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The daily quantum computing briefing you don't need a physics degree to follow. Every day, Quickly Quantum cuts through the hype to bring you the breakthroughs, funding rounds, policy moves, and research that actually matter, with plain-English analysis a smart non-physicist can follow. Hosted by Brian Lampert. AI-voiced, human-built, always skeptical of press releases. Nothing on this show is financial advice. Also from Brian Lampert: Concrete Compute and Space Stakes.

  1. 9h ago

    Weekend Bonus: Dutch Consortium Lays the Groundwork for a 100+ Qubit Photonic Quantum Computer — November 14, 2026

    This Weekend Bonus follows six stories about moving quantum computing from research toward usable systems, from circuit design and error modelling to hybrid infrastructure and industrial programmes. The achievements and plans are distinct: resource estimates, scheduled deployments and awards each tell us different things about progress. QuiX Quantum Secures PhotonDelta Funding for Photonic Quantum Computing — HPCwireQuEra, Harvard and Anthropic Use AI to Reduce Quantum Circuit Resource Requirements — The Quantum InsiderIonQ Announces Executive Leadership Evolution — IonQRigetti Computing Integrates Quantum Elements Constellation Platform into Error Correction Pipeline — Quantum Computing ReportUniversity of Osaka Integrates Domestic Superconducting Quantum Processors with OCTOPUS Supercomputer via SEAFOOD Platform — Quantum Computing ReportQuantum computer Jiuzhang 4.0 takes World Internet Conference’s leading tech award — Quantum ZeitgeistChapters 00:00 Today's headlines 01:07 QuiX Quantum's Dutch photonic mission 04:27 AI designed circuits reduced gate counts 07:24 IonQ announced executive changes 10:13 Rigetti Constellation digital twin 12:42 SEAFOOD hybrid infrastructure at Osaka 15:43 Jiuzhang 4.0 received leading prize Quickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice. Follow Quickly Quantum: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify More from Brian Lampert: Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing, and Space Stakes, the business of the new space race. Transcripts and every episode: quickly-quantum.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.

    Weekend Bonus: Dutch Consortium Lays the Groundwork for a 100+ Qubit Photonic Quantum Computer — November 14, 2026

  2. 1d ago

    AMD’s Quantum Bet Runs Through GPUs, CPUs and Error Correction — November 13, 2026

    PsiQuantum and AMD are expanding a partnership around the infrastructure needed for fault-tolerant quantum systems. The episode also covers Q-CTRL’s funding, government quantum hiring, hybrid chemistry results and post-quantum security products. PsiQuantum and AMD Expand Partnership on Quantum Computing Infrastructure — The Quantum InsiderQuantum computing explained — NISTQ-CTRL Secures US$290 Million Series C Funding Led by Salesforce Ventures — The Quantum InsiderNSA quantum hiring post — @QtumAnalysis on XQunova 80-qubit iron-sulfur simulation — Quantum Computing ReportCleveland Clinic, RIKEN, and IBM drug-binding simulations — Quantum Computing ReportPhio TX EU cybersecurity certification — Quantum ZeitgeistProject Eleven launches Strongpoint MPC — Quantum ZeitgeistChapters 00:00 Today's headlines 01:05 AMD and PsiQuantum expand partnership 05:08 Hype check on PRISM decoder 08:11 NIST explains quantum computing 09:33 Q-CTRL raised US$290 million in Series C 11:04 NSA job posting for quantum computing 11:43 Qunova iron-sulfur cluster simulation 13:02 Cleveland Clinic protein complexes 14:22 Phio TX received certification 15:35 Project Eleven launching Strongpoint MPC Source links @AMD on X@conordeegan on X@projecteleven on X@psiquantum on Xquantumzeitgeist.comQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice. Follow Quickly Quantum: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify More from Brian Lampert: Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing, and Space Stakes, the business of the new space race. Transcripts and every episode: quickly-quantum.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.

    AMD’s Quantum Bet Runs Through GPUs, CPUs and Error Correction — November 13, 2026

  3. 2d ago

    IBM’s 520-Qubit Nighthawk Plan Puts Modular Scaling on the Clock — November 12, 2026

    IBM's Nighthawk r3 roadmap pairs a planned larger processor with a two-chip scaling path, while today's other stories cover cryptographic preparation, a Stacks demonstration, quantum-company finances and hardware development. We also explain post-quantum cryptography in plain language. IBM Unveils 520-Qubit Nighthawk r3 Processor — Quantum Computing ReportWhat Is Post-Quantum Cryptography? — NISTOver 35% of Bitcoin Supply Exposed to Future Quantum Computers — hokanews.comEthlabs proposes advancing Ethereum's post-quantum to 2027 — The BlockStacks Labs says it completed first post-quantum sBTC transfer on mainnet — Crypto BriefingXanadu Reports Revenue Growth — The Quantum InsiderAnduril quantum-engineering hiring post — @Qtumanalysis on XZhengyuan Quantum Raises Angel Funding For 1,000-Qubit Computer — The Quantum InsiderSource links newsroom.ibm.com@DefiantNews on Xcryptobriefing.comethereum-magicians.orgquantumcomputingreport.comtheblock.coQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice. Follow Quickly Quantum: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify More from Brian Lampert: Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing, and Space Stakes, the business of the new space race. Transcripts and every episode: quickly-quantum.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.

