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July 8, 2026 · 18 min

Ep 3: Quantum's Next Leap: Real Physics or Just a Really Good Pitch?

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A $300 million Series A bets that fault-tolerant quantum computing needs far fewer qubits than assumed — plus IBM's fusion-materials stock pop, IonQ's rough stretch against a new Nasdaq rival, and a full slate of hardware, funding, and standards news from across the quantum world. Linked sources: Oratomic Raises $300 Million Series A — The Quantum Insider IBM Shares Jump After Quantum-Computed Fusion Fuel Simulation — Phys.org / Yahoo Finance IonQ Stock Slides 7% as IQM Lists on Nasdaq — TradingView / StockStory BTQ Technologies Completes Acquisition of QPerfect — Yahoo Finance Canada Fraunhofer ILT Builds Laser System for 2,000-Qubit Neutral-Atom Computer — The Quantum Insider NVIDIA and Jülich Simulate Record 50-Qubit Quantum System — Quantum Zeitgeist NSF Launches Project Triad — The Quantum Insider ISO Adopts Classic McEliece as PQC Standard — Quantum Zeitgeist Quickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.