Quickly Quantum

Brian Lampert
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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. 22h ago

    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

  2. 1d ago

    35,000 Developers, and a Quantum-Safe Card Certification — November 2, 2026

    Today’s episode follows a certified post-quantum payment-card platform and considers what still has to happen before it reaches everyday use. We also cover emulator access through qBraid, research surfaced by Quantum Papers, Iceberg Quantum’s advisor appointment, the end of QSolid, and an X post about IonQ and Heven. BTQ Technologies Brings MIMIQ Quantum Emulator to qBraid — The Quantum InsiderEntanglement diagnostics of stochastic-resetting steady states — Quantum Papers on XIceberg Quantum gains Jens Eisert as quantum advisor — Quantum ZeitgeistIceberg Quantum advisor post — QuantumStateX on XQSolid consortium ends five years of quantum hardware and software work — Quantum ZeitgeistIonQ and Heven AeroTech post — @TechInnovationz on XIDEMIA Secure Transactions Receives EMVCo Certification for PQC Payment Cards — The Quantum InsiderChapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:50 MIMIQ emulator now available on qBraid 03:25 Jens Eisert added as Iceberg advisor 04:25 QSolid consortium concluded in Germany 05:14 Heven AeroTech staff after IonQ investment 06:14 EMVCo certification for IDEMIA cards 08:44 Certification is not migration complete Source links arxiv.orgQuickly 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.

    35,000 Developers, and a Quantum-Safe Card Certification — November 2, 2026

  3. 2d ago

    Clocks Sail While Magnetometers Lag in Pentagon Quantum Sensor Push — November 1, 2026

    Can the Pentagon field quantum sensors by 2028? Brian weighs EO 14413's Sept 30, 2028 mandate, DIU's up-to-$200M Farseer push, and Infleqtion's two-week Tiqker run aboard RV Merlin against manufacturing hurdles. Infleqtion Tests Optical Atomic Clock During US Navy Exercise — The Quantum InsiderChapters 00:00 Today's headlines 01:08 Pentagon quantum sensors by 2028 02:41 Freymann's case for a sprint on clocks 03:55 Kyle Norman on the transition barrier 05:02 Luca Ferrara: the factory does not exist yet 05:55 Hype Check: 5 out of 10 on Farseer 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.

    Clocks Sail While Magnetometers Lag in Pentagon Quantum Sensor Push — November 1, 2026

  4. 3d ago

    Weekend Bonus: Who Gets to Build, Fund and Define Quantum’s Next Step? — October 31, 2026

    This Weekend Bonus follows the week’s quantum stories from policy and networking to materials, manufacturing and the assumptions behind quantum advantage. The announcements include early-stage plans and research as well as a lab demonstration, with important differences in what each establishes. Quantum Industry Coalition Highlights Funding Priorities For The National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act — The Quantum InsiderLumen Expands Quantum Footprint with Ohio State Fiber Research and Fortinet PQC SASE Rollout — Quantum Computing ReportSandia and Quantinuum Introduce Logical Gate Set Tomography to Map Fault-Tolerant Qubit Noise — Quantum Computing ReportFoxconn Aims to Become World’s Largest Quantum Computer Manufacturer — The Quantum InsiderWolfspeed Introduces Optical-Grade Silicon Carbide for Augmented Reality and Quantum Computing — The Quantum InsiderOpenAI Computing Claim Faces Review, Raising Questions About Quantum Advantage — The Quantum InsiderChapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:52 Coalition urges Congress on quantum act 02:41 Lumen plans Fortinet PQC for SASE 04:34 Logical gate set tomography on H1-1 06:20 Foxconn wants to build quantum systems 08:09 Wolfspeed transparent silicon carbide wafers 09:50 Exponential Time Hypothesis claim under review 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: Who Gets to Build, Fund and Define Quantum’s Next Step? — October 31, 2026

  5. 5d ago

    How Close Is the Quantum Threat to Encryption? — October 30, 2026

    Alice & Bob’s compiled estimate puts a possible RSA-2048 attack at 22,593 physical cat qubits and 3.14 days, while the required fault-tolerant hardware remains a projection. We also cover IQM’s full-chip entanglement result, a Shionogi research prize, Infleqtion’s at-sea clock test, and IonQ news. IQM Demonstrates Entanglement Across a Complete 54-Qubit Processor — The Quantum InsiderD-Wave Quantum: Lawsuits Challenge the Record Orders While a Korean Partnership Points to Industry — ad-hoc-news.deD-Wave on Shionogi’s NEDO Challenge result — X/@dwavequantumInfleqtion’s quantum atomic clock ran two weeks at sea, Navy tested it — Quantum ZeitgeistAlice & Bob Estimates 22,593 Qubits to Break RSA-2048 — The Quantum InsiderChapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:55 IQM Emerald full-chip entanglement 03:00 Shionogi won NEDO Challenge prize 04:21 Infleqtion Tiqker clock operated at sea 05:38 IonQ AFRL allocation for drone links 06:36 Alice & Bob RSA-2048 cat-qubit estimate 09:28 Hype check on Alice & Bob estimate 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.

