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It's been a week of big numbers for quantum.
PsiQuantum's $22.5 million contract is one of the largest such investments. Besides a lot of zeroes, it spotlights the seriousness and the commitment that quantum is inspiring among organizations and agencies. It shows that quantum is not just a viable technology -- it's a disruptive technology that must be, in parts, unleashed and tamed.
Also, big congrats to QuantrolOx , which?raised up to €10.5 million from the European Innovation Council (EIC).
Also. Turns out. My brain may be quantum computer and it just informed me that it's setting up a Series A fund round at a $100 million valuation. Potential investors are welcome to set up meetings with my quantum brain at their convenience.
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PsiQuantum landed a huge contract with the Air Force Research Lab. At $22.5 million it may be the largest government investments in quantum. It may be a boost for quantum photonics, says PsiQuantum co-founder and CEO Jeremy O’Brien.
“Now, as the world is converging on the conclusion that useful applications will require large-scale systems involving networking and mature semiconductor manufacturing, photonics is coming to the fore in the global race for utility-scale quantum computing. We are working with the group at AFRL, who are distinguished in having long been fellow travelers in the field of quantum photonics. This is a very exciting contract, and we are delighted to have established this partnership.” -- Jeremy O'Brien
Could quantum processes explain some of the brain's unusual ability to perform calculations? A team of Trinity College researchers say they've uncovered evidence supporting a theory that quantum mechanics -- specifically quantum gravity -- may be behind the brain's supercomputer-like powers.
“Quantum?brain?processes could explain why we can still outperform supercomputers when it comes to unforeseen circumstances, decision making, or learning something new. Our experiments, performed only 50 meters away from the lecture theater where Schr?dinger presented his famous thoughts about life, may shed light on the mysteries of biology, and on consciousness which scientifically is even harder to grasp.” -- Dr. Christian Kerskens, lead physicist at the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN)
Quantum Company-of-the-Week -- PolarisQb
Anna Petroff and Victoria Ingman are featured in our Women in Quantum series . They both work for PolarisQb. The company is exploring the nexus of quantum computing, AI and precision medicine for novel molecular drug design for specific proteins and diseases.
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PsiQuantum today announced a $22.5 million contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y., to formalize their partnership in quantum computing. This project enables a collaboration between PsiQuantum and AFRL on quantum photonic chips, which are used to control and process qubits based on single photons – particles of light. These advanced quantum photonic chips will be co-designed by PsiQuantum and AFRL and manufactured at GlobalFoundries semiconductor fab in Malta, N.Y.
Quantum computers are built on uncertainty. Quantum computing companies must be built on focus. Distractions are everywhere for leaders trying to steer their companies in a rapidly emerging industry during an extremely uncertain – if not perilous – economic time and that’s why Rob Hays, CEO and President of Atom Computing, and his team are intensifying their focus on the ultimate goal of building quantum computers that will let their customers tackle the complex computational challenges they face.
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PolarisQb is one of the few companies within the quantum industry looking to apply the benefits of quantum computing directly to drug design and implementation. Of the many people on the company’s staff striving toward this goal, Dr. Anna Petroff and Dr. Victoria Ingman are particularly excited to see what this next-level technology can bring.
Mitsui & Co. and Quantinuum have signed a strategic partnership agreement to collaborate in the delivery of quantum computing in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.
BTQ AG, a global quantum technology company focused on securing the digital asset class, will organize a one-day post-quantum cryptography workshop on December 5, 2022, at the Regent Taipei. This event, to be held on the sidelines of Asiacrypt 2022, one of eight flagship annual cryptography conferences held by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), will feature the views of some of the world’s foremost researchers of post-quantum cryptography (PQC).
Although the roles of Chief Science Officer (CSO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) have been common enough for quite some time, a position of which we have only seen glimpses thus far, may very well be on the ascendance — that of the Chief Quantum Officer, or CQO.
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin believe our brains could use quantum computation. Their discovery comes after they adapted an idea developed to prove the existence of quantum gravity to explore the human brain and its workings.
QuantrolOx?raised up to €10.5 million from the European Innovation Council (EIC), an organization formed by the European Commission to support visionary entrepreneurs in their pursuit of the commercialization of high-risk, high-impact technologies in the EU, according to Sifted and social media posts.
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