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Governor Newsom Awards $9.74M to Scale Southern California Quantum Ecosystem
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Governor Newsom Awards $9.74M to Scale Southern California Quantum Ecosystem

Governor Newsom Awards $9.74M to Scale Southern California Quantum Ecosystem California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a $48.5 million state investment under the California Jobs First Regional Investment Initiative (Round II Implementation Phase) to advance high-growth technology sectors and regional workforce infrastructure. Of the total funding allocation, $9,742,070 has been awarded specifically to Regional Cluster #7, focusing on the Quantum subsector to expand regional coordination, research infrastructure, shared testing capabilities, and workforce pipelines across Southern California. The state grant is complemented by $30 million in leveraged co-investment funds. [ California Jobs First Regional Quantum Investment Overview (Cluster #7) ]Coalition Lead & Co-InvestmentRegional Execution TriadStrategic Subsector Focus• Coalition Lead: UCLA• Los Angeles County Region• High-Tech / Quantum Subsector• State Award: $9,742,070• Orange County Region• Shared Quantum Testing Capabilities• Leveraged Funds: $30,000,000• Southern Border Region (San Diego)• Venture Funding & Talent Pipelines Itemized Project Awards & Sub-Initiatives Led by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the cluster coordinates quantum hardware and software expansion across a three-county ecosystem: California State University San Marcos ($2,137,920) — SoCal Quantum Alliance for Development: Initialize: A dedicated workforce development project focused on increasing accessibility to quantum education, hands-on training, and career entry points. University of California, Los Angeles ($7,604,150) — SoCal Quantum Alliance for Development: Cohere, Entangle, Excite: An ecosystem support initiative providing multi-region coordination, shared quantum testing infrastructure, and quantum-focused venture capital access. State Evaluation Alignment: Projects were evaluated based on geographic equity, alignment with the California Economic Blueprint, feasibility of high-road job creati

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India’s First Dedicated Quantum and AI University Campus Approved for Amaravati
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India’s First Dedicated Quantum and AI University Campus Approved for Amaravati

India’s First Dedicated Quantum and AI University Campus Approved for Amaravati The Andhra Pradesh State government has approved the establishment of India’s first dedicated Quantum and Artificial Intelligence University campus in Amaravati. Set up by the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT)—a Deemed-to-be University under the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)—the project is backed by a 100% Grant-in-Aid from MeitY totaling ₹730.70 crore ($76.5M USD) over five years. [ NIELIT Quantum & AI University Campus Overview ]Funding & Site ScaleCore Research InfrastructureAcademic & Skilling Targets• ₹730.7 Crore MeitY Grant-in-Aid• 1.25 Lakh Sq. Ft. QRIIB Research Block• 8,250 Total Learners (5-Year Target)• 8.5-Acre Net Zero Permanent Site• Cleanroom Nano-Fab & Cryogenic Labs• 1,650 Formal Degree Candidates• Temp Classes Start Sept 2026• Quantum Photonics & HPC Data Centers• 6,600 Certification / Skill Trainees Quantum Research, Innovation, and Incubation Block (QRIIB) Formally greenlit during a Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) meeting led by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, the 8.5-acre permanent campus will feature a specialized 1.25 lakh sq. ft. Quantum Research, Innovation, and Incubation Block (QRIIB). The center will house quantum computing and communication systems, quantum photonics labs, cleanroom nanofabrication infrastructure, cryogenic testbeds, and startup incubation facilities. The academic curriculum aligns with major national deep-tech programs, including the National Quantum Mission, the IndiaAI Mission, and the India Semiconductor Mission: Degree & Research Programs: Offering undergraduate (UG), postgraduate (PG), doctoral (PhD), and executive diplomas. Specialized Disciplines: Courses cover Quantum Computing, Quantum Communication & Security, AI/Machine Learning, Data Science, VLSI, Chip Design, Semiconductor Fabrication, Assembly/Testing/Packaging

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$2 billion valuation for quantum firm Pasqal on Nasdaq
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$2 billion valuation for quantum firm Pasqal on Nasdaq

