computing by 2030. The roadmap materially accelerates the path to commercial quantum computing systems with the potential to unlock a trillion-dollar market and enable AI to help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. In parallel, Quantinuum in partnership with Microsoft announced a series of milestones and integrations.

In an exciting development for quantum computing, researchers from the University of Chicago’s Department of Computer Science, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and Argonne National Laboratory have introduced a groundbreaking classical algorithm that simulates Gaussian boson sampling (GBS) experiments. This achievement not only helps clarify the complexities of current quantum systems but also represents a significant step forward in our understanding of how quantum and classical computing can work together.

Performance, scale, and enterprise-grade pillars further define IonQ’s unmatched and integrated approach to achieving commercial quantum advantage.

Company achieves #AQ 35 one year ahead of schedule, enabling larger and more sophisticated circuits to be run on one of the world’s most powerful quantum systems.

SandboxAQ today announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to accelerate breakthrough innovations across biopharma, chemicals, advanced materials, financial services, cybersecurity, navigation, and medical imaging. SandboxAQ, a member of the NVIDIA Inception program, is leveraging the NVIDIA DGX Cloud AI platform on Google Cloud to build a state-of-the-art Large Quantitative Model (LQM) platform, fueling AI-driven scientific discovery. SandboxAQ is now uniquely positioned to help customers tackle the most complex and consequential business challenges through its LQMs – delivering breakthroughs where traditional models have fallen short – while offering unparalleled speed, scalability, and precision.

SaxonQ, developer of the first mobile quantum computer, and Quantum Machines, the leading provider of advanced hybrid quantum-classical control solutions, announced today a milestone demonstration of real-time quantum computing on SaxonQ’s mobile quantum computer at Hannover Messe 2025. The live demonstrations included a of H2 energy levels and basic real-time image recognition, marking the first time anyone has shown such applications running on a portable room-temperature quantum computer publicly, demonstrate the potential of mobile quantum computing outside laboratory conditions.