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FIRB reforms will ‘imperil’ quantum sector

Proposed changes to Australia’s foreign investment rules will “imperil” the future of the country’s quantum computing sector and severely disadvantage local tech companies, according to a number of submissions...

Michael Biercuk on deep tech policy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Michael Biercuk sits at the centre of a bunch of areas of strategic national interest as a quantum physicist at the University of Sydney and as the founder/CEO at...

Cathy Foley on our quantum future

Posted on   |  by Cathy Foley and Dominic Banfield
Quantum technology is not a phrase discussed over kitchen tables in Australia, but perhaps it should be. Australia’s quantum technology research has been breaking new ground for almost 30 years....

Q-CTRL gets intelligence boost via In-Q-Tel

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The strategic investment by US intelligence-linked venture capital firm In-Q-Tel in the Sydney headquartered quantum startup Q-CTRL brings with it a lot more clout than money. Ironically the participation...

Q-CTRL’s $22m great leap forward

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Sydney-based quantum computing startup Q-CTRL has completed a $22 million Series A funding round (US$15 million) led by Australia’s largest venture firm Square Peg Capital, less than two years...

Crackdown puts research at risk

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A potential federal government crackdown on open research and foreign collaboration in Australian universities could have a “cataclysmic” impact of emerging industries like quantum computing, Q-CTRL founder Michael Biercuk...

Larry Marshall in Q&A controversy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s commercialisation woes are more due to the private sector’s unwillingness to solve new problems rather than cultural issues at universities, according to Q-CTRL founder Michael Biercuk. On Monday...

Talent scheme fails on startup visas

Posted on   |  by James Riley
No visas have been issued for startups under the Global Talent Scheme with only four months left in the one year pilot. Documents released under the Freedom of Information...

Q-CTRL software hits the market

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian quantum computing software startup Q-CTRL has launched its first product to the public, Black Opal. The software brings a friendly user interface to the quantum domain for the...