Pasqal, a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “PSQL”, with an enterprise value of approximately $2 billion. The listing provides $360 million in gross proceeds to fund Pasqal’s continued growth as it moves toward industrial-scale systems, a milestone celebrated by early investor Quantonation, the company says. “Pasqal has been part of my journey since its beginning, so a Nasdaq listing is a remarkable moment,” said Christophe Jurczak, co-founder of both Quantonation and Pasqal, reflecting a connection spanning the company’s inception and arrival on public markets. Quantonation’s Early Seed Funding Fuels Pasqal’s Growth The venture firm first backed Pasqal by leading its seed round, and later co-led a €25 million Series A funding round in 2021, recognizing the potential of neutral-atom technology as it became a leading platform in quantum computing. This strategic investment facilitated Pasqal’s global expansion and its progression toward building industrial-scale quantum systems. He added, “When we started, neutral atoms were far from an obvious contender in quantum computing; since then, they have emerged as one of the field’s leading platforms.” This early conviction in the science driving Pasqal proved pivotal to its development. The business combination provides $360 million in gross proceeds, which will now fuel Pasqal’s continued expansion, allowing the company to refine its technology and scale its operations. Quantonation’s investment strategy, focused on breakthroughs originating from physics, is now demonstrably yielding results with Pasqal’s arrival on a major U.S. exchange. “Pasqal reaching the public markets indicates a broader trend in the industry,” explained Olivier Tonneau, Co-Founder and Partner at Quantonation. “Quantum companies are developing from research ventures into industrial businesses capable of raising capital and competing on a global scale.” Pasqal reaching the publ

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Auditing Structured Randomness for Quantum Error Correction under a Bounded Cloud Fault Model
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Auditing Structured Randomness for Quantum Error Correction under a Bounded Cloud Fault Model

--> Quantum Physics arXiv:2608.26600 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 27 Aug 2026] Title:Auditing Structured Randomness for Quantum Error Correction under a Bounded Cloud Fault Model Authors:Ziqing Guo, Anthony Lawrence, Renyu Wang, Randy Kuang, Ziwen Pan View a PDF of the paper titled Auditing Structured Randomness for Quantum Error Correction under a Bounded Cloud Fault Model, by Ziqing Guo and 4 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Cloud quantum processors compile submitted quantum error correction circuits and may colocate them with untrusted workloads. A fixed public encoder gives a fault-injection adversary a reusable target. Per-run reseeding changes the physical-to-logical fault map. Exact Haar-random encoders have exponential circuit cost. Efficient random ensembles provide average-moment guarantees and leave worst-case accepted corruption uncharacterized. We define accepted logical disturbance, an acceptance-weighted measure of harmful logical action in accepted results, and derive its exact Haar expectation. We evaluate a polynomial-cost seeded Clifford encoder family using dense linear algebra and gate-level stabilizer simulation against faults chosen before or after the encoder is known. Reseeding reduces mean accepted logical disturbance from 0.150 for faults chosen after learning each encoder to 0.020 for one fault chosen before it is known. The 86.7% reduction results from rejection. The fixed distance-three \([[5,1,3]]\) code corrects every tested weight-one Pauli, while 18.5% of sampled encoders in the selected ensemble satisfy exact quantum error correction. The measured reduction quantifies the integrity gain from reseeding and separates postselected detection from exact correction under explicit fault and attacker-knowledge models. Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2608.26600 [quant-ph]   (or arXiv:2608.26600v1 [quant-ph] for this version)   https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.26600 Focus to learn more arXiv-is

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Canada Commits CAD $195M ($140.2 M USD) to Xanadu for $893M ($642.2M USD) “Inception” Quantum Manufacturing Facilityquantum-computing

Canada Commits CAD $195M ($140.2 M USD) to Xanadu for $893M ($642.2M USD) “Inception” Quantum Manufacturing Facility

