New task force elevates quantum readiness from a technology challenge to a financial resilience priority as governments and banks prepare for encryption that may not survive the quantum era. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department is accelerating preparations for a future in which sufficiently powerful quantum computers could undermine the
Q2B Copenhagen will bring more than 600 leaders from government, industry, science and investment to Denmark in September as Europe intensifies its push to convert quantum leadership into commercial and strategic value. COPENHAGEN — The global race for quantum leadership is entering a new phase. After years dominated by research
A new commercial joint venture between French quantum company Pasqal and Saudi-based Eleven Ventures signals the Saudi quantum push to build domestic infrastructure, talent and commercial capacity, with ambitions extending across the Middle East and North Africa. Saudi Arabia is expanding its frontier-computing ambitions as Pasqal and Eleven Ventures move
JAKARTA — Indonesia is accelerating preparations to protect government systems, critical infrastructure and sensitive data from a cybersecurity threat that has not yet fully materialized: quantum computers powerful enough to compromise widely used forms of public-key encryption. The move places Southeast Asia’s largest economy within a widening international effort to
The United Kingdom has placed artificial intelligence at the highest level of government decision-making following a major Whitehall restructuring announced last week that dissolved the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and elevated AI Minister Kanishka Narayan to the Cabinet. The move places AI at the center of cross-government
Finland’s IQM becomes the first European quantum computing firm to list on a major U.S. exchange, signaling a new phase in the race to build quantum infrastructure Europe’s quantum ambitions have reached Wall Street. IQM Quantum Computers, the Finland-based superconducting quantum computing company, has completed its business combination with Real
The expanded partnership signals a new phase for quantum computing—one focused less on theoretical breakthroughs and more on practical tools for risk, capital efficiency, and financial resilience. A New Phase for Quantum in Finance Crédit Agricole CIB and French quantum computing company Pasqal are deepening a strategic partnership aimed at
Quantum computing is entering a new era as governments, sovereign investors and institutional capital pour billions into the next strategic technology frontier The global race to build the world’s first commercially viable quantum computers is accelerating at unprecedented speed, with record levels of venture capital, institutional investment and government funding
New executive orders seek to accelerate quantum computing, strengthen cybersecurity, and position the United States to lead what many believe will be the defining technological competition of the 21st century. WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump has signed two sweeping executive orders aimed at catapulting the United States into the
The United States and Japan have announced a historic $1 billion partnership to advance quantum computing, artificial intelligence, advanced computing, fusion energy, biotechnology, and next-generation scientific research—one of the most significant technology collaborations between the two allies in decades. The initiative makes Japan the first international partner in the U.S.
