Daily Quantum Update for Thursday, July 16, 2026
Coverage calibrated somewhere between academic caution and venture enthusiasm.
Last Updated on Thursday, July 16, 2026, at 08:04 AM EDT
Today’s quote: “I don’t have any particular recipe. It is the reason why doing research is challenging as well as attractive. It is like being lost in a jungle and trying to use all the knowledge that you can gather to come up with some new tricks, and with some luck, you might find a way out.” – Maryam Mirzakhani
Today’s mentions: Akamai; Brookhaven National Laboratory; Conductor Quantum; Equal1 Labs; European Quantum Industry Consortium e.V.; Google; Hewlett Packard Enterprise; IBM; indie Semiconductor; McKinsey & Company; Mesa Quantum; Northeastern University; Pasqal; Photon Queue; PsiQuantum; QuantumCore; Riverlane; Roadrunner Venture Studios; Stony Brook University; Thales Group; The University of Texas at Austin; West Virginia University; Xanadu Quantum Technologies
Today’s book: Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads by Greil Marcus (Amazon affiliate link)
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Recent News
News and announcement items are categorized from top to bottom and are included in only one section. See the latest quantum computing research papers on arXiv.
Investment, Funding, and Financial News
🔗 Xanadu to Report Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results on August 5th, 2026
Source: Xanadu Quantum Technologies
Organization Mentioned: Xanadu Quantum Technologies
Other Categories: ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components, 🔦 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Photonic Qubits
Geographies: 🇨🇦 Canada, 🌎 North America, 🏢 Ontario
🔗 State awards $1.2 million to grow New Mexico’s quantum sector - NM Economic Development Department
Source: NM Economic Development Department
Organizations Mentioned: Conductor Quantum; Mesa Quantum; and Photon Queue
Geographies: 🇲🇽 Mexico, 🌎 North America, 🌶️ New Mexico
🔗 IBM Reaffirms $10 Billion Quantum Push Despite Weak Preliminary Quarterly Results
Author: Matt Swayne
Source: The Quantum Insider
Organization Mentioned: IBM
🔗 Photon Queue Wins $500,000 Grant to Establish Quantum Presence in New Mexico
Source: Roadrunner Venture Studios
Organizations Mentioned: Photon Queue and Roadrunner Venture Studios
Other Category: 🔦 Photonics
Geographies: 🇲🇽 Mexico, 🌎 North America, 🌶️ New Mexico
People News
🔗 PsiQuantum Strengthens Executive Leadership with New Appointments
Author: Iris Wu
Source: News - PsiQuantum
Organization Mentioned: PsiQuantum
Other Categories: ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components, 🔦 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Photonic Qubits
Source: Pasqal
Organizations Mentioned: Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Pasqal
Geographies: 🇫🇷 France, 🌍 Europe
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Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security
🔗 How Much Can AI Help With PQC Migration?
Author: Marin Ivezic
Source: PostQuantum – Quantum Computing, Quantum Security, PQC
Other Category: 📰 Newsletters and Blogs
🔗 AI Leaders Are Pulling Ahead on Quantum Readiness
Source: GovInfoSecurity.com RSS Syndication
Organization Mentioned: Thales Group
Geographies: 🇫🇷 France, 🌍 Europe
🔗 Post-Quantum Cryptography: What’s Next for Edge Security
Author: Rich Salz
Source: Blog [Akamai]
Organizations Mentioned: Akamai and Google
Source: Post-Quantum
Other Category: 🎼 Quantum Algorithms
Geography: 🇬🇧 UK
Quantum Error Correction and Fault Tolerance
Source: Riverlane
Organization Mentioned: Riverlane
Other Category: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
Geography: 🇬🇧 UK
Source: Riverlane
Organization Mentioned: Riverlane
Other Category: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
Geography: 🇬🇧 UK
🔗 Self-dual bivariate bicycle codes with transversal Clifford gates
Author: Yu-An Chen
Source: npj Quantum Information
Other Categories: ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components, 🥼 Research
Quantum Computing Computer Science, Coding, and Software Development
🔗 Quantum Computing 101: How to Get Started
Source: Qiskit [IBM]
Organization Mentioned: IBM
Other Category: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
Quantum Algorithms
🔗 Building out the Quantum Computing Toolkit
Author: Kaif Shaikh
Source: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Organizations Mentioned: Brookhaven National Laboratory; Google; Northeastern University; and The University of Texas at Austin
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America, 🎓 Massachusetts, 🗽 New York, 🛢️ Texas
Quantum Computing Systems and Components
🔗 Who reads this stuff anyway?
