Quantum Computing Report

Trapped-ion quantum computing developer IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) has officially completed its acquisition of SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), the largest exclusively U.S.-based semiconductor foundry. Following final regulatory approvals, the transaction closed on July 31, 2026, establishing IonQ as a vertically integrated quantum platform company with internal ownership of design, wafer fabrication, advanced packaging, and system-level deployment.

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has highlighted the operational roadmap of its Quantum Science Institute (QSI), aligning the laboratory’s research enterprise with national directives under Executive Order 14413 (“Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation”).

Researchers at Pusan National University and the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have demonstrated direct two-photon interference between two physically distinct, un-synchronized quantum light sources: a warm cesium atomic vapor ensemble and a semiconductor quantum dot (QD).

IBM and a coalition of research collaborators—including the University of Chicago, Qedma Quantum Computing, Algorithmiq, RIKEN, and BlueQubit—have announced three joint technical demonstrations of quantum advantage. Published alongside public circuit repositories on the Quantum Advantage Tracker, the studies report that IBM’s cloud-accessible quantum hardware ran complex, utility-scale algorithms beyond the computational capacity of leading classical supercomputers.

In a study published today in Nature, hardware developer HRL Laboratories—jointly owned by Boeing and General Motors—demonstrated an 18-qubit silicon spin quantum processing unit (QPU) that operates autonomously without real-time direction from room-temperature electronics. The integrated architecture replaces traditional racks of external control instruments with a custom cryogenic CMOS control chip operating at 4 K inside the cryostat.

Software infrastructure developer Horizon Quantum Computing (Nasdaq: HQ) and hybrid quantum-classical control provider Quantum Machines (QM) have announced a strategic collaboration to develop embedded calibration technologies for quantum computing hardware.

Schematic of the future quantum internet. Credit: Alireza Shabani, © 2026. The Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C), in collaboration with the NSF-funded Center for Quantum Networks (CQN), has published its comprehensive Quantum Networking Applications Roadmap.

Swiss quantum hardware startup ZuriQ has raised $25.5 million (€22.4M) in seed funding to scale its 2D trapped-ion quantum computing architecture. Spun out of ETH Zürich in 2024 by Dr. Pavel Hrmo, Dr. Tobias Sägesser, and Dr. Shreyans Jain, the company builds on a $4.2 million pre-seed round raised in 2025. The funding round was led by Quantonation, with additional participation from Forward.one, Extantia, Firgun Ventures, and existing early-stage investors.

Trapped-ion quantum hardware developer IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) has secured final regulatory approval to finalize its acquisition of SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), the largest exclusively U.S.-based semiconductor foundry. First announced as a definitive $1.8 billion cash-and-stock transaction in January 2026, the deal is set to close on July 31, 2026.

Four commercial quantum companies—Infleqtion, Aliro Technologies, Tensora, and Bandelier Technologies—have officially signed on to leverage ABQ-Net, the first open-access, entanglement-based quantum network testbed in the United States.