PsiQuantum breaks ground on $1B photonic quantum facility
PsiQuantum began construction on a utility-scale quantum computer in Australia, backed by nearly $1B in government funding and a $1B Series E, betting silicon-photonics will beat superconducting rivals to commercial fault tolerance.
Cerberus backs zinc batteries with $250M, insurance wrap to challenge lithium
Eos Energy and Cerberus launch Frontier Power USA with $250M committed capital and first-of-its-kind technology insurance framework, signaling institutional shift toward non-lithium long-duration storage.
CorTec's FDA Breakthrough Stroke BCI: First in the World
CorTec GmbH received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Brain Interchange, a fully implantable BCI for stroke motor recovery—the first globally for this indication, positioning the German startup ahead of Neuralink and Synchron in a new therapeutic lane.
Rigetti's 108-Qubit System Reaches Market: The Timing Matters More Than The Qubits
Rigetti Computing deployed its Cepheus-1-108Q on Amazon Braket on April 7, 2026—a real commercial system with 99.1% two-qubit gate fidelity. The milestone is technically solid. What it actually reveals is the gap between marketing and the path to quantum advantage.
IQM Compiles Shor's Algorithm at RSA-2048 in Gate-Level Detail
IQM Quantum Computers and Fraunhofer FOKUS released Qrisp 0.8 on April 5, generating the first gate-by-gate circuit for Shor's algorithm at 2048-bit key length — translating cryptographic threat from theoretical to engineered.