Framework-driven reads on quantum hardware, the post-quantum cryptography migration, and the names that matter. Sent when something changes
Atom Computing cleared a real error-correction bar, D-Wave put a date on its gate-model timeline, and the Quantinuum IPO story held its position.
Jun 5, 2026
A quiet week underneath the architecture race. Neutral-atom kept moving, Quantinuum's pre-IPO story thickened, and IBM put a number on its quantum spend.
May 29, 2026
The $2B CHIPS Act quantum program is a broad federal bet across the sector, anchored by IBM. For D-Wave specifically, the $100M says less about the company's legacy annealing business and more for the gate-model transition D-Wave hasn't finished yet.
May 25, 2026
The largest single federal quantum hardware commitment to a named public vendor goes to IBM. It strengthens the sector's industrial-policy floor, but it doesn't make IBM the vehicle for a quantum bet — not yet.
May 22, 2026
The Quantum Ledger Weekly Digest — Week of May 18, 2026