Qubits, or quantum bits, are the fundamental units of information in quantum computing, capable of existing in multiple states simultaneously due to superposition. This unique property allows qubits to perform complex calculations much faster than classical bits, which are limited to binary states of 0 or 1.
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Today’s Brief Commentary: This major quantum financial news this last week was Infleqtion raising $100 million in its Series C funding round. Congratulations to CEO Matt Kinsella and my friends and former colleagues at the company! Speaking of investments, I’ve…
“I promised you a miracle. Oh, belief is a beauty thing.” – Simple Minds Today’s Brief Commentary: The above image is an example of a “hockey stick graph.” Progress is going well and consistently; then, BANG, some metric shoots up…
Today’s Brief Commentary: I’m back from London and the Economist Impact 4th Annual Commercialising Quantum conference. I also took a two-day mini-holiday in Liverpool to get my fill of Beatles lore and spend a lot of time on the waterfront….
Today’s Brief Commentary: I’ve been traveling in the UK this week to attend and speak at the Economist Impact 4th annual Commercialising Quantum Global 2025 conference in London. It was a great event as usual, with roughly 25% of the…
What Happened? On Monday, May 12, 2025, Rigetti Computing announced its financial results for the Q1 2025 quarter ending March 31, 2025. See its press release for the full details. It wasn’t pretty, but maybe it doesn’t need to be…
What Happened? On Thursday, May 8, 2025, D-Wave Quantum announced its financial results for the Q1 2025 quarter ending March 31, 2025. See its press release for the full details. The Numbers By almost any measurement, D-Wave had an excellent…
What Happened? On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, IonQ announced its financial results for the Q1 2025 quarter ending March 31, 2025. See its press release for the full details. This was the first quarter under new CEO Niccolo De Masi,…
Today’s Brief Commentary: Today’s photo above is from the Quantum.Tech USA 2024 event in Washington, DC, in April. Thanks to the organizers for the image. Honestly, I thought I was smiling the whole time. It’s been a busy quantum spring…
Today’s Brief Commentary: I’m going to start today’s commentary with a quick thought I posted on LinkedIn: We don’t have a quantum computing workforce shortage. We have too many expert and talented people spread out over too many companies. I’ve…
Today’s Brief Commentary: This is a special issue of the newsletter in that instead of news articles and research papers, I’ve included several links that give the current state of quantum computing for finance. If you do a web search…
Today’s Brief Commentary: At the beginning of my talk at Quantum.Tech DC last week, I showed the above image as the bridge that quantum computing providers are trying to build and cross to give us Practical Quantum Advantage. I define…
Today’s Brief Commentary: Inspired by a discussion with a representative from Toshiba at the Quantum.Tech DC event this week, my links and comments today are related to annealing and optimization. In the quantum space, D-Wave is perhaps the best known…
Today’s Brief Commentary: Today’s first link in the post-quantum cryptography section is about OpenSSH adopting one of the NIST PQC standards. OpenSSH is a widely adopted open-source implementation of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol, offering secure solutions for remote access,…
Today’s Brief Commentary: Prompted by a LinkedIn post by David Ryan and then my comment (and his response), today, I address the topic of a media or press kit for your website. Such a kit is a one-stop page that…
Today’s Brief Commentary: Today, we have two links to recent videocasts with me, three regarding post-quantum cryptography, and two for quantum computing. Each of the latter two categories includes variations of quantum hype. The first, from WIRED, is of the…
Today’s Brief Commentary: With the APS Global Physics Summit, NVIDIA GTC, and the Synopsys Executive Forum all in California last week, my attention turns to New York this week. I will do a short follow-up newsletter with my upcoming events…
Welcome to Wine Down Friday! Today, we explore the fascinating world of quantum technology with Bob Sutor, a leading expert in the field. From theoretical mathematics to leadership in AI, blockchain, and quantum computing, Bob shares insights into qubits, superposition,…
Today’s Brief Commentary: I’m pushing this newsletter out on a Sunday because two big industry events are coming up this week. The first is the NVIDIA GTC AI conference in San Jose, California. It runs from Monday the 17st through…
What Happened? On Thursday, March 13, 2025, D-Wave Quantum announced its financial results for the Q4 2024 quarter and 2024 fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. See its press release for the full details. The Numbers Despite talk of bookings…
Today’s Brief Commentary: Most of the links today concern financial news regarding earnings announcements of public quantum computing companies or funding of private companies. IonQ and Rigetti Computing have already announced their Q4 and Fiscal Year 2024 results, and I…