    IBM’s 520-Qubit Nighthawk Plan Puts Modular Scaling on the Clock — November 12, 2026

  4. 3d ago

    When Does Quantum Funding Become a Business? — November 11, 2026

    Rigetti’s results pair a reported system-performance milestone with modest quarterly sales, a conditional federal award and a customer-dependent full-year outlook. The episode also covers D-Wave’s results, policy and procurement developments, a data-center installation, and a blockchain roadmap’s quantum-resistant account research. Rigetti Reports Q3 2026 Results and Updates Quantum Computing Roadmap — The Quantum InsiderExplainer: gate fidelity — QuEra glossaryD-Wave Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results — Morningstar.comOptical switch advancement — Xanadu on XDiraq Installs Silicon Spin Quantum Computer in Equinix Commercial Data Center — Quantum Computing ReportDraft EU Quantum Act Would Favor European Suppliers, Set Computing and Security Targets — The Quantum InsiderCarahsoft Builds Federal Quantum Catalog with IonQ and PQSecure Partnerships — Quantum Computing ReportXRP Ledger Roadmap Puts Quantum-Resistant Accounts on the Agenda for 2027 — TradingViewChapters 00:00 Today's headlines 01:01 Rigetti Cepheus-1 fidelity and roadmap 04:34 Rigetti funding and C-DAC acceptance 08:20 Gate fidelity: a measure of accuracy 09:46 D-Wave revenue and DOCOMO deployment 11:51 Xanadu optical switch loss advancement 12:34 Diraq eight-qubit computer at Equinix 13:57 Europe's draft Quantum Act 15:45 Carahsoft added IonQ and PQSecure 17:19 XRP Ledger quantum-resistant accounts Source links globenewswire.comQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice. Follow Quickly Quantum: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify More from Brian Lampert: Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing, and Space Stakes, the business of the new space race. Transcripts and every episode: quickly-quantum.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.

    When Does Quantum Funding Become a Business? — November 11, 2026

  5. 4d ago

    H2 in Japan, Eight Qubits in Sydney — November 10, 2026

    Quantinuum and RIKEN have upgraded Reimei to H2 and describe research projects combining quantum computing, supercomputers and AI. The episode also covers Diraq’s Sydney data-center deployment, QCi’s quarterly figures, Google’s preprint and IonQ’s manufacturing and evaluation plans. Quantinuum and RIKEN Expand Quantum Computing Partnership in Japan — The Quantum InsiderTrapped-ion quantum computing — WikipediaDiraq fires up eight-qubit quantum computer inside Equinix Sydney data centre — Business News AustraliaQCi Reports $9.5 Million in Quarterly Revenue as Acquisitions Expand Commercial Business — The Quantum InsiderGoogle Researchers Use AI And Mathematical Proofs to Cut Quantum Computing Requirements — The Quantum InsiderIonQ and Korea manufacturing partnership — MKQuantinuum and RIKEN partnership — X/@HPCwireChapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:58 How trapped-ion quantum computing works 02:15 Diraq's eight-qubit computer live in Sydney 03:58 QCi's revenue and acquired businesses 05:37 Google AI-designed programs cut resource use 07:02 IonQ's Gumi manufacturing plan with SDT 08:22 Reimei upgrade to H2 at RIKEN 11:53 Reimei partnership: substance versus ambitions Source links @digitaljournal on Xhpcwire.commorningstar.comnewsroom.equinix.comQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice. Follow Quickly Quantum: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify More from Brian Lampert: Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing, and Space Stakes, the business of the new space race. Transcripts and every episode: quickly-quantum.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.

