Emergingby GlyphChicago’s bid to lead the country in quantum computing
New IBM Quantum System Two supports Illinois’ place at the center of the American quantum computing industry.
IBM Research blog
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Nov 2026
IonQ filed an 8-K: completed an acquisition or disposition; sold unregistered shares
SEC Form 8-K, items 2.01, 3.02.
SEC EDGAR
Powering up for a pivotal moment
From a nuclear revival to qubits, the MIT Energy Initiative’s annual research conference tracked deployment of today’s technologies to discovery of tomorrow’s breakthroughs.
MIT News: quantum computing
Oct 2026
Modular quantum computing takes shape with l-couplers
IBM researchers achieve a critical advance for scaling quantum computers.
IBM Research blog
IBM supports award-winning projects in NEDO Challenge
Teams across all three tracks of Japan's national quantum competition used IBM quantum computers during research on real-world applications.
IBM Research blog
IonQ filed an 8-K: entered a material agreement; sold unregistered shares
SEC Form 8-K, items 1.01, 3.02.
SEC EDGAR
Scaling AI-driven chip design with open agent factories
Open models and llm-d enabled IBM Research to explore quantum error correction hardware at 11.5× lower inference cost than an all-proprietary configuration.
IBM Research blog
Sep 2026
A theoretical separation between quantum computers & LLMs
Recent research further demonstrates the theoretical abilities of quantum computing
IBM Research blog
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IonQ launches Superion 256 platform
The sixth-generation system takes orders now for delivery in 2027.
ionq.com
Commerce finalizes $100 million CHIPS awards to quantum firms
Quantinuum, PsiQuantum and D-Wave each signed $100 million R&D agreements.
quantinuum.com
New qubit architecture enables faster, more accurate operations
This advance could be a big step toward developing a scalable, practical quantum computer.
MIT News: quantum computing
Aug 2026
IBM Quantum Nighthawk r2, more circuits, faster
High-speed, independent qubit reset boosts circuit throughput 25x over Heron while enabling accurate observable estimation on circuits with 7,500+ gates.
IBM Research blog
Pasqal completes SPAC merger ahead of Nasdaq listing
Pasqal expected to trade as PSQL with about $360 million of cash.
pasqal.com
NIST Researchers Supersize Quantum Technology to Help Detect Faint Photons
Our everyday life is flooded with photons, the quantum building blocks of light. For cutting-edge technology, from quantum computing to deep-tissue imaging, detecting every single photon counts. “Photons carry information,” said Kristen Parzuchowski
NIST news
IBM’s new modular architecture for cryogenic systems
Modular approach to housing and cooling quantum processors clears a path for interconnected, fault-tolerant systems.
IBM Research blog
QOBLIB: tracking progress in quantum optimization
Quantum advantage is here. The next question is where to apply it. New updates from the Quantum Optimization Working Group offer a glimpse at the path ahead.
IBM Research blog
Jul 2026
IonQ completes acquisition of chip foundry SkyWater Technology
IonQ now owns a US semiconductor fab for its quantum hardware.
ionq.com
IQM lists on Nasdaq
IQM became public after merging with Real Asset Acquisition Corp.
iqm.tech
Jun 2026
Quantinuum prices its IPO at $60 per share
The upsized offering sold 28 million shares; stock lists on Nasdaq as QNT.
quantinuum.com
Mar 2026
DARPA opens QBI to new entrants with a Stage A topic
Organizations not yet funded by QBI were invited to join.
darpa.mil
Feb 2026
Infleqtion starts trading on the NYSE
It went public through a merger with Churchill Capital Corp X.
infleqtion.com
Jan 2026
D-Wave completes acquisition of Quantum Circuits
D-Wave adds dual-rail gate-model qubits to its annealing business.
dwavequantum.com
Nov 2025
IBM delivers Nighthawk and Loon processors
Nighthawk has 120 qubits; Loon tests parts needed for fault tolerance.
newsroom.ibm.com
Quantinuum launches Helios trapped-ion quantum computer
Helios became commercially available with 98 qubits.
quantinuum.com
Oct 2025
NVIDIA introduces NVQLink to connect quantum processors and GPUs
The interconnect links quantum builders with supercomputing labs.
nvidianews.nvidia.com
Google reports verifiable quantum advantage with Quantum Echoes
Google says the verifiable algorithm ran on Willow 13,000 times faster than the fastest supercomputers.
blog.google
Nobel Prize in Physics honors superconducting circuit pioneers
Clarke, Devoret and Martinis won for quantum tunnelling and energy levels in an electric circuit.
nobelprize.org
Sep 2025
Caltech traps a record 6,100 atom qubits in one array
The team held neutral atoms in a grid of optical tweezers.
caltech.edu
Jun 2025
IBM plans Starling, a large fault-tolerant quantum computer, by 2029
IBM says Starling will run 200 logical qubits at a new data center in Poughkeepsie.
newsroom.ibm.com
IonQ agrees to buy Oxford Ionics for $1.075 billion
The deal combines two trapped-ion developers.
ionq.com
Apr 2025
DARPA selects about 20 firms for Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Stage A
Companies will show whether their designs can reach a useful fault-tolerant computer within a decade.
darpa.mil
Mar 2025
D-Wave reports beyond-classical result in Science
Its annealer simulated magnetic materials faster than a classical supercomputer could.
dwavequantum.com
Feb 2025
AWS unveils Ocelot, a cat-qubit error correction chip
Amazon says the design could cut error correction costs by up to 90%.
aboutamazon.com
Microsoft unveils Majorana 1 chip built on a topoconductor material
Microsoft calls the topoconductor a new material class that controls Majorana particles.
news.microsoft.com
DARPA picks Microsoft and PsiQuantum for utility-scale evaluation
The two firms entered the final validation stage of DARPA's US2QC program.
darpa.mil
Dec 2024
Nature paper reports error correction below the surface code threshold
Google Quantum AI published the Willow error correction results in Nature.
nature.com
Google's Willow chip shows error rates falling as qubits scale
Willow ran surface code memories below the error correction threshold.
blog.google
Nov 2024
Microsoft and Atom Computing entangle 24 logical qubits
The pair offered a commercial neutral-atom machine with a record number of entangled logical qubits.
azure.microsoft.com