Tag: Michelle Simmons

$5m Defence Trailblazer grant for onshore quantum silicon

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Silex Systems will establish a $16 million production plant, funded in part by the federal government, to provide companies like Silicon Quantum Computing with a sovereign supply of quantum...

Govt helps SQC bank $50m in slashed Series A round

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Silicon Quantum Computing has raised $50 million in a Series A round that it says underscores a growing confidence in both the company and wider quantum computing sector, despite...

Industry reacts: National quantum ambition must be sustained

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s emerging quantum industry has applauded the ambition of the federal government’s National Quantum Strategy, although some have urged caution against too much focus on engineering and commercialisation, saying...

Australia’s leading women in technology

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Technology Council of Australia chief executive Kate Pounder says there are long-term structural issues keeping the number of women in technical roles in the sector frustratingly low and outside...

IBM govt contract renewal: It’s deal time!

Posted on   |  by Catherine Thompson
In 2018, the then-Minister for Digital Transformation Michael Keenan announced a wide-ranging five-year whole-of-government contract with IBM. With an estimated contract value of $1 billion, this contract has recently...