UK quantum news in 2024
89 articles naming 82 organisations from the directory. Headlines link to Quantum Zeitgeist.
December 2024
- A Look at the German Quantum Computing Market
Mentions: Crypta Labs
- Oxford Instruments powers UK Quantum Computing lab expansion
Mentions: Oxford Instruments
- AI Powers Quantum Computer Calibration Successfully
Mentions: Qruise
- UK’s $106B Quantum Computing Center at Harwell
Mentions: NQCC
- Airbus & Oxford Ionics: Quantum Fluid Dynamics
Mentions: Airbus, Oxford Ionics
- UK Quantum Hub Boosts Security, Infrastructure
Mentions: National Institute for Health and Care Research, QuSIT
- ORCA & Jij Partner on Quantum Computing Advances
Mentions: ORCA Computing
- UK Quantum Tech Boosts Industry Efficiency
Mentions: Digital Catapult, Innovate UK, ORCA Computing, PQShield, Riverlane, Vodafone
- Quantum Stocks: $1K Investment, One Year Later
Mentions: QLM Technology, Quantum Exponential
November 2024
- 12 NQCC Quantum Computing Projects Awarded SparQ Funding
Mentions: Airbus, Applied Quantum Computing, Digital Catapult, Frazer-Nash Consultancy, Mind Foundry, NQCC, Oxford Ionics, The Crown Estate
- UK Quantum Communications: 10 Years of Security
Mentions: Quantum Communications Hub
- NQCC 2024 Report: UK Quantum Computing Advances
Mentions: NQCC
- CERN Partners with Nu Quantum to Scale Up Quantum Computing
Mentions: Amadeus Capital Partners
- UK Access Program: Quantum Computing Resources
Mentions: NQCC
- Infleqtion Expands UK Quantum Operations
Mentions: University of Strathclyde
- UK Funds Quantum Computing Up To £9.5M
Mentions: Innovate UK
- Xiphera & Crypto Quantique: Quantum Security Solution
Mentions: Crypto Quantique
October 2024
- UK Quantum Computing Centre Opens with Rigetti QPU
Mentions: Innovate UK, NQCC, Riverlane
- UK NQCC to Boost Quantum Computing & NHS Rotas
Mentions: NQCC
- UK Opens National Quantum Computing Centre
Mentions: NQCC
- Milburn Joins UK’s NQCC as Quantum Fellow
Mentions: NQCC
- Quantum Computing Scalability: UK Conference 2025
Mentions: NQCC, Nu Quantum, University of Oxford, University of Sheffield
- Nu Quantum Interface Advances Scalable Computing
Mentions: Amadeus Capital Partners
- Quantum Investment Firm Bankruptcy & Future Outlook
Mentions: Quantum Exponential
- UK Funds Quantum Healthcare & Drug Design
Mentions: Cerca Magnetics, M Squared Lasers, NIQS Tech
- Q-CTRL Secures $113M for Quantum Software
Mentions: GP Bullhound
- UK: Quantum Computing Awareness at 60%
- London Quantum Investor Delists Amid Losses
Mentions: QLM Technology, Quantum Exponential
- US Air Force Reservist Secures $5M for UK Quantum Startup
Mentions: TreQ
- UK Develops Secure Quantum Key Distribution Modules
Mentions: Bay Photonics, Innovate UK, Phlux Technology, RedWave Labs, University of Cambridge, University of Glasgow
- Infleqtion, Thorlabs Advance Quantum Components
Mentions: Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics, Innovate UK
September 2024
- UK Quantum Hackathon 2024 Winners Revealed
Mentions: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK Research and Innovation, University of Warwick
- Starmer Tours PsiQuantum Quantum Computing Facility
- Quantum Machines & Qruise Speed R&D
Mentions: Qruise
- Mphasis to Double UK Presence with Quantum Innovation Hub
- IBM Quantum Veteran Dr Bob Sutor Joins Nu Quantum Board
Mentions: Amadeus Capital Partners
- UK Quantum. Resurgence Of The British Economy?
Mentions: SEEQC UK
August 2024
- Quantum Hub Launched for Secure Communications
Mentions: Quantum Communications Hub
- UK Falls Behind Russia and China in Supercomputer Race
- UK Universities Struggle to Turn Research into Startups
Mentions: King's College London
- IonQ & Classiq Fuel UK Quantum Computing Projects
- UK Quantum. Can Quantum Computing Make Britain Thrive?
