Q-CTRL, the global leader in quantum infrastructure software, today announced the successful expansion of its Series B Funding Round to USD $113M (AUD $166M), with USD $59M of new capital. The Series B-2 all-equity funding round was led by global late-stage venture firm GP Bullhound and saw a dramatic increase in valuation from earlier financing. This represents the largest aggregate Series B for a quantum software company to date.

Qruise, a pioneer in machine learning software for physics-centric R&D, and Quantum Machines (QM), the leading provider of processor-based quantum controllers, today announced a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the development of quantum technology. As part of this collaboration, Quantum Machines will offer Qruise's advanced software as an add-on to its own products, following the success of their recent joint research that significantly enhances the fidelities of superconducting quantum gates.

Quantum Machines, the leading provider of processor-based quantum controllers, and Bluefors, the global leader in cryogenic measurement systems, announced today an extended OEM agreement. With the agreement, Quantum Machines’ QCage is available through Bluefors.

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg have succeeded in selectively manipulating the motion of the electron pair in the hydrogen molecule. The emission direction of a photoelectron released by light (a photon) relative to the remaining bound electron in the cleaved neutral hydrogen atom can be controlled by the time interval between two laser flashes on the scale of a few hundred attoseconds (10–18 s). The adjustable emission asymmetry is based on the quantum entanglement between the bound electron and the spatially separated emitted electron.

Quantum Machines, the leading provider of breakthrough quantum control solutions, today announced the inaugural Adaptive Quantum Circuits (AQC) conference, set to take place September 25-27, 2024, at the Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club in Brewster, Massachusetts. This first-of-its-kind event will convene the foremost experts from industry, big tech, and top universities to advance the leading edge of hybrid quantum-classical methods.

Qruise (Saarbrücken, Germany) and Zurich Instruments (Zurich, Switzerland) are pleased to announce their partnership. The two companies are joining forces to accelerate quantum computer development by integrating Qruise’s Machine Learning Physicist with the Quantum Computing Control System from Zurich Instruments. Combining leading control hardware and automation software simplifies quantum processor tune-up, expediting progress towards practical quantum computing.

Researchers at ETH Zurich have shown that quantum states of single electron spins can be controlled by currents of electrons whose spins are evenly aligned. In the future, this method could be used in electronic circuit elements.

The future of fault-tolerant quantum computing is drawing closer thanks to the development of cat qubits, a type of superconducting quantum bit renowned for their protection against bit-flip errors. Alice & Bob, pioneers of this qubit architecture, have unveiled a groundbreaking achievement in this domain: the Boson 4 chip system. This system features a single cat qubit that remarkably extends bit-flip times to over seven minutes (typically a few milliseconds with regular superconducting qubits).

On February 29, 2024, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Keysight Technologies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on quantum research and to drive the industrialization of quantum technologies.