Post-Quantum Cryptography Intelligence Archive
Historical analysis of quantum computing developments and PQC standards
47 Articles AnalyzedPost-Quantum Cryptography Report
2026-06-02Podcast with Sebastian Hassinger, Host of The New Quantum Era Podcast
This week, Yuval Bogar interviews Sebastian Hassinger, host of The New Quantum Era podcast, and author of a new book by the same name. Sebastian and Yuval have many things in common beyond their jobs in quantum. They are both podcasters, neither of t...
QuantumcomputingreportD-Wave Outlines Superconducting Gate-Model Roadmap Targeting 100 Logical Qubits
D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) has unveiled a gate-model development roadmap aimed at the production of commercial, fault-tolerant quantum computing systems. Announced at the firm's inaugural Investor Day at the New York Stock Exchange, the strateg...
QuantumcomputingreportWho’s News: Strategic Leadership Appointments at Quandela, Zapata Quantum, Imperagen, and EigenQ
Quandela has announced a major restructuring of its executive leadership and governance to drive the international scale-up of its photonic quantum computing hardware. Cyril Dujardin, an executive with 25 years of deep tech and cybersecurity experien...
QuantumcomputingreportPramatra Space Secures Pre-Seed Capital to Advance Space-Based Quantum Key Distribution Hardware
Pramatra Space Technology Pvt. Ltd., a deep-tech quantum security venture based in Bengaluru, has closed an undisclosed pre-seed financing round led by Seafund Ventures. The investment round included participation from Rebalance, Magnivia Ventures (c...
QuantumcomputingreportRigetti Simulates Plasma Wave Dispersion on Superconducting Ankaa-3 Processor Using Specialized Error Mitigation
An electromagnetic wave packet propagating (a) in free space, (b) from free space to a sharp jump in plasma density (which mimics the edge of a confined overdense plasma), and (c) through an inhomogeneous plasma with a spatially varying density profi...
QuantumcomputingreportQuantum Machines Achieves 99.5% Two-Qubit Gate Fidelity Operating Rigetti’s Novera QPU
Quantum Machines (QM) has operated Rigetti Computing’s commercially available Novera superconducting quantum processing unit (QPU) using external control hardware and software, reaching a 99.5% median two-qubit gate fidelity. Configured via the OPX10...
QuantumcomputingreportUK Quantum Biomedical Hub Secures £902,000 ($1.2 Million USD) Allocation to Develop Clinical Sensing and Imaging Hardware
The UK National Quantum Biomedical Research Hub (Q-BIOMED) has been awarded £902,000 ($1.2 million USD) from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Delivered through the government's Accelerating Capability Fund—a flexible fi...
QuantumcomputingreportUniversity of Tennessee Launches Knoxville Quantum Accelerator to Anchor State Initiative
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT) has launched the Knoxville Quantum Accelerator, branded as K-Quantum, to coordinate regional quantum technology research, hardware validation, and workforce training. The initiative operates in alignment wi...
QuantumcomputingreportMoth Launches Quantum Backrooms, a Quantum Game for Consumers
In a sector traditionally dominated by deep-tech milestones and hardware-centric announcements, London-based quantum software startup Moth has broken rank to launch Quantum Backrooms, the world’s first consumer product powered by live quantum hardwar...
QuantumcomputingreportSEALSQ Deepens Strategic Commitment to EeroQ with Additional Investment and Lead Investor Role
SEALSQ Corp, a global developer of semiconductors, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and post-quantum cybersecurity technologies, has announced a significant expansion of its partnership with EeroQ. SEALSQ has executed a new investment agreement and w...
QuantumcomputingreportAmazon Braket launches Rigetti Cepheus™-1-108Q superconducting device
This post was contributed to by Zia Mohammad, Scott Smart, Yuvraj Mohan, Mike Piech, and Rebecca Malamud Figure 1: A Rigetti quantum processing unit (QPU) inside a dilution refrigerator. Photo by Drew Bird. Amazon Braket enables customers to design a...
AwsDecoding Realistic Quantum Error Syndrome with Quantum Elements Digital Twins
Fault-tolerant quantum computing requires quantum error correction (QEC): Encoding one logical qubit into many physical qubits so that, below a threshold error rate, the logical error rate falls rapidly as the code grows. The practical engineering qu...
AwsError mitigation on Amazon Braket with program sets and Mitiq
To get the most out of today’s noisy quantum computers, quantum computational experiments commonly utilize quantum error mitigation (QEM) techniques. These methods include discarding known noisy results (post selection), modifying underlying pulse se...
AwsGetting the Most from Your Quantum Measurements: Adaptive Shot Allocation on Amazon Braket
With current noisy quantum hardware, every quantum circuit evaluation is precious. Variational quantum algorithms like the Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) require repeated estimation of expectation values of quantum observables—each requiring m...
