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Deals•Feb 27, 2026
Quantum eMotion Corp. Acquires SKV Technology Inc., Securing SecureKey Platform
Quantum eMotion Corp. announced it will acquire all shares of SKV Technology Inc., gaining control of the SecureKey platform. The acquisition includes milestone‑based earn‑out payments up to C$7 million and potential royalties up to $15 million, with closing expected around March 2 2026. The deal expands QeM’s quantum‑resilient cybersecurity offerings.
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Deals•Feb 23, 2026
Reliance Global Group Acquires Enquantum Ltd. To Build Post‑Quantum Encryption Platform
Reliance Global Group announced the acquisition of Enquantum Ltd., a quantum‑resilient encryption firm, as the first platform deal under its Scale51 operating model. The transaction gives Reliance majority control (up to 51%) and aims to develop Enquantum into a core...
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Deals•Feb 20, 2026
Photonic Inc. Secures $180M CAD Investment, Appoints New Executive Chair and Directors
Photonic Inc., a quantum photonics company, announced a $180 million CAD investment from a group of investors, prompting the appointment of a new executive chair and board directors. The funding will accelerate product development and expand market presence, marking a...
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Deals•Feb 20, 2026
Welinq and Pasqal Secure €4M France 2030 Funding for Networked Quantum Computing
Welinq and Pasqal announced they have secured €4 million in funding from the French government's France 2030 program to develop networked quantum computing technologies. The funding will support the companies' efforts to advance quantum hardware and software solutions.
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Deals•Feb 14, 2026
Iceberg Quantum Raises $6M Seed Round Led by LocalGlobe
Sydney‑based quantum computing startup Iceberg Quantum announced a $6 million seed round to accelerate its fault‑tolerant Pinnacle architecture. The round was led by LocalGlobe with participation from Blackbird and DCVC. The funding will support development of the architecture that could dramatically...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Quantum Communication Secured by Choosing Measurement Basis Offers Ultimate Privacy
Researchers have unveiled a one‑way quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) protocol that hides the secret in the choice of measurement basis—computational or Hadamard—rather than a pre‑shared key. Using finite ensembles of entangled EPR pairs and a public authenticated channel, the...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Quantum Compilation Speeds up 100x, Bringing Practical Quantum Computers Closer
Researchers introduced QASMTrans, a C++‑based quantum compilation framework that delivers over 100× faster transpilation than leading tools such as Qiskit, with speedups reported up to 171× on certain circuits. The system preserves comparable circuit fidelity—within 1% of Qiskit’s O3 level—while...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Quantum Entanglement’s ‘No Signalling’ Rule Bends, but Doesn’t Break
Researchers have built relaxed no‑signalling models that permit a quantifiable signalling budget, enabling non‑classicality tests even when experimental data deviates from perfect no‑signalling. By extending local hidden‑variable and local hidden‑state frameworks, they derived corrected Bell and steering inequalities that remain...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
AI Collaborator Unlocks Quantum Chemistry for All Researchers
University of Toronto researchers unveiled El Agente Quntur, a hierarchical multi‑agent AI that acts as a research collaborator for quantum‑chemical simulations. The system reasons over ORCA 6.0 documentation and scientific literature, planning, executing and analysing calculations ranging from geometry optimisations to excited‑state studies....
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Quantum Computation Simplified: New Method Cuts Complexity of Building Quantum Circuits
Researchers from Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Alice & Bob have introduced a new compilation technique that builds any matchgate unitary using only matchgate gates, supplemented by a single T‑type phase gate. By proving that the matchgate‑Clifford group plus...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
OQC Demonstrates Quantum Algorithm on Toshiko System, Boosting Defence Network Resilience
OQC and QinetiQ have demonstrated a quantum‑based solution that identifies critical vulnerabilities in Mobile Ad‑Hoc Networks used for military and emergency communications. By running QinetiQ’s Quantum Approximation Optimisation Algorithm on OQC’s Toshiko processor, the collaboration pinpointed nodes whose failure would...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Post-Quantum Encryption Bypasses Digital Certificates for Faster, More Secure 5G Networks
Researchers have introduced a post‑quantum identity‑based encryption framework that eliminates X.509 certificates for TLS in 5G core networks and Kubernetes environments. By deriving public keys from identity strings and employing lattice‑based primitives such as ML‑KEM and Module‑NTRU, the scheme offers...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Dr. Malo Cadoret Joins Q-CTRL to Accelerate Development of GPS-Independent Navigation
Q‑CTRL announced the appointment of Dr. Malo Cadoret as Principal Scientist to lead its quantum sensing division. Cadoret, a leading expert in quantum gravimetry, brings experience deploying mobile quantum gravimeters on aircraft and sea vessels. His hire is expected to...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
New Algorithm Rapidly Generates ‘Hard’ Curves Boosting Cryptographic Security Protocols
