The Quantum State – January 2026

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Anastasia Marchenkova
January 15, 2026

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U.S. Government agencies will start adopting quantum products and services thanks to the new, dedicated business unit created by D-Wave.”

- Business Wire

Happy New Year!

December 2025 maintained the momentum of quantum technology shifting decisively from research to industrial deployment across policy, infrastructure, and commercial ecosystems. U.S. Government agencies have received the green light to start adopting quantum products and services thanks to the new, dedicated business unit created by D-Wave.

At the same time, more investments are pouring into quantum advancement and a new statewide initiative is put in place: QD GmbH plans to invest €152 million in a next-gen quantum-based chip Inspection facility in Germany, Horizon Quantum secures $110 million PIPE funding, Denmark’s leading quantum company, Sparrow Quantum, raised €27.5 million, and Florida implements a new statewide initiative to position itself as a major quantum technology hub.

On the commercial side, December demonstrated an obvious shift toward more acquisitions, partnerships, and gradual deployment of quantum in the industry. BTQ Technology acquires post-quantum cryptography IP through a strategic investment in Keypair, STFC Hartree Centre and Quantum Dice collaborate to bring quantum technology to the industry, and Insider data trends show how quantum technology is entering industrial deployment in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

December 2025 witnessed more investments, collaborations, and acquisitions by quantum companies and government bodies, and the gradual deployment of quantum technology in the industry.

BTQ Technologies Acquires Post-Quantum Cryptography IP Through Strategic investment in Keypair, Accelerating Co-Development of Hardware-Rooted Security for Korea’s Critical Infrastructure

BTQ Technologies announced a strategic investment, with no figure publicly disclosed, in Keypair, a Korean full-stack security company trusted by major institutions with long-term deployments across defense, energy, and financial services, including mission-critical national infrastructure customers.

Under the agreed terms of investment and related collaboration, BTQ will co-own Keypair's existing and future post-quantum cryptography (PQC) related intellectual property and the companies will jointly develop next-generation, post-quantum-ready, hardware-rooted security technologies built for infrastructure-grade, long service lifecycle systems.

This strategic investment further strengthens and expands BTQ’s commercial reach in Korea with an established, at-scale deployment partner and supports BTQ’s tight integration of quantum-safe security roadmap into enterprise and government deployments alongside BTQ’s relationship with Finger and Danal, and its broader engagement with QUINSA.

BTQ Technologies Added to Defiance Quantum ETF (QTUM)

BTQ Technologies has announced that it has been added to the Defiance Quantum ETF, a niche exchange traded fund that seeks to track the performance of the BlueStar Machine Learning and Quantum Computing Index (“BQTUM”), which is a rules-based index that targets a broad set of liquid companies whose products, services, or operating activity relate to quantum computing or machine learning.

BTQ believes its inclusion to QTUM stands to broaden the company’s institutional and retail visibility as it advances quantum era security across areas such as mission critical networks, including post-quantum cryptography, quantum-secure hardware, and quantum security infrastructure.

According to Olivier Roussy Newton, Chief Executive Officer at BTQ, "We believe this inclusion broadens visibility with investors seeking exposure to companies building full stack quantum computing platforms and practical post quantum security solutions for mission critical industries."

Quantum Infrastructure & Investment

QD Plans €152 Million Investment in Next-Gen Quantum-Based Chip Inspection Facility in Munich, Germany

QuantumDiamonds (QD) GmbH, a pioneer in quantum sensing for semiconductor inspection, announced a €152 million ($178 million) investment plan to establish the world’s first production facility for quantum-based chip inspection systems, positioning the company and Germany as strategic players in advanced semiconductor manufacturing, and strengthening European technology sovereignty.

Horizon Quantum Secures $110 Million PIPE, With IonQ Among Lead Investors, To Support SPAC Merger

Horizon Quantum Computing has secured $110 million in new PIPE funding to finance its planned merger with dMY Squared Technology Group, a publicly traded SPAC, exceeding Horizon Quantum’s initial target by more than 120%. The commitments include significant investments from IonQ, alongside a Fortune 50 technology firm, and multiple institutional investors.

Sparrow Quantum Raises €27.5 Million, Strengthening Denmark’s Role in the Global Quantum Race

Sparrow Quantum, a Danish company specialized in producing photonic quantum chips, has raised €27.5 million in its Series A funding round, marking the Nordics’ largest quantum technology investment and advancing the company’s push toward industrial photonic quantum chips. This funding is backed by North Ventures, Scale Capital, Jacob Jakobsen Gruppen, and LIFTT Euroinvest.

Florida’s Bid to Become a Quantum Technology Hub Gains Momentum with New Statewide Initiative

Florida is positioning itself as the next major quantum technology hub with the launch of Florida Quantum, a statewide initiative designed to attract companies, researchers, and investors in the quantum space. Florida aims to leverage unique state assets, such as the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and ISS National Lab access, among others, to compete with states with similar quantum alliances or statewide collaboratives.

Quantum in Industry

STFC Hartree Centre and Quantum Dice Join Forces to Bring Quantum Technology to Industry

The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Hartree Center has formalized a strategic partnership with Quantum Dice to integrate the Hartree Center’s expertise in AI and high-performance computing (HPC) with Quantum Dice’s cutting-edge quantum randomness and probabilistic computing technologies into real-world industrial applications.