AwsBuilding advanced quantum chemistry calculations with Kvantify Qrunch on Amazon Braket
Quantum computing promises breakthroughs in chemistry simulations. However, building scalable calculations on today’s noisy quantum hardware remains challenging. This blog introduces Kvantify Qrunch software on Amazon Braket. It enables advanced chem...
AwsQiskit-Braket provider v0.11: New Primitives and Flexible Circuit Compilation
We recently released v0.11 of the Qiskit-Braket provider, which brings more Qiskit features to Amazon Braket users, improves access to Braket backends through Qiskit, and also enables compilation on the Braket SDK or with OpenQASM Programs. With v0.1...
AwsQuantum-Guided Cluster Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization
This post was contributed by Peter Eder, Aron Kerschbaumer, Jernej Rudi Finžgar, Raimel Medina, Martin Schuetz, Helmut Katzgraber, Sarah Braun, and Christian Mendl. Optimizing complex systems is a major challenge in science and industry. Many tasks –...
AwsReservoir computing on an analog Rydberg-atom quantum computer
This post shows how quantum reservoir computing (QRC) can tackle machine learning challenges using Rydberg-atom quantum computers. Readers will learn how QRC works, see its performance on image classification and time series prediction tasks, and und...
AwsAWS re:Invent 2025: Your Complete Guide to Quantum Computing Sessions
AWS re:Invent 2025 returns to Las Vegas from December 1 to 5, bringing together builders, researchers, and business leaders who are exploring what is next in advanced computing on AWS. Quantum computing is moving from research labs into early real-wo...
AwsAmazon Braket Introduces Spending Limits for Quantum Processing Units
This post was contributed by Dimitar Trenev, Vivek Dwivedi, and Zia Mohammad Customers from research institutions, educational organizations, and development teams asked us for a better way to control quantum processing unit (QPU) cost while explorin...
AwsStronger Cybersecurity, Stronger Business: NIST Celebrates 2026 National Small Business Week
Happy National Small Business Week! For over 60 years, the U.S. Small Business Administration has led this initiative to acknowledge the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners. Part of the U.S. Department of Comme...
NistFrom DMV to Wallet: Understanding Verifiable Digital Credential Issuance
In our last post in this series, we compared two credential formats that shape the digital identity ecosystem: ISO/IEC 18013-5 and -7 mobile documents (mdocs) and W3C Verifiable Credentials (VCs). Both formats define how a credential is structured an...
NistReflections from the Second NIST Cyber AI Profile Workshop
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Artificial Intelligence (Cyber AI Profile) Workshop in January! The input we received on the Preliminary Draft during this workshop has been invaluable and is informing...
NistAll aboard: the NIST Cybersecurity for IoT Program is headed to our next stop! Share your input on where we’re headed during our Future Directions Two-Day Workshop on March 31st.
Workshop Details… We’re looking forward to hearing from the community during our “Future Directions” Workshop! Date: March 31 - April 1, 2026 Where: NIST’s Gaithersburg campus! Registration and Details: HERE Can’t make it? We still want to hear from ...
NistCelebrating Two Years of CSF 2.0!
Celebrate this milestone with us! Email us at csf [at] nist.gov (csf[at]nist[dot]gov) or tag @NISTcyber on X telling us what your favorite CSF 2.0 resource is (or how your organization has benefitted from implementing the CSF 2.0). Today marks two ye...
NistCelebrating Data Privacy Week with NIST’s Privacy Engineering Program
Grab your party hats – it’s Data Privacy Week! Data Privacy Week is a global initiative led by the National Cybersecurity Alliance to spread awareness about online privacy and empower individuals and businesses to respect privacy, safeguard data, and...
NistDigital Identities: Getting to Know the Verifiable Digital Credential Ecosystem
Understanding mDL credential formats Standards in the VDC Ecosystem In our first blog post in this series, we highlighted that VDCs can represent a wide range of credentials, from a driver’s license to a diploma to proof of age. The ability to use VD...
NistA NICE Retrospective on Shaping Cybersecurity’s Future
Rodney Petersen has served as the Director of NICE at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) for the past eleven years where his focus has been on advancing cybersecurity education and workforce development. He will be retiring fr...
NistSharpening the Focus on Product Requirements and Cybersecurity Risks: Updating Foundational Activities for IoT Product Manufacturers
Update: The comment period for your feedback on the second public draft of NIST IR 8259 has been extended through December 10, 2025. Over the past few months, NIST has been revising and updating Foundational Activities for IoT Product Manufacturers (...
NistLet’s get Digital! Updated Digital Identity Guidelines are Here!
Today is the day! Digital Identity Guidelines, Revision 4 is finally here...it’s been an exciting journey and NIST is honored to be a part of it. What can we expect? Serving as a culmination of a nearly four-year collaborative process that included f...
