Daily Quantum Update for Thursday, July 23, 2026
Following the signals that influence quantum investment, policy, and deployment.
Last Updated on Thursday, July 23, 2026, at 08:04 AM EDT
Today’s quote: “Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.” – Stephen Hawking
Today’s mentions: AIST; Argonne National Laboratory; BlueQubit; Boeing; D-Wave Quantum; DARPA; European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking; Hitachi; HRL Laboratories; IBM; Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park; Infleqtion; Intel Corporation; Keyfactor; Microsoft; North Carolina State University; Northwestern University; PsiQuantum; Quantinuum; Quantum Computing Inc.; QuantumCore; QuSecure; Rigetti Computing; Sandia National Laboratories; State of Illinois; The University of Texas at Austin; U.S. National Science Foundation; University of California, Riverside; University of California, San Diego; University of Maryland; University of Southern California; University of Waterloo
Today’s book: Introduction to Quantum Algorithms via Linear Algebra, second edition by Richard J. Lipton and Kenneth W. Regan (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
🔗 IBM to Acquire HRL Laboratories to Power the Future of Quantum
Source: IBM
Commentary: HRL’s expertise in silicon-spin qubits and quantum sensing will strengthen and extend IBM’s world-leading quantum computing mission.
Organizations Mentioned: Boeing; HRL Laboratories; and IBM
Other Categories: ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components, 🔲 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Silicon Spin Qubits
🔗 D-Wave to Report Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results on August 6, 2026
Source: D-Wave Quantum
Organization Mentioned: D-Wave Quantum
🔗 IBM Ventures: Leading the quantum investment landscape
Author: Emily Fontaine
Source: IBM
Organization Mentioned: IBM
Sovereign and Government Initiatives
Source: BlueQubit
Organizations Mentioned: Argonne National Laboratory; BlueQubit; Microsoft; Sandia National Laboratories; University of California, Riverside; University of California, San Diego; University of Maryland; and University of Southern California
Other Category: 😞 Quantum Error Correction and Fault Tolerance
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America, 🐻 California, 🏙️ Illinois, 🦀 Maryland, 🌶️ New Mexico
🔗 EuroHPC JU Launches Procurement for a Quantum Computer in Luxembourg
Source: The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) | Press Releases
Organization Mentioned: European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking
Other Category: ➕ Quantum-HPC Integration
Geographies: 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🌍 Europe
🔗 PsiQuantum Signs $125 Million Agreement with DARPA
Author: Iris Wu
Source: News - PsiQuantum
Organizations Mentioned: DARPA and PsiQuantum
Other Categories: ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components, 🔦 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Photonic Qubits
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America
🔗 Infleqtion Secures Three Genesis Mission Projects from U.S. Department of Energy
Author: Lauren Roady
Source: Infleqtion
Organizations Mentioned: Argonne National Laboratory and Infleqtion
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America, 🏙️ Illinois
🔗 IBM commits $50M in quantum access for US Genesis Mission
Source: IBM Research
Organization Mentioned: IBM
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America
🔗 We all want Quantum Benchmarks until our favorite company isn’t on “The List”
Author: Anastasia Marchenkova
Source: Quantum Capital
Organizations Mentioned: DARPA and Rigetti Computing
Other Categories: 🛦 Defense and Military, 📰 Newsletters and Blogs, ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components
Geography: 🇺🇸 United States
🔗 Singapore military explores quantum computing for mission planning
Source: The Straits Times
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
Geographies: 🇸🇬 Singapore, 🌏 Asia
Author: Matt Swayne
Source: The Quantum Insider
Geographies: 🇬🇧 UK, 🌍 Europe
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Regional Initiatives and Activities
🔗 Infleqtion to Deploy Fault-Tolerant Neutral-Atom Quantum Computer in Illinois
Author: Lauren Roady
Source: Infleqtion
Organization Mentioned: Infleqtion
Other Categories: ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components, ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Neutral Atom Qubits
Geographies: 🌎 North America, 🏙️ Illinois
Source: State of Illinois
Organizations Mentioned: Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park and State of Illinois
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America, 🏙️ Illinois
People News
Source: Quantum Computing Inc.
Organization Mentioned: Quantum Computing Inc.
