I spoke with Jason Lynch, CEO of Equal1, about the actual size of the Bell-1 silicon spin quantum computer, when we’ll see a breakthrough in qubit counts, quantum networking the devices together, shrinking the system from 22U to 6U, power consumption, democratization, and more.

* Jason Lynch (LinkedIn)

* Equal1 (website)

* Equal1 (LinkedIn)

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I spoke with Toby Cubitt, Co-Founder and CTO of Phasecraft about why we need algorithms when we don’t have hardware to run them on, a claim of 43,000,000X greater efficiency, the skillset needed to do what they do, quantum phase estimation (QPE) without controlled unitaries, the secret ingredient of their secret depth-reducing sauce, and more.

* Toby Cubitt (LinkedIn)

* Phasecraft (website)

* Phasecraft (LinkedIn)

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I spoke with Eric Hay, Senior Vice President of Field Engineering at Quantum XChange, about single-use private keys, the prevention of retrieval after they’ve been used, secure key exchange, the architectural solution to the potential vulnerability in post-quantum cryptographic (PQC) protocols, the continued use of symmetric keys on the same channels on which they were exchanged, and more.

* Eric Hay (LinkedIn)

* Quantum XChange (website)

* Quantum XChange (YouTube)

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I spoke with Matt Rijlaarsdam, CEO and Co-Founder of QuantWare, about trying to be the Intel of quantum, mass production versus custom foundry and packaging services, the advantages of a 3D chip architecture, a bold claim about “exponentially more compute power per watt and per dollar,” the upper limit of qubit density, physical footprints, and driving down prices.

* Matthijs (Matt) Rijlaarsdam (LinkedIn)

* QuantWare (website)

* VIO 40K (news release)

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I asked Mr. Carman about teaming up with QuantWare and Q-CTRL to offer the Quantum Utility Block (QUB), Qblox Qubit Lab, Oxford Quantum Circuits’ (OQC) logical qubits, market leadership, physical footprint and power consumption, and the strategy behind hosting webinars. I apologize for some minor audio issues that I couldn’t edit out.

* Gregg Carman (LinkedIn)

* Qblox (website)

* Quantum Utility Block (QUB)

* Qblox Qubit Lab

* Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC)

* Quantum Builders webinars

* Elevate Quantum and Partners Launch the Nation’s First Quantum Open Architecture System in Colorado

* Energy Department Announces Partnership with FermiLab and Qblox to

Manufacture Foundational Quantum Control Platform for U.S. Research and

Innovation

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I asked Mr. Stimers about the consequences of hype, how the government polices attempts to circumvent export controls and immigration restrictions, the potential for quantum navigation sensors to become mandatory, the current role of diversity in subcontracting, the convergences of quantum and AI and space, and the legalities of selling US quantum companies to overseas buyers.

* Paul Stimers (LinkedIn)

* Holland & Knight (website)

* Quantum Industry Coalition (website)

* Cantwell, Young, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act

* A bill to reauthorize the National Quantum Initiative Act, and for other purposes.

* National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026 – Section Summary

* Powering the Future of Quantum

* Cold Atom Laboratory

* DOE Releases Updated Agency Structure and Organization Chart

* Department of Energy Organizational Chart

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Filed under: Quantum Policy • Government Regulation • Technology Law

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Dr. Walborn and I spoke about the use cases of quantum random number generators (QRNG), self-testing and certification, the underlying mechanism for guaranteeing randomness, API versus on-premises options, and Sequre Quantum’s plans for integrating its QRNG into its own post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and/or quantum key distribution (QKD) solutions. Most importantly, I picked up a new phrase that I am going to use and abuse: “quantum imposter.”

* Dr. Stephen Walborn (LinkedIn)

* Sequre Quantum (website)

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Quantum Source popped up on my radar, and I noticed the company is doing things a little differently. It’s using two modalities instead of one. It’s using 3D measurement-based quantum computing, which I’ve only been aware of in 2D. And it addresses one of my long-term concerns about large-scale quantum computers: physical footprint. I had questions about all this and more, and now you’ve got the answers.

* Oded Melamed, CEO

* Nati Bar Grinman, Director of Marketing

* Quantum Source website

* Quantum Source LinkedIn

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