Quantum: Photonic Inc. Names Executive Chair and Four Directors
Photonic Inc., a Vancouver‑based distributed quantum computing firm, announced a refreshed board after a CAD 180 million financing round. Alex van Someren returns as Executive Chair, while Don Mattrick takes the Vice Chair role. New directors include Nathan Medlock, Ashton Scordo, and existing founders Stephanie Simmons and Paul Terry. The appointments aim to deepen expertise in technology, investment, and global business as the company scales silicon spin‑qubit processors with photonic interconnects.
D-Wave Joins Southeastern Quantum Collaborative as an Inaugural Member
D‑Wave Quantum Inc. has joined the newly formed Southeastern Quantum Collaborative (SQC) as an inaugural member alongside the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Davidson Technologies, IBM and Alabama A&M University. The partnership aims to unite academia, industry and government to...
Argonne Launches Silicon Quantum Collaboration with Intel
Argonne National Laboratory and Intel have deployed a 12‑qubit silicon quantum‑dot processor, marking the first joint research published in Nature Communications and a key milestone for the DOE’s Q‑NEXT center. Scientists highlighted how decades of transistor manufacturing now enable control...
D-Wave in $550M Acquisition of Quantum Circuits
D‑Wave Quantum announced a $550 million acquisition of Quantum Circuits, combining D‑Wave’s scalable superconducting control and cloud platform with Quantum Circuits’ dual‑rail, error‑detected qubits to fast‑track a commercial, error‑corrected gate‑model quantum computer slated for 2026. The deal brings Dr. Rob Schoelkopf,...