Researchers from the University of Waterloo unveiled the first provable polynomial‑time algorithm to sample random supersingular elliptic curves with unknown endomorphism rings, eliminating the need for a trusted setup. The method runs in O(log⁴ p) gate complexity and improves to O(log¹³ p)...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Quantum Simulations Take a Leap Forward with Superconducting Circuits
The doctoral research demonstrates that large‑scale digital quantum simulations are feasible on superconducting circuits by leveraging qudit‑based hardware, informationally‑complete (IC) measurements, and advanced error‑mitigation techniques. A universal qudit gate set for transmons reduces circuit depth, while IC measurements lower the...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Complex Chemical Calculations Made 25% Cheaper with New Quantum Technique
Researchers at Brown University introduced an active‑space partitioning scheme that couples a truncated UCCSD(4) treatment inside a selected orbital space with MP2 handling of external excitations. Two formulations—composite and interacting—were benchmarked on GW100 geometries, a metaphosphate hydrolysis reaction, and ethylene...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Twisted Quantum Codes Boost Error Correction and Extend Computing Potential
Researchers have introduced finite‑length qudit low‑density parity‑check (LDPC) codes built on two‑dimensional tori with twisted boundary conditions. By applying a bivariate‑bicycle framework and algebraic techniques, the twisted‑torus constructions consistently deliver larger code distances than untwisted or previously reported twisted qubit...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Simulating Heat with Quantum Particles Unlocks New Materials Science Possibilities
Researchers at EPFL and Algorithmiq have unveiled a propagation‑based technique that uses Pauli and Majorana operators to perform imaginary‑time evolution for thermal‑state simulation. By exploiting the natural sparsity of high‑temperature states in these operator bases, the method starts from the...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Quantum Technique Solves Complex Equations in Consistent Time, Unlike Rivals
Researchers benchmarked quantum‑inspired Tensor Network (QTN), Hydrodynamic Schrödinger Equation (HSE), and Physics‑Informed Neural Networks (PINN) against classical GMRES and spectral solvers for the 1‑D Burgers’ equation. The QTN solver delivered a record‑low L₂ error of 10⁻⁷ and showed near‑constant runtime...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Artificial Neurons Ditch Magnetic Fields for More Powerful, Scalable Computing
Researchers at NTU and IIT Roorkee have demonstrated a spintronic artificial neuron that operates without external magnetic fields, using a ruthenium‑dioxide altermagnet coupled to a synthetic antiferromagnet. The device exploits out‑of‑plane spin‑splitting torque and built‑in exchange coupling to achieve intrinsic...
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Deals•Feb 9, 2026
Leclercq American Capital Invests in SandboxAQ’s Quantum‑AI Cybersecurity Platform
Leclercq American Capital LLC announced a new equity investment in SandboxAQ, a quantum‑AI platform delivering B2B solutions for post‑quantum cybersecurity, advanced simulation, and next‑generation sensing. The undisclosed funding underscores confidence in SandboxAQ’s technology for cryptographic resilience, finance, healthcare, and other...
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Deals•Feb 9, 2026
Reliance Global Group to Acquire 51% Controlling Stake in Enquantum Ltd. For $2.125M
Reliance Global Group announced a definitive agreement to acquire a 51% controlling interest in post‑quantum cybersecurity firm Enquantum Ltd. for $2.125 million, payable in tranches over ten months. The acquisition will be executed through Reliance’s EZRA International Group subsidiary as part...
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Deals•Feb 5, 2026
Kembara Secures €750M First Close for €1B Deep Tech Investment Fund
Kembara announced the first close of its €1 billion European deep‑tech fund, securing €750 million in commitments. The fund will invest up to €40 million in 20 deep‑tech companies at Series B and C stages, aiming to bolster Europe’s deep‑tech ecosystem.
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Deals•Feb 2, 2026
Diraq Secures $20M Equity Investment From Australia's National Reconstruction Fund
Diraq, an Australian quantum computing startup, secured a $20 million equity investment from the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) to accelerate its utility‑scale silicon‑based quantum computer development. The funding will support advanced manufacturing and aims to deliver a quantum computer with...
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Deals•Jan 29, 2026
IonQ Completes Acquisition of Skyloom Global Corp.
IonQ completed its acquisition of Skyloom Global Corp., a move to strengthen its quantum networking capabilities. The deal, first announced in November 2025, brings Skyloom’s expertise in free‑space optical communications into IonQ’s portfolio, advancing its roadmap for distributed quantum entanglement...
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Deals•Jan 20, 2026
D-Wave Acquires Quantum Circuits Inc., Adding Gate-Model Capability to Its Annealing Portfolio
D‑Wave announced the completion of its acquisition of Quantum Circuits Inc., merging its annealing quantum computers with Quantum Circuits' dual‑rail gate‑model qubit technology. The deal creates the first dual‑platform quantum computing company, accelerating the rollout of error‑corrected gate‑model systems alongside...
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Deals•Jan 17, 2026
Quantum Computing Inc. Secures $22M Stalking Horse Bid for Luminar Assets
Quantum Computing Inc. (QCi) has submitted a $22 million stalking‑horse bid to acquire the remaining assets of Luminar Technologies, pending court approval in Luminar’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. The acquisition aims to integrate Luminar’s LiDAR technology into QCi’s photonic chip and packaging...
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