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The BBC offered a look at France’s leading quantum companies, asking whether quantum computing is “a tech race Europe could win?” It focused on Alice & Bob and an interview with CEO Théau Peronnin.

"There is no unfair advantage from legacy technology like classical computing or something like that, so there is no reason to be shy," Peronnin said of the race. “[T]his is a technological opportunity for Europe to reshuffle a bit the cards in terms of autonomous strategy…[A]t the moment, we're in a far better position than anyone could have thought."

Read the full story on the BBC website. Barron’s, meanwhile, covered a new five-year investment plan for China, thought to be dedicating more than $16 billion to quantum research.

DARPA launched its Heterogeneous Architectures for Quantum program this week, announcing the first teams it will support. HARQ will create “heterogeneous quantum computing architectures that combine different qubit types, each selected for what it does best, into a single system.”

Teams will work on software frameworks and circuit compilers that use diverse qubit types and on high-fidelity interconnects for communication between different types of qubits. Software and compilers teams include: Infleqtion, MemQ, Q-CTRL, University of Michigan, and University of Pennsylvania. Interconnect teams include: Australian National University, Carnegie Mellon University, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Harvard University, IonQ, Stanford University, University of California Berkeley, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Read DARPA’s announcement.

IEEE Quantum Week bridges the gap between the science of quantum computing and the development of the industry surrounding it – the breakthrough physics and the engineering of large, reliable systems. Expect more than 1,750 colleagues, world-class keynote speakers, hundreds of technical papers, and dozens of panels and talks 13-18 September. Registration opened this week.

For a great example of speakers, check out more on the talk given by Jay Gambetta, now director of IBM Research, at IEEE Quantum Week 2025.

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