Mentions: Quantum Communications Hub
- IonQ & Classiq Fuel UK Quantum Hackathon Projects
Mentions: NQCC
- Quantum Computing Scalability Conference Set for April 2
Mentions: NQCC, Nu Quantum, Oxford Quantum Circuits, Quantinuum, University of Oxford, University of Sheffield
- UK Students Win Quantum Hackathon with Real-World Solutions
Mentions: Mind Foundry, Quantinuum, University of Warwick
- UK Government Shelves $1.7 Billion AI and Tech Funding Plans
- Infleqtion Advances Quantum Navigation Systems
Mentions: QinetiQ
July 2024
- UK Funds Quantum Tech Hubs With $220M
Mentions: Q-BIOMED
- UK Funds Quantum Internet Hubs for Cybersecurity
- Airbus Accelerator: 10 Space Tech Startups Join
Mentions: Angoka
- Infleqtion: Quantum Computer at UK’s Centre
- UK Firm IQE Wins Funding to Mass Produce ULTRARAM Memory
Mentions: Innovate UK
- UK & Quantinuum Boost Quantum Computing Innovation
Mentions: Quantinuum, Science and Technology Facilities Council
- Oxford Ionics Sets Quantum Performance Record
Mentions: Oxford Ionics
- 10 Innovative Quantum Companies to Watch in 2024
- UK Quantum Computing: 30 Doctoral Studentships
Mentions: NQCC
- Self-Driving Cars Get Safety Boost from 3D Ultrasound Tech
Mentions: Cranfield University
June 2024
May 2024
- NPL Quantum Measurement Program Aids UK Firms
Mentions: QLM Technology
- Quantum Navigation Tech Flies, Defeats GPS Jamming
Mentions: RedWave Labs, Caledonian Photonics, Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics
- £3m for Quantum Tech Innovation in EU Collaboration
Mentions: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Innovate UK, UK Research and Innovation
- PQtunnel: Quantum-Safe Cybersecurity by nodeQ
Mentions: nodeQ
- UK Quantum Map: 230+ Businesses & Research Groups
Mentions: Innovate UK, NQCC
April 2024
- 400+ Quantum Companies Powering Tech Era
Mentions: Bay Photonics, Chase Research Cryogenics, Crypta Labs, Crypto Quantique, Duality Quantum Photonics, ICEoxford, Kelvin Nanotechnology, KETS Quantum Security, Kuano, Optalysys, Photon Force, QLM Technology, Quantopticon, RedWave Labs, Skylark Lasers, TundraSystems Global, British Geological Survey, Caledonian Photonics, Compound Semiconductor Centre
- Hitachi Computer: A brief look at the Japanese Mega Company
Mentions: Hitachi Europe
- Rigetti & Oxford Launch UK Quantum Computer
Mentions: Oxford Instruments, Phasecraft, Quantum Software Lab, Rigetti UK, Standard Chartered, University of Edinburgh
March 2024
- Quantum Company of the Month: nodeQ
Mentions: nodeQ
- Ankaa-2: Rigetti’s 84-Qubit Error Rate Improves 2.5X
Mentions: Standard Chartered
- ORCA & NVIDIA: Hybrid Quantum Algorithm for Science
Mentions: ORCA Computing
- UK Funds £1B Quantum, AI, & Green Energy PhDs
Mentions: Cardiff University
- Quantum Jet Engine: Rolls-Royce, Riverlane, Xanadu Win £400K
Mentions: Innovate UK, Riverlane, Rolls-Royce
- Quantum Data Centre Blueprint Unveiled by ORCA & BT
Mentions: BT Group, Digital Catapult, NCC Group, ORCA Computing, PQShield, Riverlane
February 2024
- Quantum Tech Mission to Australia: UK Collaboration
Mentions: Innovate UK
- Deeptech Potential Amid Global Instability 2024
Mentions: IP Group
- Infleqtion: 32-Qubit Quantum Supercomputer at DCM3
Mentions: Oxford Quantum Circuits
- Spin Qubit Tuning: 3-Day Automation Achieved
Mentions: Mind Foundry
- Infleqtion’s Roadmap: Largest Qubit Array for Computing
- Rigetti Wins UK Funding for 24-Qubit Quantum System
Mentions: Innovate UK, NQCC, Rigetti UK, Riverlane
- Quantum Motion Builds UK Silicon Computing Prototype
Mentions: NQCC, Quantum Motion
- BT Group Tests Quantum Random Number Generators
Mentions: BT Group
- QuEra Builds UK Qubit Shuttling Testbed
Mentions: NQCC
- Infleqtion Advances UK Quantum Computing Testbeds
Mentions: Innovate UK, NQCC, QinetiQ
- UK Funds Quantum Sector with £45M Investment
Mentions: Cerca Magnetics, University of Nottingham
January 2024
- Aquark’s Cold Atoms Boost Quantum Sensors
Mentions: Aquark Technologies, Innovate UK, University of Birmingham
- Phasecraft: Quantum Materials Modeling Database
Mentions: Innovate UK, Phasecraft
- Quantum Finance Grant: Rigetti, AWS, & Imperial
Mentions: Standard Chartered, Rigetti UK
- Quantum Cheshire Cat Effect Debunked by Study
Mentions: Quantum Communications Hub
- Quantum Start-ups: £50K R&D Funding Available
Mentions: Quantum Business Incubation Centre