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
🔗 Quantinuum Appoints Chief Legal Officer and Chief People Officer
Source: Quantinuum
Organization Mentioned: Quantinuum
Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security
🔗 The Missing Pillar: Why Cryptography Should Be a First-Class Citizen in Zero Trust
Author: Trina Mabunay
Source: QuSecure
Organization Mentioned: QuSecure
🔗 Keyfactor Expands Partner Program for Post-Quantum Cryptography Readiness
Author: Mohib Ur Rehman
Source: The Quantum Insider
Organization Mentioned: Keyfactor
Other Category: 👥 Partnerships
🔗 Keyfactor Expands Global Partner Ecosystem to Help Partners Lead the AI and Post-Quantum Era
Source: Keyfactor
Organization Mentioned: Keyfactor
Other Category: 👥 Partnerships
Quantum Computing Applications: Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
🔗 New Framework Uses Quantum Geometry to Help Quantum AI Systems Remember What They Learn
Author: Matt Swayne
Source: The Quantum Insider
Other Category: 🧬 Quantum Computing Applications
Quantum Computing Applications
🔗 The Death of Static Logistics: How Quantum Optimization Keeps Fleets Moving
Source: D-Wave [D-Wave Quantum]
Organization Mentioned: D-Wave Quantum
Other Categories: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars, 📦 Quantum Computing Applications: Logistics & Optimization
Quantum Algorithms
🔗 What is the Quantum Fourier Transform?
Source: Qiskit [IBM]
Organization Mentioned: IBM
Other Category: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
Quantum Computing Systems and Components
Source: QuantumCore
Organizations Mentioned: QuantumCore and University of Waterloo
Other Category: 👥 Partnerships
Geographies: 🇨🇦 Canada, 🌎 North America, 🏢 Ontario
Source: Hitachi
Organizations Mentioned: AIST; Hitachi; and Intel Corporation
Other Category: 🔲 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Silicon Spin Qubits
Geographies: 🇯🇵 Japan, 🌏 Asia
🔗 Quantum Bath Cleans Up Entanglement
Author: Edwin Cartlidge
Source: Optics and Photonics News RSS
Quantum Sensing and Timing
🔗 Quantum Shift: The Future of Seismic Imaging
Author: Jennifer Irving
Source: UT Austin News – The University of Texas at Austin
Organization Mentioned: The University of Texas at Austin
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America, 🛢️ Texas
🔗 Quantum sensing: From the inner workings of cells to the outer limits of the universe
Source: NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation
Organization Mentioned: U.S. National Science Foundation
Geography: 🇺🇸 United States
Quantum Networking
🔗 Quantum internet leaves the lab
Source: Northwestern Now: Research & Innovation Summaries: 0 [Northwestern University]
Organization Mentioned: Northwestern University
Other Category: 📡 Quantum Communications
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America, 🏙️ Illinois
🔗 Transversal fault tolerant distributed quantum computing operations
Authors: Frank Mueller, John Stack, and Ming Wang
Source: Nature Communications 2026
Organization Mentioned: North Carolina State University
Other Category: 🥼 Research
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America, ✈️ North Carolina
Newsletters and Blogs
Author: Brian N. Siegelwax
Source: The Quantum Dragon (feat. IQT News)
Author: Sam Lucero
Source: Running Interference
Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
🔗 A Developer’s Guide to the Stride™ Hybrid Solver
Source: D-Wave [D-Wave Quantum]
Organization Mentioned: D-Wave Quantum
Additional News and Announcements
Author: Cierra Lunde
Source: HKA – Marketing Communications
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
Research
🔗 Quantum Gravity May Be Far Less Quantum Than Physicists Expected
Source: SciTechDaily
Other Category: 🔬 Mathematics and Quantum Science
Mathematics and Quantum Science
Source: Asia Research News
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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.
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
Friday, August 14, 2026
Quantum AI Conference 2026 (QNLPAI 2026) | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA – 📅 Save the date
Sunday, August 16, 2026
Quantum Machine Learning | Bad Honnef Physics School, Bad Honnef, Germany – 📅 Save the date
Monday, August 17, 2026
Conference on Quantum Information and Quantum Control – CQIQC-XI | Toronto, Canada – 📅 Save the date
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Quantum Computational Sensing | Stanford, CA, USA – 📅 Save the date
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