Tag: PsiQuantum

Big-name investors pour US$1bn into PsiQuantum

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
PsiQuantum, the Silicon Valley quantum computing startup backed by the Australian government, has pocketed US$1 billion (A$1.5 billion) from big name investors in a long-awaited Series E capital raise....

Govt left waiting for PsiQuantum planning application

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A stadium-sized complex that will house PsiQuantum’s first commercially useful quantum computer is facing a potential setback, with the Silicon Valley startup and Brisbane Airport yet to lodge development...

Digital ID, CDR and AI in the audit office’s crosshairs

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The national audit office is mulling investigations into the Consumer Data Right, the digital identity scheme and the federal government’s oversight of new technologies, but an inquiry into the...

News Wrap: Productivity gets a slot in policy prime-time

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was at the Press Club this week telling Australia that he had instructed the Treasurer Jim Chalmers to convene a special Productivity Roundtable in...

Chicago’s quantum mega project lures Sydney startup Diraq

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Silicon quantum startup Diraq is joining the Illinois government’s push to develop new quantum technologies using state-of-the-art facilities in Chicago, giving the Sydney company its third US base and...

PsiQuantum inks deal for ‘critical’ local cooling tech

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
One of the world’s largest cryoplants ever commissioned for a quantum computer will be built and tested offshore before being installed at PsiQuantum’s mammoth manufacturing facility in Brisbane later...

The silence on tech policy is setting off alarm bells

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Days out from a federal election and almost nothing has been uttered on tech policy in a month-long campaign, with political leaders overlooking or undercooking transformative issues like artificial...

Diraq, SQC tapped for DARPA quantum drive

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Two local quantum computing startups have secured contracts with US defence research agency DARPA for a coveted benchmarking program designed to find the companies capable of achieving utility-scale within...