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Insider Brief The European Commission announced plans to establish the Scaleup Europe Fund, a multi-billion-euro vehicle to invest in promising European deep tech companies and strengthen the continent’s competitiveness. The fund will target late-stage growth investments across strategic sectors including AI, quantum technologies, semiconductors, robotics, energy, space, biotech, and advanced Read more…

Insider Brief A new World Economic Forum white paper, produced with Accenture, finds that quantum computing, sensing, and security are moving rapidly from research labs to factory floors, reshaping how manufacturers design products, run operations, and secure global supply chains. The report identifies early industrial use cases — from Boeing’s Read more…

Insider Brief A new JLL report warns of an impending “quantum land grab” as investors race to develop specialized facilities for quantum computing, reshaping global real estate markets like artificial intelligence has done for data centers. The report projects commercial quantum computing could emerge by 2030, driving a decade-long shift Read more…

Insider Brief The BioInnovation Institute (BII) has opened applications for its 2026 Venture Lab program, offering early-stage startups funding, mentorship, and development support across life sciences and quantum technologies. The program provides a EUR 500,000 founder-friendly convertible loan with a potential follow-up investment of EUR 1.3 million for selected teams. Read more…

Insider Brief Alice & Bob, supported by France’s defense innovation agency AID, has received the new SQUID-6 UHV quantum chip fabrication system from PLASSYS-BESTEK as part of the ULTRACAT project to advance fault-tolerant quantum computing. The SQUID-6 UHV enables automated, ultra-high-vacuum deposition for producing high-quality cat-qubit processors, reducing contamination and Read more…

Insider Brief Quandela has delivered Lucy, a 12-qubit photonic quantum computer, to the CEA’s Très Grand Centre de calcul (TGCC) under the EuroQCS-France consortium led by GENCI and procured by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking. Lucy, assembled entirely within the EU with 80% European-sourced components, will be coupled to the Joliot-Curie Read more…

Insider Brief The €4.5 million Horizon Europe-funded SEQUOIA project is developing a quantum imaging technique that combines entangled photons and AI to surpass the 1-micron resolution limit of today’s Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) systems used in eye disease diagnosis. By achieving potential resolutions down to 0.5 microns—twice as sharp as Read more…

Insider Brief Universal Quantum CEO Dr. Sebastian Weidt told Parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee that the UK risks losing its global lead in quantum computing without faster government investment, procurement, and manufacturing support. Weidt outlined a five-step plan calling for quicker capital deployment, domestic infrastructure for building quantum computers, Read more…

Insider Brief Google Quantum AI’s 65-qubit processor performed a complex physics simulation 13,000 times faster than the Frontier supercomputer, marking measurable progress toward practical quantum advantage. The experiment used a new “Quantum Echoes” algorithm to measure interference effects called OTOC(2), revealing quantum behavior that classical machines cannot efficiently reproduce. The Read more…

Insider Brief Rydberg Technologies announced the launch of Rydberg Photonics GmbH, a Berlin-based spin-off from the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut focused on delivering compact, micro-integrated photonic engines for the global quantum technology market. The new company builds on over a decade of FBH research to commercialize optical frequency references and hybrid integrated lasers Read more…