Weekly Recap: Quantum's Advantage Claim and a $1.8 Billion Bet

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The week that was: IBM stakes a claim to a quantum 'advantage era' as critics question the framing, IonQ and D-Wave post record bookings alongside record losses, and Washington and Shanghai both race to lock in quantum funding and IPO pipelines. Plus the under-the-radar stories on IonQ's space division, Xanadu's capital raise, and Pasqal's SPAC clearing the SEC. IBM claims quantum advantage era with 3 new papers — Phys.org IonQ Raises 2026 Revenue Outlook After Record Quarter — The Quantum Insider D-Wave's New Qubit Gate Cuts Error Rates by 10x — The Quantum Insider Multi-Team QEC Advances Reshape CRQC Risk Models — @infosec on X IonQ Reports Record Q2 2026 Financial Results — Quantum Computing Report TuringQ Joins China's IPO Pipeline — The Quantum Insider Xanadu Raised $67.2M to Expand US Quantum Operations — Quantum Zeitgeist SEC Declares Registration Statement Effective for Pasqal's Business Combination — Quantum Computing Report Congress Eyes Boosting Quantum Funds as Global Race Heats Up — Bloomberg via Google News Quickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.