Author: Brian N. Siegelwax
Source: The Quantum Dragon (feat. IQT News)
Organizations Mentioned: Equal1 Labs; Pasqal; and PsiQuantum
Other Categories: 📰 Newsletters and Blogs, 🔦 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Photonic Qubits, 🔲 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Silicon Spin Qubits
Geographies: 🇫🇷 France, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🌍 Europe
Source: QuantumCore
Organization Mentioned: QuantumCore
Other Category: 🛣️ Roadmaps
Geographies: 🇨🇦 Canada, 🌎 North America, 🏢 Ontario
Quantum Networking
🔗 Southampton Dialogues Event Explores How Quantum Networking Could Shape the Future
Author: Michael Gasparino
Source: SBU News [Stony Brook University]
Organization Mentioned: Stony Brook University
Geographies: 🇬🇧 UK, 🇺🇸 United States, 🌍 Europe, 🌎 North America, 🗽 New York
Quantum Communications
🔗 Pan Jianwei becomes first Chinese scientist to win top UN basic science prize
Source: South China Morning Post (subscription may be required)
Other Category: 🔬 Mathematics and Quantum Science
Geographies: 🇨🇳 China, 🌏 Asia
Consortia and Industry Associations
Author: Eva Tomic
Source: QuIC [European Quantum Industry Consortium e.V.]
Organization Mentioned: European Quantum Industry Consortium e.V.
Geographies: 🇩🇪 Germany, 🌍 Europe
Newsletters and Blogs
🔗 McKinsey’s $600 Billion Quantum Finance Number Doesn’t Add Up. Literally.
Author: Marin Ivezic
Source: PostQuantum – Quantum Computing, Quantum Security, PQC
Organization Mentioned: McKinsey & Company
Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
🔗 The Hardest Questions in Physics | World Science Festival
Source: YouTube
Commentary: Leonard Susskind and Brian Greene.
Other Category: 🔬 Mathematics and Quantum Science
Additional News and Announcements
🔗 Driving Quantum Forward: A Look Back at June’s Industry Events
Source: indie [indie Semiconductor]
Organization Mentioned: indie Semiconductor
Other Category: 🔦 Photonics
Research
🔗 Researchers Create Room-Temperature Quantum Material That Filters Light by Its Quantum Statistics
Author: Matt Swayne
Source: The Quantum Insider
Mathematics and Quantum Science
Source: The Quantum Insider
Organization Mentioned: West Virginia University
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America, ⛏️ West Virginia
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Conference and Events Starting in the Next Four Weeks
Check out and bookmark our full listing of upcoming quantum-related conferences, events, and webinars. over the next several months. You can easily add them to your calendar directly from the listing.
Thursday, July 16, 2026
QUANTICS 2026 - International Conference on Quantum Information, Computing, Communications and Simulation | Porto, Portugal – 📅 Save the date
Monday, July 20, 2026
Quest for Quantum Summer Camp | Purdue University Northwest, Indiana, USA – 📅 Save the date
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Midwest Quantum Collaboration Entanglement 2026 | West Lafayette, IN, USA – 📅 Save the date
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Global Quantum Forum (GQF26) | Chicago, IL – 📅 Save the date
Sunday, July 26, 2026
Quantum Science GRC 2026 - Many-Body Quantum Systems: Quantum Computing, Simulation, Sensing, and Emerging Platforms | Easton, Massachusetts, USA – 📅 Save the date
Monday, July 27, 2026
An Introduction to Quantum Error Correction with IQM Quantum Computers | Virtual – 📅 Save the date
Introduction to Quantum Information Science and Engineering | Virtual – 📅 Save the date
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
First Individual Addressing of Organic Molecular Spin-Qubits for Versatile Spin-Photon Interfaces in Quantum Technologies | Virtual – 📅 Save the date
Monday, August 3, 2026
Fault-Tolerant Quantum Technologies | Huesca, Spain – 📅 Save the date
Quantum Computing and Sensing for Weather and Climate Applications Workshop | Boulder, CO, USA – 📅 Save the date
Friday, August 7, 2026
2026 International Conference on Quantum Computing and Communication Technology – ICQCT 2026 | Hangzhou, China – 📅 Save the date
Monday, August 10, 2026
Fourth International Annual Quantum Simulation Conference (QSim 2026) | Amsterdam, Netherlands – 📅 Save the date
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Texas Quantum Summit 2026 | Richardson, TX, USA – 📅 Save the date
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