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Quantum computing is about to change everything — stay ahead of it in 15 minutes a day. Every weekday, 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.

20시간 전

July 26, 2026 — Who Owns a Quantum Algorithm?

This Sunday's think piece asks a question the IBM-HRL headlines skipped: can you actually patent a quantum algorithm? We trace the acquisition's eleven-hundred-patent haul back to the unsettled Alice-era doctrine that governs whether any quantum invention is patentable at all, and walk the sides — reformers, patent attorneys, software-patent skeptics, corporate consolidators, and China-watchers. Linked sources: Guest Post: Patentability of Quantum Computing Inventions — The Quantum InsiderIBM to Acquire HRL Laboratories to Power the Future of Quantum — IBM NewsroomIBM Acquires HRL Laboratories, Adds Silicon-Spin Qubits — NAND ResearchEarly USPTO decision suggests favorable treatment for quantum computing — Norton Rose FulbrightPatent Eligibility Restoration Act, S.1546 — Congress.govQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.
1일 전

July 25, 2026 — Weekly Recap: IBM's Crash Meets Its Quantum Gambit

This week's recap: IBM's historic stock crash collides with its biggest quantum acquisition in years, DARPA and DOE keep funding unproven architectures, and neutral atoms, photonics, and a new spin-qubit material quietly shape the field underneath the headlines. IBM to Acquire HRL Laboratories to Power the Future of Quantum — IBM Newsroom / Reuters / TQIIBM's historic stock crash reshapes its quantum narrative — Forbes / Yahoo Finance / TheStreet$125M DARPA Agreement Validates PsiQuantum's Quantum Designs — The Quantum InsiderNeutral Atom Plan Targets 1000-Qubit Quantum Processor by 2032 — Quantum Zeitgeist / arXivNorthwestern University quantum entanglement over busy telecom fiber — phys.org / NorthwesternSKKU-led Team Identifies 'Zinc Oxide Spin Qubit' — The Quantum Insider / phys.orgShould Big Blue Break Up? Will IBM Spin Off Its Quantum Division? — Quantum ZeitgeistHu and Colleagues Demonstrate 0.943 Efficiency Photonic Platform — Quantum ZeitgeistQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.
2일 전

July 24, 2026 — IBM's Second Qubit Bet: Buying HRL Labs

IBM makes its biggest quantum strategy shift in years, acquiring Boeing and GM's HRL Laboratories to run silicon spin qubits alongside its superconducting bet — plus a $15M Bitcoin quantum-security consortium, a UK government reshuffle that leaves quantum policy homeless, and the field's latest hype-versus-backlash debate. Linked sources: IBM buys HRL Laboratories in shift to two-track quantum computing strategy — ReutersBitcoin Security Consortium launches with $15M for post-quantum crypto — X/@coinbaseIBM Adds Error Suppression Tool: Orbit From Quantum Elements — Quantum ZeitgeistThe UK Quantum Programme Risks Getting Lost In The Noise Of The DSIT Reshuffle — Quantum ZeitgeistMIT projects selected for funding under DOE's Genesis Mission — MIT NewsScott Aaronson on quantum hype vs. backlash — X/@carbonyxxxGoogle supremacy demo debate revived — X/@0xSoltyQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.
3일 전

July 23, 2026 — IBM's $10B Quantum Bet Adds HRL Labs

IBM adds Boeing and GM's spin-qubit lab HRL Laboratories to its quantum arsenal, a move that hedges its superconducting bet as part of its $10 billion, five-year quantum commitment. Plus: PsiQuantum's biggest-ever DARPA contract, Japan's new silicon-qubit alliance with Intel, entanglement over live telecom fiber, and more from around the quantum world. Linked sources: IBM to Acquire HRL Laboratories to Power the Future of Quantum — IBM Newsroom$125M DARPA Agreement Validates PsiQuantum's Quantum Designs — Quantum ZeitgeistHitachi, Intel and AIST Launch Silicon Quantum Computing Project — The Quantum InsiderNorthwestern Demonstrates Quantum Entanglement Over Busy Telecom Fiber — The Quantum InsiderTaiyi Quantum Raises $42 Million — The Quantum InsiderInfleqtion's Sqale System Targets 100 Logical Qubits — Quantum ZeitgeistEurope's Quantum Flagship Seeks Dedicated €3.5B Budget — Quantum ZeitgeistJPMorganChase Finds QAOA Shows Quantum Speedups — Quantum ZeitgeistQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.
4일 전

