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JPMorgan uses quantum computing to summarize documents
From Enter Quantum: JPMorgan Chase researchers have successfully demonstrated using quantum algorithms to summarize documents using natural language processing. Read More
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Amazon Web Services and Antia Lamas-Linares to bring quantum communication innovations to Q-NEXT
With one of the largest fiber networks in the world, Q-NEXT partner AWS brings a global perspective to quantum technologies, and AWS’ Antia Lamas-Linares is tackling the engineering challenges in making quantum networks a reality. Read More
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Colorado quantum startup ColdQuanta lands $110M Series B to usher in a new era of quantum computing
From Tech Startups: Quantum company ColdQuanta said it has raised $110 million in a Series B funding round to continue commercializing its product portfolio, including quantum computing, quantum algorithms and applications, atomic clocks, sensors, and components. Read More
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A quantum-computing startup gets big-name backing
From Crain's Chicago Business: Former Motorola CEO Chris Galvin invests in and joins the board of ColdQuanta, which acquired University of Chicago-born quantum startup Super.tech. Read More
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Quantum startup ColdQuanta draws investors with ‘here-and-now’ applications
From The Wall Street Journal: ColdQuanta, a quantum-computing startup based in Boulder, Colorado, has raised $110 million in a Series B round, drawing investors in a tight market with near-term plans to harness and sell the present-day capabilities of a technology whose full potential is still years away. The company will use the new capital to accelerate efforts to develop revenue-generating hardware and software systems that leverage quantum technology in areas like atomic clocks, sensors and higher-precision radio frequencies and GPS networks. Read More
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ColdQuanta and Super.tech provide cutting-edge quantum research tools for Q-NEXT
Global quantum ecosystem company ColdQuanta and startup Super.tech have merged to address pressing needs in quantum research through innovative hardware and software platforms. Read More
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Fred Chong returns to Entangled Things
From the Entangled Things podcast: Fred Chong of the University of Chicago discusses the acquisition of Super.tech by ColdQuanta, the benefits of software development companies working directly with hardware manufacturers, and neutral atom architecture. Read More
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Global quantum alliances forged at London colloquium led by UChicago
From the University of Chicago: Leaders in quantum science, economics, defense, and data science from the United States and the United Kingdom met in London for a Quantum and Data Science Workshop hosted by the University of Chicago. The two-day conference gathered key representatives from both countries to forge new alliances and strengthen existing partnerships in the global race to establish quantum technology and explore the growing data science industry. Read More
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Chicago expands and activates quantum network, taking steps toward a secure quantum internet
From the University of Chicago: Scientists with the Chicago Quantum Exchange at the University of Chicago have announced that for the first time they’ve connected the city of Chicago and suburban labs with a quantum network — nearly doubling the length of what was already one of the longest in the country. Read More
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Q-NEXT partner ColdQuanta acquires Chicago-based startup Super.tech
Global quantum-technology company and Chicago quantum startup embedded at Argonne's Chain Reaction Innovations come together to advance quantum science and engineering Read More
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Researchers take a step toward novel quantum simulators
From SLAC News: Researchers at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, including Q-NEXT's David Goldhaber-Gordon, take a step toward novel quantum simulator that could help answer questions about certain kinds of superconductors and other unusual states of matter. Read More
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Quantum information science and engineering opportunities for undergraduate students: My experience as an OQI fellow
From Medium: Open Quantum Initiative undergraduate fellow Ariadna Fernandez writes about her summer experience at the University of Chicago, where she used both a classical-quantum algorithm and a quantum computer simulator to calculate molecular system energies. Read More
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Quantum computers could solve countless problems — and create a lot of new ones
From Time: Q-NEXT collaborator of Jay Lowell is quoted in this Time cover story on the frontier that is quantum computing. Read More
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Quantum Computing Cybersecurity bill signed into law
From FEDweek: President Biden has signed into law HR-7535, the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act, to move federal agencies toward encryption for their IT systems strong enough to resist attacks from quantum computers developed in the future. Read More
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New algorithm closes quantum supremacy window
From Quanta Magazine: Q-NEXT collaborator Bill Fefferman is quoted in this piece on a new result related to random circuit sampling. The popular technique for showing the power of quantum computers doesn’t appear scale up if errors go unchecked. Read More