    How Close Is the Quantum Threat to Encryption? — October 30, 2026

  6. 5d ago

    61 Qubits, 110 Years, and the Benchmarking Catch — October 29, 2026

    Today’s episode examines a reported random-circuit-sampling result on IBM Nighthawk r2 and the assumptions behind its comparison with classical computing. We also cover an Intel-Classiq agreement, PsiQuantum’s optical-switch demo, enterprise optimization work, grid-reconfiguration research and Nord Quantique’s DARPA extension. Intel and Classiq acquisition agreement — The Quantum InsiderPsiQuantum optical circuit switch — The Quantum InsiderLG CNS and D-Wave MOU — Quantum Computing ReportEPB and IonQ grid optimization findings — Quantum Computing ReportNord Quantique DARPA funding extension — The Quantum InsiderBlueQubit random-circuit sampling benchmark — Quantum Computing ReportChapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:54 Intel to acquire quantum software firm Classiq 01:56 PsiQuantum demos 8×8 optical circuit switch 03:04 D-Wave and LG CNS evaluate quantum annealing 04:08 EPB and IonQ hybrid network algorithms 05:24 Nord Quantique DARPA Stage B agreement 06:19 BlueQubit benchmark on IBM Nighthawk r2 08:48 Random-circuit sampling claim, classical tests Source links @dwavequantum on X@PsiQuantum on Xquantumcomputingreport.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.

    61 Qubits, 110 Years, and the Benchmarking Catch — October 29, 2026

  7. Oct 28

    Intel’s Quantum Bet Moves From Research Toward a Business — October 28, 2026

    Intel’s proposed Classiq acquisition would bring quantum hardware, programming software and enterprise relationships under one commercial strategy, while important questions about scale and profitability remain. The episode also covers NIST’s post-quantum migration roadmap, an IonQ networking award, research collaborations, quantum-control funding and a Pasqal magnet result. NIST Report Provides Guidelines for Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards — NISTIonQ Secures $7.5M AFRL Award for Quantum Network Expansion — IonQQuantinuum and GE Vernova explore quantum computing for superconductivity research — quantumcomputingreport.comQuantrolOx Raises €12 Million in Series A2 — The Quantum InsiderPasqal Reports Unexpected Quantum Magnet Behavior on 256-Qubit Processor — ca.finance.yahoo.comIntel’s Classiq Deal May Signal a Pivot From Quiet Quantum Effort To Active Commercialization — The Quantum InsiderChapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:54 NIST final roadmap for post-quantum encryption 02:49 IonQ Phase 2 quantum-networking expansion 04:12 Quantinuum, GE Vernova superconductivity research 05:33 QuantrolOx raises €12 million in Series A2 06:47 Pasqal finds unexpected slowdown in quantum magnet 08:06 Intel's effort to turn research into a business 10:42 Intel gave no timetable for profitability Source links @NIST 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.

    Intel’s Quantum Bet Moves From Research Toward a Business — October 28, 2026

  8. Oct 27

    120-Qubit Links, and Intel’s Quantum Stack Bet — October 27, 2026

    IBM reports a multi-connection link between two quantum processors, while a UK testbed program examines deployment beyond the lab. Intel’s proposed acquisition of Classiq puts quantum software and hardware under one strategic roof, with integration still ahead. IBM Connects Two 120-Qubit Processors With 99% State-Transfer Fidelity — The Quantum InsiderUK Quantum Testbed Program — The Quantum InsiderIDEMIA and KT Deploy Quantum-Resistant SIMs — Quantum Computing ReportSEALSQ to Buy Satellite Capacity for Quantum Security Cloud — Quantum ZeitgeistEPB and IonQ post — @TechInnovationz on XIntel to Acquire Classiq — Quantum Computing ReportChapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:59 IBM connected two 120-qubit processors 02:26 UK testbed helped deploy prototypes 03:30 IDEMIA, KT quantum-resistant SIM pilot 04:31 SEALSQ letter of intent for satellites 05:36 EPB sells quantum computing time 06:44 Intel to acquire Classiq software 09:01 Hype Check: Intel and Classiq deal Source links arxiv.org@business on X@intel on X@LipBuTan1 on Xquantumzeitgeist.comthequantuminsider.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.

    120-Qubit Links, and Intel’s Quantum Stack Bet — October 27, 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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    Brian Lampert
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    2026
  • Episodes
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