Canada Commits CAD $195M ($140.2 M USD) to Xanadu for $893M ($642.2M USD) “Inception” Quantum Manufacturing Facility Photonic quantum computing developer Xanadu (NASDAQ/TSX: XNDU) has signed a definitive agreement with the Government of Canada securing CAD $195 million ($140.2 million USD) in federal funding through the Strategic Response Fund, administered by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED). The federal commitment anchors a broader CAD $893 ($642.2 million USD) million project—designated Project OPTIMISM—to construct “Inception,” a 158,000-square-foot advanced photonics research, development, and manufacturing facility in Toronto. [ Xanadu “Inception” Manufacturing Facility & Funding Architecture ]Financial Commitment & Project ScopeFacility Scale & CapabilitiesHardware Tooling Partners• CAD $195M Federal Strategic Response Fund• 158,000 Sq. Ft. Toronto Site• ASMPT & Bluefors• CAD $893M Total Project OPTIMISM Budget• Heterogeneous Photonic Integration• DISCO & EVG• 275 High-Quality Direct Jobs Created• Wafer-Level Testing & Assembly• FiconTEC & MPI Inception Facility Technical Capabilities and Supply Chain Integration Utility-scale photonic quantum computers require manufacturing infrastructure beyond off-the-shelf components, including chip packaging, heterogeneous integration, wafer-level testing, and modular assembly. Designed to operate as a global packaging and manufacturing hub for fault-tolerant quantum data centers, the Inception facility will house: Heterogeneous Component Integration: Advanced cleanrooms engineered for heterogeneous integration—combining distinct optical and photonic materials onto single scalable chips. Continuous Testing & Systems Integration: Round-the-clock wafer-level test facilities alongside Xanadu’s Systems Integration and Operation Centre, where quantum modules are assembled and verified before deployment into server racks. Industrial Tooling Ecosystem: Integration of spe

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Quantum Simulators Put a 40-Year-Old Physics Theory to the Testquantum-computing

Quantum Simulators Put a 40-Year-Old Physics Theory to the Test

This AI image shows a chain of strontium atoms (orange), each held in an optical tweezer (blue cones). The chain sits within a modulated laser field. The evenly spaced lines above represent the ladder of excitation energies predicted by conformal field theory, whose rungs the team measured. Credit: AI-generated artwork by Stephan NausPhysicists used advanced quantum technologies to test predictions from a decades-old theory.At the point where matter changes from one phase to another, very different materials can suddenly begin following the same mathematical rules. Water approaching a boil and a magnet losing its magnetism are familiar examples of phase transitions.“Physicists call this trait universality—the messy, microscopic details wash out and only a few essential features survive,” explains Jason Alicea, William K. Davis Professor of Theoretical Physics. Physicists describe much of this universal behavior using a mathematical framework known as conformal field theory.In work reported in the journal Nature, the experimental group of Caltech professor of physics Manuel Endres and Alicea’s theory group joined researchers at Université Paris-Saclay and the Technical University of Munich to experimentally investigate two different conformal field theories with quantum simulators, specialized systems related to quantum computers that are designed for particular tasks.Using technology developed for these simulators, the researchers directly measured energy levels in synthetic quantum matter predicted by the Ising and tricritical Ising conformal field theories for the first time. (Ising refers to Ernst Ising, a physicist who, in the 1920s, solved an early model of magnetism.) Both theories describe universal behavior that appears when a quantum system, with properties such as entanglement and superposition, reaches a critical point between two states, with one more ordered than the other.Left to right: Yuan Le, Xiangkai Sun, Jason Alicea, Manuel Endres, Stephen Naus,

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Why Did D-Wave Quantum Stock Fall 16.6% This Week?quantum-computing

Why Did D-Wave Quantum Stock Fall 16.6% This Week?

