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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. 5h 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 machine and roadmap face DARPA reviewers — X/@TechInnovationzIonQ 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

  2. 1d 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

  3. 2d 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

  4. 3d ago

    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

  5. 4d ago

    IonQ’s $173.8 Million Quarter Meets the Durability Question — November 6, 2026

    IonQ raised its 2026 revenue outlook after a record quarter, with revenue spanning its quantum-computing platform and SkyWater foundry services. The episode also explains quantum error correction and covers new IBM, AMD, ORNL and Quantinuum platform and software developments. IonQ Raises Revenue Forecast as Quarterly Sales Climb to $173.8 Million — The Quantum InsiderQuantum error correction — WikipediaIBM, ORNL, and AMD Deploy Co-Located Quantum Error Correction Platform in Poughkeepsie — Quantum Computing ReportQuantinuum Raises Revenue Outlook After Landing Its Largest Cloud Agreement — The Quantum InsiderQuantinuum Unveils Nexus Roadmap to Automate Fault-Tolerant Application Deployment Through 2029 — Quantum Computing ReportQiskit Functions Catalog update — @qiskit on XChapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:55 Protecting quantum information 01:57 IBM, ORNL and AMD launch platform 03:56 Quantinuum raised revenue outlook 05:42 Quantinuum Nexus software roadmap 07:32 IonQ revenue from platform and foundry 10:31 IonQ profit and warrant values Source links quantum.cloud.ibm.com@AMD on Xfedscoop.commorningstar.comprnewswire.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.

    IonQ’s $173.8 Million Quarter Meets the Durability Question — November 6, 2026

  6. 5d ago

    Can IonQ Sell Security Beyond Quantum Computing? — November 5, 2026

    IBM Quantum and QuICS Deploy AI Agents to Discover Over 500 High-Efficiency Magic-State Factories — Quantum Computing ReportIonQ Secures Contract To Supply Quantum Compute To Connecticut Groups — Quantum ZeitgeistBitcoin Cash Proposal Seeks Path to Quantum-Resistant Transactions — The Quantum InsiderD-Wave Updates Stride Hybrid Solver With Faster Optimization Performance — The Quantum InsiderIonQ Completes $1.15B Acquisition of Elisity to Integrate Zero Trust with Quantum Security — Quantum Computing ReportChapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:52 IQM's orders reached €102.5 million 02:08 564 unknown magic-state factory protocols 03:33 IonQ cloud runtime for Connecticut 04:54 Bitcoin Cash proposal OP_SIGHASH opcode 06:14 D-Wave Stride hybrid solver upgrade 07:49 IonQ completed Elisity acquisition 10:07 Elisity's active enterprise deployments Source links @dwavequantum on X@IonQ_Inc on Xthequantuminsider.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.

    Can IonQ Sell Security Beyond Quantum Computing? — November 5, 2026

  7. 6d ago

    Foundry-Built Ion Chip Anchors Institutional Machines Amid Finance — November 4, 2026

    Today’s episode looks at Universal Quantum’s foundry-built iQPU and the DLR systems it is intended to power, alongside a finance pilot, European policy proposals, superconductivity research and quantum error correction. FirstQFM Says Quantum System Beats Classical Forecasting Benchmarks — The Quantum InsiderAhead of EU Quantum Act, IQM Calls for Dedicated Qubit Foundries and DARPA-Style Procurement — Quantum Computing ReportSlides for my talk at the Nobel Symposium on Quantum Computing: “Quantum error correction gets real” — John Preskill on XUniversal Quantum Details Iterative Redecode Scheme for Fast Transversal Fault-Tolerant Logic — Quantum Computing ReportUniversal Quantum Unveils the iQPU: Foundry-Fabricated Trapped-Ion Processor Engineered for Modular Scaling — Quantum Computing ReportChapters 00:00 Today's headlines 01:07 FirstQFM claims edge over classical 03:16 IQM releases industrial policy manifesto 04:35 Cornell's uranium ditelluride superconductivity 06:03 Universal Quantum's redecode scheme 06:56 Universal Quantum's iQPU launch 09:38 iQPU scaling claim unproven Source links quantumcomputingreport.comthequantuminsider.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.

    Foundry-Built Ion Chip Anchors Institutional Machines Amid Finance — November 4, 2026

  8. Nov 3

    Cat Qubits Hold Their Bit-Flips for Hours — November 3, 2026

    Alice & Bob reports long physical bit-flip lifetimes on cat-qubit hardware, while the remaining error-correction challenges stay substantial. The episode also covers NIST’s post-quantum migration roadmap, practical preparation in Hong Kong, South Korea’s planned hybrid system and new funding for Quint Computing. NIST sets post-quantum cryptography migration priorities — Industrial CyberHKUST and HKMA Launch PQC Toolkit for Banks — The Quantum InsiderSouth Korea Launches Hangang Supercomputer, Plans Quantum Integration — The Quantum InsiderQuint Computing raises €9.1M to scale quantum computing technology — tech.euOxford Ionics and IonQ post — @TechInnovationz on XAlice & Bob Demonstrates Multi-Hour Physical Bit-Flip Suppression — Quantum Computing ReportChapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:55 NIST roadmap for post-quantum encryption 02:55 Hong Kong post-quantum toolkit for banks 04:07 Hangang supercomputer fully operational 05:22 Quint Computing raised €9.1 million 06:24 Oxford Ionics electronics on the chip 07:24 Cat qubits measured bit-flip lifetimes 09:32 Cat qubit memory active correction 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.

    Cat Qubits Hold Their Bit-Flips for Hours — November 3, 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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  • Creator
    Brian Lampert
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    125
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