The collaboration's short-term priorities and initial focus will be on expanding the business use cases for Quantum Dice’s quantum random number generator (QRNG) technology across areas such as

  • Materials science: To design new, more efficient materials

  • Manufacturing processes: To improve efficiency and reduce waste

  • Product design: To test new products virtually before developing them

  • Logistics: To explore future disruptions and resilience

Longer-term plans of this partnership include validating Quantum Dice’s probabilistic computing platform and hosting the company’s quantum hardware on-site at the Hartree Center, located at Sci-Tech Daresbury in the Liverpool City Region, to provide access to the wider community of enterprise and academic users.

Insider Data Trends Show Quantum Entering Industrial Deployment

Latest data from The Quantum Insider’s Intelligence Platform show that quantum technologies are making a gradual but decisive shift from a research-driven field towards industrial deployment and commercial installations, with countries and companies installing quantum hardware, building quantum networks, and expanding large-scale facilities.

Data trends indicate that governments and corporations across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East are accelerating the construction of quantum infrastructure, including national networks, regional hubs, and room-temperature or photonic systems, which all signal how quantum is moving from laboratory research to real-world integration.

Looking ahead, as the quantum sector enters a deployment-driven phase, policy-makers, investors, and companies should prioritize quantum networking, global partnerships, and infrastructure standards.

Quantum Computing Breakthroughs

SQC Study Shows Silicon-Based Quantum Processor Can Scale Without Loss of Fidelity

Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC), a leader in silicon-based quantum computing, has reported a landmark achievement in Nature: the demonstration of a multi-qubit, multi-register silicon quantum processor with outstanding quality (with qubit fidelities up to 99.99%) and performance that improves as the system scales.

Quantum Corridor, Toshiba Demonstrate Cross-State Quantum Key Distribution Over Live Commercial Metro Fiber Network

Quantum Corridor, in partnership with Toshiba International Corporation, announced the successful demonstration of quantum-secured communication over a live 21.8-kilometer metropolitan fiber network connecting Tier III data centers in Illinois and Indiana, an achievement that marks a vital step toward the development of a commercially scalable, quantum-safe internet for the United States.

Qolab Deploys First Superconducting Qubit Devices at the IQCC

Quantum Machines (QM) Inc. has announced that the Israeli Quantum Computing Center (IQCC) has become the world’s first facility to deploy Qolab’s new superconducting qubit device, representing the first international installation of the company’s next-generation quantum hardware. Qolab was founded by Professor John Martinis, a 2025 Nobel Prize winner in Physics.

Voyager and Infleqtion Partner to Launch Quantum Era in Space

Voyager Technologies Inc., a global leader in national security and space technology, and Infleqtion, a global leader in neutral atom-based quantum technology, have announced a strategic partnership to advance dual-use quantum technologies in low-Earth orbit and beyond, integrating quantum timing, sensing, and computing systems aboard the ISS and future platforms like Starlab.

Canada Launches Quantum Champions Program with Benchmarking-Led Approach

The Canadian Government has announced the launch of a new initiative aimed at advancing domestic quantum computing capabilities, as part of a broader effort to reinforce the country’s quantum science and technology ecosystem.

Ottawa formally launched Phase 1 of the Canadian Quantum Champions Program (CQCP), a new national program designed to support Canadian companies working towards developing fault-tolerant, industrial-scale quantum computers. Leading the program is Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), with technical support from the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), and includes total funding up to C$92 million under its first phase.

A central element of the program is a new Benchmarking Quantum Platform initiative, to be established by the NRC. Through this initiative, NRC experts will independently assess the performance, scalability, and technical readiness of the participating companies’ quantum technologies. The NRC will employ an interdisciplinary, science-based approach and work closely with each team.

Quantum Security & Blockchain

AWS Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration Plan

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced its plan to migrate to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). The company stated that some PQC features will be transparently enabled for all customers while others will be optionally implemented by customers to meet their requirements. AWS will follow a multi-layered approach to migrating to PQC over the coming years, incorporating a set of simultaneous workstreams.

📊Market Insights

Four Things Every Business Leader Should Know About Quantum Computing

William Oliver, director of the MIT Center for Quantum Engineering, has outlined four practical realities for business leaders and executives regarding quantum computing, even as fully commercial systems are still about a decade away.

The four things Oliver outlined are:

  • Quantum will not replace your existing computing stack

  • Software, not hardware, is now the bottleneck

  • Cybersecurity must move before quantum hardware arrives

  • Error correction is the true gatekeeper to commercial scale

📬 Stay Connected

December 2025 saw an increase in investments, partnerships, and acquisitions by quantum companies, while U.S. government bodies received the green light to adopt quantum products and services. Additionally, Insider data trends indicate that quantum technology is gradually being integrated into industrial deployment.

Across the board:

  • There are more investment inflows, with multi-million-dollar allocations for facility expansion and serial funding for the partnership and merger of quantum firms.

  • Strategic partnerships are multiplying, from BTQ–Keypair to Horizon-dMY Squared-IonQ to STFC Hartree Center and Quantum Dice joining forces.

  • Quantum technology is entering industrial deployment, as Insider data trends show how quantum technology is entering industrial deployment in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

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