NistAliro Appoints Fahri Diner to Board of Directors
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Aliro, The Quantum Networking Company® and developer of a carrier-class quantum network operating system, today announced the appointment of Fahri Diner to its Board of Directors. Diner is a serial entrepreneur, ve...
ThequantuminsiderIQM and Real Asset Acquisition Corp. Announce Upsized $146 Million PIPE with New Commitment from Ilmarinen
Insider Brief IQM Finland Oy, a global leader in full-stack superconducting quantum computers (“IQM”, “IQM Quantum Computers” or the “Company”) and Real Asset Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: RAAQ), a special purpose acquisition company (“RAAQ”), today ann...
ThequantuminsiderXanadu Launches Public Cloud Access for Borealis
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Xanadu has demonstrated quantum computational advantage using Borealis, their newest photonic quantum computer. It is the first photonic quantum computer offering full programmability of all its gates to demonstrat...
ThequantuminsiderZapata Quantum Announces New Product and Commercial Leadership
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Zapata Quantum (OTC: ZPTA) (“Zapata,” “Zapata Quantum” or the “Company”), a leader in quantum computing algorithm and application development, today announced the appointment of Jhonathan Romero Fontalvo, Ph.D...
ThequantuminsiderRice Researchers Report Dressing Matter With Light Could Lead to Large-Scale Entanglement
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum entanglement is a state in which particles are entwined with each other. In this entwined state, the properties of one particle influence the other, even when they aren’t physically close to each other. Thi...
ThequantuminsiderResearchers Develop Cobalt-Based Material for Quantum Computing Research
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Honeycombs are famous for their elegant design, but now they may have found a new application: quantum computing. To collect knowledge from subatomic particles, quantum computers require carefully designed material...
ThequantuminsiderEuropean Photonics Firms Target Advance in Quantum Networking
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum Optics Jena has launched a new initiative to shrink quantum security onto a silicon chip by making quantum-secure communications smaller, cheaper and easier to deploy by integrating core quantum key di...
ThequantuminsiderFinland Launches QScale Project to Advance Quantum Computing Scalability
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The QScale joint project coordinated by VTT with Tampere and Aalto Universities has received funding from Business Finland’s prestigious Rise to Challenge Programme. In the project, researchers are developing...
ThequantuminsiderQuantinuum Expands IPO as Valuation Climbs Above $14 Billion
Insider Brief Quantinuum is increasing the size of its initial public offering as investor demand continues to build ahead of what could become the largest public-market debut in the history of the quantum computing sector. According to Barron’...
ThequantuminsiderThe Conversation: Quantum Computers Could Expose Our Digital Secrets – But there are Much Better Reasons to Build them
By Keith Martin, Professor, Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London and Briana Bowen, Postgraduate research student, Department of Information Security, Royal Holloway, University of London for The Conversation Quantum comput...
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cachedPodcast with Klea Dhimitri of Hamamtsu Photonics
Klea Dhmitri of Hamamatsu joins Yuval to discuss the company’s role as a photonic component provider for trapped-ion and neutral-atom quantum computers. She explains key technologies such as photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), SPADs, and quantitative CMOS ...
cacheSurveying the California Quantum Ecosystem
By Doug Finke I attended the third convening of a Quantum California event last week at the University of California, San Diego. Two previous convenings were held: one at the University of California, Berkeley in November 2025 and the other at the Un...
cacheEmmanuel Macron Announces an Additional €1 Billion ($1.16B USD) in Funding for France’s Quantum Plan
French President Emmanuel Macron announced an additional funding of €1 Billion ($1.16B USD) for the country's Quantum Plan. The Quantum Plan was original funded at €1.8 billion for the period 2021-2025 and then supplemented in 2024 by €500 million fr...
cacheXanadu Establishes a Synthetic At-the-Market Equity Facility to Raise up to $300 Million
Xanadu Quantum Technologies (Nasdaq/TSX: XNDU) has established a synthetic at-the-market equity facility allowing the company to raise via private placements up to $300 million over the next three years in Class B subordinate voting shares. Partnerin...
cacheEPB and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Launch $6.8 Million Quantum Workforce Initiative
The Board of Directors for EPB has approved a formal resolution establishing a $6.8 million USD joint funding partnership with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). The matching investment allocates $850,000 annually from each institution...
cacheFlatiron Institute Tensor Network Algorithm Overturns Historical D-Wave Quantum Supremacy Claim
Physicists at the Center for Computational Quantum Physics (CCQ) at the Simons Foundation’s Flatiron Institute, in collaboration with Boston University, have developed a classical algorithm that successfully simulates complex three-dimensional quantu...
cacheAlice & Bob Secures NVentures Backing and Backs Expanded €1 Billion French Plan Quantique
Alice & Bob has secured a strategic venture capital investment from NVentures, the private equity arm of NVIDIA Corporation, expanding its existing €100 million ($116 million USD) Series B funding round. The investment follows a public policy mil...
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