Quantum computing pioneer Chad Rigetti is back
Quantum computing pioneer Chad Rigetti is back

Sygaldry Technologies has raised $105M in a Series A led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, following a $34M seed from Initialized Capital. Its quantum-classical hybrid servers target the $5.2T in AI infrastructure investment projected through 2030. Syga…

France bets €500 million that quantum computing is the tech race Europe can finally win
France bets €500 million that quantum computing is the tech race Europe can finally win

Europe has spent a decade watching American and Chinese companies capture every major technology wave, cloud, mobile, social, AI. Quantum computing may be the exception. A cluster of French startups, backed by €500 million in government funding and und…

Quanscient and Haiqu run the most complex quantum fluid simulation yet, on IBM’s Heron R3
Quanscient and Haiqu run the most complex quantum fluid simulation yet, on IBM’s Heron R3

A new quantum algorithm ran a 15-step nonlinear fluid simulation around a solid obstacle on real quantum hardware, the most physically complex publicly documented demonstration of its kind. The technique reduces qubit requirements and circuit depth, br…

Finnish quantum unicorn IQM lands €50M from BlackRock
Finnish quantum unicorn IQM lands €50M from BlackRock

The Helsinki-based company, which builds and sells full-stack superconducting quantum computers for on-premises deployment, disclosed the financing today. It was secured before the February announcement of IQM’s SPAC merger with Real Asset Acquisition …

French quantum startup Pasqal to list on Nasdaq via SPAC at a $2bn valuation
French quantum startup Pasqal to list on Nasdaq via SPAC at a $2bn valuation

The neutral-atom quantum computing company, co-founded by Nobel laureate Alain Aspect, has announced a business combination with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II, with the deal expected to close in the second half of 2026. When Alain Aspect shared the…

VC Quantonation closes €220M fund to back next-gen physics tech
VC Quantonation closes €220M fund to back next-gen physics tech

A Paris-based venture firm that has quietly shaped the quantum technology scenery is now making a much louder statement about Europe’s role in the future of computing, materials science, and sensing. Quantonation Ventures has today announced the succes…

QT Sense raises €4M to advance a quantum sensing platform
QT Sense raises €4M to advance a quantum sensing platform

QT Sense, a deep-tech biotech startup building tools to study living cells, announced it has secured €4 million in funding to accelerate its Quantum Nuova platform, a technology that lets scientists observe cellular processes in real time and reveal bi…