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IonQ completed its acquisition of UK-based Oxford Ionics, strengthening its trapped ion quantum technology and expanding its presence in Europe, Asia, and other global markets. The deal adds Oxford Ionics’ patented ion trap innovations and team of scientists to IonQ’s existing hardware and software stack, supporting the roadmap toward fault-tolerant quantum computing. IonQ plans to…

PsiQuantum, which is targeting an aggressive 2027 timeline to deliver a full-scale commercial-grade quantum computer, said Wednesday that it collected $1 billion in its latest fundraise. The funding round, led by existing investors BlackRock, Temasek and Baillie Gifford, and including new investors such as Nvidia’s venture-capital arm, brings the startup’s valuation to $7 billion. PsiQuantum…

Zapata Computing Holdings Inc. filed with the SEC in October 2024 to cease operations after defaulting on a financing agreement with Sandia Investment Management. In 2025, the company reemerged as Zapata Quantum, completing $3 million in bridge financing and converting more than $10 million of debt to equity. The restructuring secured over 50 patents and…

IonQ ha finalizzato l’acquisizione di Capella Space per integrare i satelliti radar SAR e avviare una rete QKD spaziale globale, potenziando comunicazioni quantistiche sicure tra spazio e terra. Il gruppo prevede inoltre espansione verso quantum networking e sensing.

La Cina ha annunciato la creazione di un fondo nazionale da 1.000 miliardi di yuan (circa 138 miliardi di dollari) per supportare le startup tecnologiche in settori chiave come computazione quantistica, AI, semiconduttori ed energie rinnovabili. Per il quantum computing, gli investimenti riguarderanno hardware avanzato, sviluppo di algoritmi e applicazioni industriali, con il supporto a…

Horizon Quantum Computing ha annunciato l’intenzione di quotarsi in borsa attraverso una fusione con dMY Squared Technology Group, una SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company). L’operazione valuta l’azienda circa 500 milioni di dollari. Horizon, con sede a Singapore, sviluppa strumenti software per semplificare la programmazione dei computer quantistici, mirando a creare una piattaforma software comune per…

IonQ, una delle principali aziende del settore quantum computing, ha annunciato un accordo definitivo per acquisire una quota di controllo in ID Quantique (IDQ), azienda svizzera specializzata in reti quantistiche sicure e rilevamento. Questa acquisizione integrerà i quasi 300 brevetti di IDQ nel portafoglio di IonQ, portando il totale a quasi 900 brevetti a livello…

Nord Quantique announced partnerships with two major institutions to secure its supply chain for chip fabrication within the Northeast Semiconductor Manufacturing Corridor. The company partnered with the MiQro Innovation Collaborative Centre (C2MI) in Quebec for industrial-grade fabrication of superconducting qubits and NY CREATES in New York for scalable, CMOS-based qubit production. These partnerships are designed…

Zapata AI, one of the pioneering startups in the quantum software market, has ceased operations as of October 9, 2024. The sudden terminations appears to have been precipitated by an acceleration of payment of about $2.5 million that the company owed to Sandia Investment Management LP.

Two quantum computing firms face being delisted from their respective stock exchanges over their low share prices. D-Wave and Rigetti Computing both announced they have received letters, from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq respectively, warning they are not complying with the minimum required share price for listing. As a result, both could…

Ephos, con sede a Milano, produttore di chip fotonici in vetro, ha annunciato lunedì di aver ottenuto 8.5 milioni di dollari (circa 7.6 milioni di euro) in un round di finanziamento iniziale guidato da Starlight Ventures.