D-Wave Quantum (NASDAQ: QBTS) stock fell this week, finishing down 16.6% by the market's close on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, following the company's announcement that a key C-suite executive would be departing. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are both up this week, gaining 1.1% and 1.8%, respectively. ExpandNASDAQ: QBTSD-Wave QuantumPremium FeatureMoneyball Superscore66/100Today's Change(-5.08%) $-0.91Current Price$16.99Key Data Points*:nth-last-child(-n+2)]:border-b-0">Market Cap$6.7BMarket cap calculated using publicly traded shares outstanding only. Does not include unlisted, private, or dual-class non-traded shares. Implied market cap may vary.Day's Range$16.68 - $17.7252wk Range$12.75 - $46.75Volume18.1MAvg Vol23.6MGross Margin-730.78% D-Wave CFO John Markovich to retire Sept. 2, replaced by Greg Golkov On Tuesday, Aug. 25, D-Wave announced that Chief Financial Officer (CFO) John Markovich is retiring, effective Sept. 2, 2026. He will be replaced by Greg Golkov, the company's senior vice president of finance. CEO Alan Baratz thanked Markovich for his "significant contributions," including the "pivotal role" he played in helping take D-Wave public in 2022. The company said the resignation wasn't the result of any disagreements "on any matter related to the Company's business, operations, accounting policies, practices, financial statements, disclosure controls and procedures or internal control over financial reporting." Image source: Getty Images. Despite the disclaimer, the sudden announcement of his unusually quick departure spooked investors. D-Wave's operating loss doubled to $54.7 million in Q2 2026 That's especially true because it comes on the heels of a less-than-stellar earnings report. D-Wave's Q2 sales were flat year over year, coming in once again just above $3 million. At the same time, however, its operating loss more than doubled from negative $26.5 million to negative $54.7 million. This is a stock with an enormous amount of very uncertain grow

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Top 10 Quantum Computing Companies in Francetechnology

Top 10 Quantum Computing Companies in France

France’s quantum ecosystem spans neutral atoms, cat qubits, photonics, silicon spin processors, quantum networking and sensing. QuantumNews ranks the ten companies leading this diverse and increasingly commercial technology landscape.

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Sunlight generates entangled photon pairs for the first timeresearch

Sunlight generates entangled photon pairs for the first time

Researchers have achieved this milestone despite sunlight's low coherence and intensity, offering a sustainable alternative to lasers.

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Gujarat to Launch State Quantum Mission, Joining India’s Race to Build Regional Quantum Hubsquantum-computing

Gujarat to Launch State Quantum Mission, Joining India’s Race to Build Regional Quantum Hubs

The Gujarat government plans to establish a dedicated Quantum Mission to accelerate research, skills and practical applications across the state. The initiative will complement India’s ₹6,003.65-crore National Quantum Mission, although Gujarat is yet to announce its budget, governance structure or implementation timeline.

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Top 10 Quantum Computing Companies in Japanquantum-computing

Top 10 Quantum Computing Companies in Japan

Japan is quietly building one of the world's most complete quantum ecosystems — spanning superconducting processors, cold neutral-atom hardware, cryogenic materials, quantum software, and pharma-grade quantum chemistry. According to QuantumNews' Japan country page, the ecosystem now counts 52 companies, 8 university research clusters, and 1 national research institution, concentrated heavily around Tokyo (35 companies), with smaller hubs in Osaka, Wako, Yokohama, Chigasaki, Kyoto, Hamamatsu, and Tsukuba. Here's a deep dive into the Top 10 Japanese quantum computing companies, ranked by their QuantumNews Quantum Score — a composite measure of hardware scale, gate fidelity/error-correction maturity, funding raised & investor quality, and commercial momentum & partnerships.

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India’s 1,000-Km Quantum-Secure Network Marks a Defining Moment for the National Quantum Missiontechnology

India’s 1,000-Km Quantum-Secure Network Marks a Defining Moment for the National Quantum Mission

India’s National Quantum Mission has demonstrated a 1,000-kilometre quantum-secured communication network using indigenous technology developed by QNu Labs. The milestone takes India halfway towards its 2,000-kilometre inter-city QKD target and strengthens the country’s position in quantum communication and cybersecurity.

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Silicon-Spin Quantum Computers Move Closer to Integrated Chipstechnology

Silicon-Spin Quantum Computers Move Closer to Integrated Chips

Researchers have integrated silicon spin qubits, cryogenic CMOS control and superconducting interconnects into a working quantum processing unit. The advance addresses one of the biggest barriers to scaling silicon quantum computers: controlling large numbers of qubits without overwhelming cryogenic systems with wiring.

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