Pasqal disclosed its results and business progress for Q3 2026. Revenue fell as there were no QPU sales, while QPU-related services revenue rose 53% year-on-year.
Infleqtion conducted continuous operation of its Tiqker optical atomic clock aboard a U.S. Navy support vessel, evaluating GPS‑independent precision timing in a maritime environment.
Pasqal’s neutral‑atom quantum processor observed much slower relaxation than theoretical predictions in a two‑dimensional quantum magnet. The results are published as a preprint.
Infleqtion will use £9 million from Innovate UK to advance testing of its quantum RF direction-finding product Quantum Spectrum-DF in operational environments.
Pasqal added an AI-assisted feature to Pasqal Cloud that connects formalizing scientific ideas, execution on neutral-atom QPUs, and result processing.
A neutral-atom approach to utility-scale quantum computing will undergo independent verification by DARPA.
Twenty‑eight partners across 11 European countries will build an industrial manufacturing base for lasers, atom chips and other neutral‑atom quantum technologies.
Pasqal has appointed Florence Lao, who has about 20 years’ experience in international legal affairs, as chief legal officer to strengthen governance and legal functions as a public company.
Infleqtion and Riverlane have signed a memorandum of understanding to evaluate integrating real-time quantum error correction with Infleqtion’s neutral-atom quantum computing platform.
Pasqal is revising its collaboration with the French government and will end participation in the defense program. Going forward, it will propose a civilian R&D plan centered on neutral‑atom fault‑tolerant quantum computing (FTQC).
On its neutral-atom system Sqale, Infleqtion formed 30 logical qubits from 80 physical qubits and executed about 1,000 physical operations.
Pasqal’s H1 2026 revenue rose 14% year‑on‑year to €4.9 million. The company also reported deployments of neutral‑atom quantum computers and progress such as a 1,024‑atom register.
QuEra is opening a base in Discovery District Maryland. The University of Maryland’s QLab will be able to access the neutral-atom quantum system Aquila via the cloud.
QuEra and HPE will collaborate to integrate QuEra’s neutral‑atom fault‑tolerant quantum system with HPE Cray supercomputing infrastructure, envisioning combined cloud and on‑premises deployment options.
Pasqal, USA Rare Earth and Riven Systems have partnered to search for rare-earth extractant molecules by combining a neutral-atom QPU with autonomous laboratories.
Pasqal has named Roberto Mauro Chief Product Officer and Joëlle Lumb Chief Human Resources Officer, strengthening product and organizational capabilities for commercial deployment of neutral‑atom quantum computing.
They will explore architectures that combine neutral‑atom quantum computers and sensors with quantum networking technologies to connect multiple devices.
The two companies have begun hardware validation of applying the STAR architecture to neutral‑atom quantum computers and of a cross‑platform cloud operations infrastructure.
They encoded protein structures related to gelation on neutral-atom quantum hardware. This is an initial proof-of-concept aiming to combine AI and quantum computing for applications in food and life sciences.
Pasqal and Saudi Arabia’s KACST have signed a multi-year research collaboration to develop, validate and commercialize quantum‑safe cryptography.
Atom Computing has appointed Kevin Messerle as chief financial officer. He will support the company’s technical roadmap and business scaling from a financial perspective.
Yaqumo has been selected for NEDO’s components and materials development program. In collaboration with SCREEN, it will develop optical devices including high-speed SLMs, aiming for domestic production and module standardization.
Neutral‑atom quantum computing company Pasqal has completed its business combination with a SPAC, securing about $360 million to fund QPU scale‑up, fault‑tolerance development, and commercial roll‑out.
NASA has awarded Infleqtion an additional $20 million to develop a quantum sensor that measures gravity gradients from low Earth orbit.
A control program generated by Claude restored most laser faults in under six seconds; 695 successes in 700 trials.
Pasqal welcomed a Saudi government delegation to its French manufacturing facility, demonstrating single-atom rearrangement technology and its quantum-computer assembly and testing processes.
Pasqal and Eleven Ventures have agreed to establish a joint venture to deploy and sell neutral-atom quantum systems in Saudi Arabia and the wider MENA region.
Shunkai, for which Infleqtion supplied the quantum processing unit, is now operational. The initial configuration is about 50 qubits, with plans to expand to roughly 500 qubits.
Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II will submit the business combination with Pasqal to a special shareholder meeting on August 25, 2026. Even if approved, customary closing conditions remain to be satisfied.
Infleqtion has opened a new site in Louisville, Colorado. The center will support development and deployment of neutral‑atom quantum computing and quantum sensing.