July 22, 2026 — Hewlett Foundation's $100 Million Bet on Quantum Security

The Hewlett Foundation commits $100 million over five years to security research across AI, biotech, and quantum computing, landing the same week the UK dissolves its science ministry and Galaxy Digital moves to quantum-proof Bitcoin. Plus: Singapore's military partners with IBM, Rice joins the DOE's Quantum Science Center, Quantinuum and SoftBank map a hardware roadmap, and a room-temperature quantum memory startup raises seed cash. Hewlett Foundation Launches $100 Million Initiative Supporting Quantum and Emerging Technology Security — The Quantum InsiderUK Government Puts AI at Cabinet Level as DSIT Is Dissolved — The Quantum InsiderGalaxy Commits $5 Million to Prepare Bitcoin for Quantum Computing Threat — The Quantum InsiderSingapore Defence Agencies Partner With IBM to Explore Quantum Computing Applications — The Quantum InsiderRice Joins Department of Energy's Quantum Science Center — The Quantum InsiderNew Quantinuum-SoftBank White Paper on Pre-Fault-Tolerant Quantum Value — The Quantum InsiderPhoton Queue Raises $4M Oversubscribed Seed Round — Quantum Computing ReportQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.
5일 전

July 21, 2026 — Google's Self-Calibrating Qubits: A Live 31% Error Cut

Google Quantum AI and DeepMind show a reinforcement-learning agent can recalibrate a quantum chip's controls live, mid-error-correction — cutting logical error rates up to 31% on Willow and hitting a record 7.72×10⁻⁴ logical error rate. Plus: a $55M Midwest quantum supply-chain award, IonQ's dilution debate, a diamond-based quantum computer goes commercial, and a laptop that solved a problem once thought to need quantum hardware. Linked sources: Google Uses AI Reinforcement Learning For Quantum Error Correction — The Next PlatformCQE-led Bloch Quantum Tech Hub Raises $55 Million — The Quantum InsiderIonQ, QuantumBasel Study on Hybrid AI Energy Advantages — The Quantum InsiderSAXON Q Launches Commercial Diamond-Based NV-Center Systems — The Quantum InsiderAWS, NVIDIA, LBNL, NASA Framework for Quantum-HPC Integration — Quantum Computing ReportInvestor thread on IonQ ecosystem build vs. dilution — X/@netcreatAn Ordinary Laptop Solved a Problem Thought to Require a Quantum Computer — ScienceDailyQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.
6일 전

July 20, 2026 — Britain's Quantum Gamble Meets a New Prime Minister's Axe

Britain's tech sector erupts as new PM Andy Burnham reportedly moves to dissolve the department that funds UK quantum research — plus a rack-mounted Chinese quantum computer, Israel's new national quantum push, a four-nines fluxonium fidelity claim, a US isotope supply-chain fix, quantum rail scheduling on real Deutsche Bahn data, and a Columbia physics milestone fifteen years in the making. Linked sources: Will The UK's New Prime Minister Sink The UK's Quantum Industry? — Quantum ZeitgeistZhongqi Wuliang Unveils Server-Rack Neutral-Atom Quantum Computer at WAIC 2026 — Quantum Computing ReportIsrael Innovation Authority Launches National Quantum Computing R&D Infrastructure — The Quantum Insider99.99% Fidelity Achieved With Fluxonium Qubits, 1QBit Reports — Quantum ZeitgeistDOE Advances Domestic Silicon and Germanium Isotope Supply Chains — The Quantum InsiderIQM And Deutsche Bahn Demonstrate Quantum Algorithm For Railway Scheduling — The Quantum InsiderColumbia Researchers Find Candidate Fractional Topological Insulator — Quantum ZeitgeistQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.
7월 19일

July 19, 2026 — The NISQ Trap: Was Quantum Advantage Doomed From the Start?

This week a philosopher of physics and one of quantum computing's most influential complexity theorists went head-to-head over whether eight years of 'quantum advantage' claims were ever destined to succeed — and it's landing right as the DOE commits to a 2028 fault-tolerant deadline. Today's episode walks Amit Hagar's 'NISQ Trap' argument, Scott Aaronson's public rebuttal, Gil Kalai's older and more radical skepticism, and the split between DOE roadmap optimists and inside skeptics like Jay Sau. The NISQ Trap: Eight Years of Demonstrations the Hardware Was Built to Lose — arXiv / Amit HagarNISQ and quantum supremacy did not fail — Shtetl-Optimized / Scott AaronsonGil Kalai — WikipediaScott Aaronson's View of my View About Quantum Computing — Gil Kalai / Combinatorics and moreQuantum Skepticism, Noise, and the Limits of Scalable Quantum Computing with Gil Kalai — QuEra podcastU.S. Department of Energy Issues RFI for 2028 Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer — Quantum Computing ReportTrump's Quantum Orders Push Fault Tolerant Qubits Toward 2028 — IEEE SpectrumEnergy Department Announces Initiative to Create and Deploy the World's First Scientifically Relevant, Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers — U.S. Department of EnergyQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

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Quantum computing is about to change everything — stay ahead of it in 15 minutes a day. Every weekday, 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.

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