Two developments from the quantum-tech industry worth your attention today – a team-curated summary from our editorial desk.
ZuriQ Raises $25.5M to Scale a Two-Dimensional Trapped-Ion Architecture
Swiss startup ZuriQ, a spin-out of ETH Zürich, has closed a $25.5 million seed round to scale up its two-dimensional trapped-ion architecture, a departure from the one-dimensional ion chains most competitors use. The company’s Penning-microtrap design swaps the oscillating electric fields of conventional traps for a static magnetic field, letting ions move freely across the chip and, in principle, easing the path to larger qubit counts; its current demonstrator is a 3-by-3 array of nine individually controlled ions, the largest 2D trapped-ion array shown to date. The round was led by Quantonation, with participation from Forward.one, Extantia, Firgun Ventures and existing investors, building on a $4.2 million pre-seed round in 2025.
Source: GlobeNewswire (ZuriQ press release)
Horizon Quantum and Quantum Machines Team Up on Real-Time Calibration
Horizon Quantum and Quantum Machines have announced a collaboration to build embedded, real-time calibration technology for Horizon’s Ember-1 superconducting quantum-computer testbed. Using Quantum Machines’ OPX1000 control system, the companies plan to run lightweight calibration routines continuously during normal operation instead of relying on lengthy full-system recalibration cycles that take machines offline — an incremental but practically important step toward higher uptime as quantum processors grow in size and complexity.
Source: Horizon Quantum Investor Relations
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