    H2 in Japan, Eight Qubits in Sydney — November 10, 2026

  6. 5d ago

    FCA Tests Quantum on Crime, $27.9M Rebuilds Qubits — November 9, 2026

    The UK FCA launches a regulator-first quantum group to test quantum detection of money laundering and fraud and molecules and junctions. A morning brief on what changed and what it means. Note: The error-correction story in this episode is Riverlane's research, as reported by Quantum Computing Report. An editing step removed the sentence that named them. FCA to explore how quantum computing could help tackle financial crime - FinTech Futures — fintechfutures.comRiverlane Demonstrates Data-Driven DEM Augmentation to Reduce Surface-Code Logical Errors — Quantum Computing ReportHong Kong University of Science and Technology team achieves 300x spin lifetime boost in perovskites — Quantum ZeitgeistLaser-cooled molecules achieve record entanglement despite higher temperatures — Quantum ZeitgeistUCSB Researchers Join $27.9M NSF Initiative to Overhaul Superconducting Quantum Computer Cores - edhat — edhat.comproven news breaker @QtumAnalysis (@Qtumanalysis) on X: THE U.S — X/@QtumanalysisBusan Science Museum Opens Quantum Education Exhibition with KRISS — The Quantum InsiderChapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:49 What quantum advantage actually means 02:36 Error correction with augmented priors 03:25 Perovskite spin lifetime stretched 04:28 Laser-cooled CaF molecules entangled 05:45 Re-engineering Josephson junctions 07:02 Posted on X: government to buy Moon gas 07:48 Quantum Magic School exhibition in Busan 08:24 UK FCA Quantum Experimentation Group 10:58 Hype Check of the FCA-led group Source links @qtumanalysis on XQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice. Follow Quickly Quantum: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify More from Brian Lampert: Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing, and Space Stakes, the business of the new space race. Transcripts and every episode: quickly-quantum.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.

    FCA Tests Quantum on Crime, $27.9M Rebuilds Qubits — November 9, 2026

  7. 6d ago

    24 Problems, One Hard Question About Quantum Advantage — November 8, 2026

    This Sunday episode considers where quantum advantage might appear and what evidence would make a claimed win meaningful. It weighs a map of possible problems, a proposed theoretical limit, and a funding figure without treating investment as proof of useful performance. Study Maps 24 Problems Where Quantum Computers Could Gain an Edge — The Quantum InsiderA proof of the Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture — PSIMIT And Accenture Find $10.9 Billion Flowed Into Quantum Computing Last Year — Quantum ZeitgeistOpenAI Computing Claim Faces Review, Raising Questions About Quantum Advantage — The Quantum InsiderChapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:42 Limits on quantum advantage claims 02:25 A focused map of possible problems 03:51 Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture proof claim 05:08 $10.9 billion flowed into quantum computing 06:35 Hype Check: quantum advantage evidence Quickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice. Follow Quickly Quantum: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify More from Brian Lampert: Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing, and Space Stakes, the business of the new space race. Transcripts and every episode: quickly-quantum.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.

    24 Problems, One Hard Question About Quantum Advantage — November 8, 2026

  8. Nov 7

    Weekend Bonus: Quantum’s Limits, Chicago Hardware and a $10.9 Billion — November 7, 2026

    This Weekend Bonus connects a mathematical limit on random-input speedups with a map of 24 possible quantum-advantage targets. It also covers Chicago’s operating IBM system, hybrid battery chemistry work, topological-material evidence and the gap between investment, booked business and recognized revenue. A proof of the Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture — PSIIBM's Quantum System Two begins operations at Chicago research hub — Interesting EngineeringHorizon Quantum Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Entropica Labs for $27 Million — Quantum Computing ReportIQM and Volkswagen Advance Quantum-Classical AFQMC to Simulate Next-Generation Battery Chemistry — Quantum Computing ReportExperiment supports theoretical foundation for potentially more error-resistant quantum computing — Quantum Physics NewsMIT and Accenture find $10.9 billion flowed into quantum computing last year — Quantum ZeitgeistPasqal Reports Third-Quarter Revenue Decline as QPU Services Revenue Grows — The Quantum InsiderStudy Maps 24 Problems Where Quantum Computers Could Gain an Edge — The Quantum InsiderChapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:59 Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture is now a theorem 03:40 IBM Quantum System Two operational in Chicago 06:30 Horizon Quantum letter of intent for Entropica 08:48 IQM Volkswagen QC-AFQMC runtime reduction 11:21 Cologne team observes predicted Andreev states 13:48 2026 Quantum Index Report: $10.9 billion invested 16:34 Pasqal QPU services revenue increased 53% 18:58 Study maps 24 problems with quantum advantage Quickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice. Follow Quickly Quantum: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify More from Brian Lampert: Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing, and Space Stakes, the business of the new space race. Transcripts and every episode: quickly-quantum.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.

    Weekend Bonus: Quantum’s Limits, Chicago Hardware and a $10.9 Billion — November 7, 2026
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The daily quantum computing briefing you don't need a physics degree to follow. Every day, Quickly Quantum cuts through the hype to bring you the breakthroughs, funding rounds, policy moves, and research that actually matter, with plain-English analysis a smart non-physicist can follow. Hosted by Brian Lampert. AI-voiced, human-built, always skeptical of press releases. Nothing on this show is financial advice. Also from Brian Lampert: Concrete Compute and Space Stakes.

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