Daily Quantum Update for Friday, March 27, 2026
Your window into the quantum sector: Activity across 856 organizations, curated from 521+ sources.
Last Updated on Friday, March 27, 2026, at 08:04 AM EDT
Today’s quote: “Never memorize something that you can look up.” – Albert Einstein
Today’s mentions: Google; IBM; IDC; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Mitsubishi Chemical Group; NVIDIA; New York University; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Purdue University; Q-CTRL; Qolab; QpiAI; QuSecure; Qunnect; Rigetti Computing; SBQuantum; Silicon Quantum Computing; Stony Brook University; The National Bureau of Asian Research; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Xanadu Quantum Technologies; Yale University
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Recent News
News and announcement items are categorized from top to bottom and are included in only one section. Click here to see the latest quantum computing research papers on arXiv.
Sovereign and Government Initiatives
🔗 “The New Security Mandate for Global Finance”
Author: Petra Soderling
Source: Deep Policy
Other Categories: 📰 Newsletters and Blogs, 🔐 Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security
🔗 “John Martinis, Nobel Prize–Winning Physicist, Joins White House Science And Technology Panel”
Author: Matt Swayne
Organization Mentioned: Qolab
Source: The Quantum Insider
🔗 “Analyzing National Quantum-Computing Ecosystems in the Indo-Pacific”
Author: Hodan Omaar
Organization Mentioned: The National Bureau of Asian Research
Source: The National Bureau of Asian Research
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
Author: Ulrike Schaede
Organization Mentioned: The National Bureau of Asian Research
Source: The National Bureau of Asian Research
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
Geographies: 🇯🇵 Japan, 🌏 Asia
🔗 “A Framework for Deeper U.S.-Japan Quantum Cooperation”
Author: Hodan Omaar
Organization Mentioned: The National Bureau of Asian Research
Source: The National Bureau of Asian Research
Geographies: 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇺🇸 United States, 🌏 Asia, 🌎 North America
Investment, Funding, and Financial News
Organization Mentioned: Rigetti Computing
Source: The Quantum Insider
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
Geographies: 🇬🇧 UK, 🌍 Europe
Organization Mentioned: Xanadu Quantum Technologies
Source: Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp. [Xanadu Quantum Technologies]
Geography: 🇨🇦 Canada
🔗 “NRFC Investment Accelerates SQC’s Atomic-Scale Manufacturing”
Organization Mentioned: Silicon Quantum Computing
Source: Silicon Quantum Computing
Other Category: 🏭 Manufacturing
Geography: 🇦🇺 Australia
Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security
🔗 “Ethereum Foundation Prioritizes Post-Quantum Cryptography”
Author: Yasmeen Dao
Organization Mentioned: QuSecure
Source: QuSecure
🔗 “From Modality Shift to Security Urgency: Google Signals a New Phase in Quantum Computing”
Authors: Heather West and Phil Goodwin
Organizations Mentioned: Google and IDC
Source: IDC
Other Categories: 🔍 Analysts, ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components
Quantum Computing Computer Science, Coding, and Software Development
🔗 “Getting started with Fire Opal Qiskit Functions on IBM Quantum”
Organizations Mentioned: IBM; Mitsubishi Chemical Group; Q-CTRL
Source: Q-CTRL
Other Category: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
Geographies: 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🌏 Asia
Organization Mentioned: IBM
Source: Qiskit [IBM]
Other Category: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
Quantum Computing and Annealing Applications
🔗 “Quantum computers take a step into real materials science”
Organization Mentioned: IBM
Source: IBM Research
Other Category: 🧪 Quantum Computing and Annealing Applications: Materials Science & Chemistry
Organizations Mentioned: IBM; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Purdue University; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Source: The Quantum Insider
Other Categories: 👥 Partnerships, 🧪 Quantum Computing and Annealing Applications: Materials Science & Chemistry
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America, 🏙️ Illinois, 🏀 Indiana, 🌶️ New Mexico, 🎸 Tennessee
Quantum Error Correction and Fault Tolerance
🔗 “OQD Launches Open-Source Collaboration with WD and QuScript to Advance Quantum Error Correction”
Source: The Quantum Insider
Organization Mentioned: QpiAI
Source: The Quantum Insider
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components
Geographies: 🇮🇳 India, 🌏 Asia
Quantum Networking
🔗 “How NYU’s Quantum Institute Bridges Science and Application”
Organizations Mentioned: New York University and Qunnect
Source: IEEE Spectrum
Other Category: 📡 Quantum Communications
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America, 🗽 New York
Quantum Sensing and Timing
🔗 “SBQuantum and Spire to send quantum diamond magnetometer into orbit”
Author: Debra Werner
Organization Mentioned: SBQuantum
Source: SpaceNews
Other Category: 🚀 Space
Geography: 🇨🇦 Canada
Quantum Communications
🔗 “China Telecom Latest Report Flags Quantum as a Key Growth Driver, But Scale Remains Uncertain”
Source: The Quantum Insider
Geographies: 🇨🇳 China, 🌏 Asia
Analysts
🔗 “NVIDIA Drives the Convergence of AI and Quantum Computing at GTC 2026”
Author: Heather West
Organizations Mentioned: IDC and NVIDIA
Source: rsshardware [IDC]
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
Newsletters and Blogs
🔗 “What’s the best type of qubit?”
Author: Rajiv Shah
Organization Mentioned: Google
Source: MDR Quantum
Other News and Announcements
🔗 “15+ Global Banks Exploring Quantum Technologies [2026]”
Source: The Quantum Insider
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
🔗 “Yale Quantum Institute names artist in residence for 2026-2027”
Organization Mentioned: Yale University
Source: YaleNews Articles [Yale University]
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America, ⚓ Connecticut
Organization Mentioned: Stony Brook University
Source: Newswise News from Stony Brook University
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America, 🗽 New York
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Friday, March 27, 2026
Business Finland – Quantum Computing U.S. Market Update Webinar | Virtual
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Florida Quantum Conference 2026 | Tallahassee, FL, USA
GITEX Quantum Expo Asia | Singapore
Running Quantum Chemistry on IQM Hardware with Qrunch by Kvantify | Virtual
Sunday, April 12, 2026
SPIE Photonics Europe | Strasbourg, France
Seventh International Workshop on Quantum Software Engineering (Q-SE 2026) | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Monday, April 13, 2026
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