Quickly Quantum

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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  Episode #53

  August 29, 2026 — Quantum's SPAC Boom Meets a Real Court Loss

  Aug 29, 202611 min

  This week's recap: Pasqal's Nasdaq debut, Canada's massive bet on Xanadu, an Italian court dealing IBM a legal setback, crypto's growing quantum anxiety, and a look back at IBM's contested 70-logical-qubit advantage claim, NSF's $290M research push, and the HRL acquisition. Pasqal Shares Nearly Double in Nasdaq Debut — The Quantum Insider Canada Invests CAD $195 Million in Xanadu — The Quantum Insider Italian Court Upholds Halt to IBM's Campania Contract — The Quantum Insider StarkWare's quantum-resistant BTC storage — X/@coinbureau NSF Invests $290M in Eight Quantum Research Institutes — The Quantum Insider IBM Completes Acquisition of HRL Laboratories — The Quantum Insider Quickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

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  Episode #52

  August 27, 2026 — IBM Buys a Rival Qubit's Home Lab

  Aug 27, 202611 min

  IBM has completed its acquisition of HRL Laboratories, pulling silicon-spin qubit expertise into a company that built its whole roadmap on superconducting circuits — is it a hedge, or just insurance? Plus: EuroHPC's thirteen startup picks, a trapped-ion fidelity fix from LLNL and NIST, Sabine Hossenfelder amplifying a Bloomberg piece on quantum hype versus cyber risk, and funding news from ColibriTD and Diraq. IBM Completes Acquisition of HRL Laboratories — The Quantum Insider EuroHPC Selects 13 European QPU Startups — Quantum Computing Report Ramped Fields Create More Robust Trapped-Ion Entanglement — Quantum Physics News Quantum Computers Promise Breakthroughs But Risk a Cybersecurity Crisis — Bloomberg ColibriTD Raises €4M to Expand Quantum Simulation Software — The Quantum Insider Diraq Launches Engineering Hub in Santa Monica — Quantum Computing Report Quickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

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  Episode #51

  August 26, 2026 — Dead and Alive: Quantum Computing's Credibility Gap

  Aug 26, 202615 min

  Bloomberg's Mark Bergen asks whether quantum computing is finally arriving or still running on hype — real fidelity gains from Quantinuum and IonQ and bold timelines from Scott Aaronson and DARPA collide with sky-high valuations and short-seller scrutiny of IonQ. Plus: NIST's detector breakthrough, Sweden's national quantum strategy, D-Wave's CFO transition, IonQ's energy-efficiency claims, and a fresh lattice-vs-hash encryption debate. Linked sources: The Dream of Quantum Computing Is Both Dead and Alive — Bloomberg Shtetl-Optimized — Scott Aaronson NIST 100x SNSPD Scaling — Quantum Computing Report Sweden's National Quantum Strategy — Quantum Computing Report D-Wave CFO John Markovich to Retire — The Quantum Insider Knitter et al. preprint on quantum fine-tuning energy use — arXiv IonQ energy-efficiency post — X/@IonQ_Inc NEAR post-quantum crypto debate — X/@NEARProtocol Quickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

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  Episode #50

  August 25, 2026 — Quantum Codebreaking Debate Heats Up: NSF's Big Bet, Caltech's AI

  Aug 25, 202613 min

  Linked sources: NSF Invests $290M in Eight Quantum Research Institutes — NSF.gov Linked sources: Princeton to Lead Major Federally Funded Quantum Institute — Princeton Engineering Linked sources: Google Quantum Bitcoin Resource Estimate Analysis — postquantum.com Linked sources: Fireblocks on Google's Quantum Research — Fireblocks Linked sources: Fourier Neural Operator DFT Paper — Communications Physics (Nature) Linked sources: Xanadu and Mitsubishi Chemical Advance EUV Lithography Work — The Quantum Insider Quickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

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  Episode #49

  August 24, 2026 — Japan Flips the Switch on a Full-Stack Neutral-Atom Machine

  Aug 24, 202615 min

  Japan's Institute for Molecular Science says its full-stack neutral-atom quantum computer, Shunkai, is operational — but the hard error-correction proof is still years out. Plus: China's 2030 cyber plan names quantum a priority, a Vienna team pairs electron microscopes with a trapped-ion quantum computer, Infleqtion's revenue jumps 157% ahead of its NYSE-listed neutral-atom bet, and a Diraq lab update from Chicago. Linked sources: IMS Commercialization Preparatory Platform — Institute for Molecular Science Japan's Full-Stack Neutral-Atom Quantum Computer is Operational — The Quantum Insider China Puts Quantum Technology Among Priorities in New 2030 Cyber Industry Plan — The Quantum Insider Quantum computer microscope is set to significantly improve electron microscopy — Phys.org Infleqtion (INFQ) and the Neutral-Atom Bet Behind Its NYSE Listing — Quantum Zeitgeist Is quantum computing playing out like mobile phones, circa 1995? — Google News / Laser Focus World Diraq opens first U.S. lab in Chicago — X/@diraqQC Quickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

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