Quantinuum (QNT)/b) will participate in the Piper Sandler 5th Annual Growth Frontiers Conference, held September 14–16, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee.Members of the management team will take part in a fireside chat and host one-on-one meetings with investors during the conference.
Quantinuum (QNT) finalized a $100 million CHIPS R&D award with the U.S. Department of Commerce to advance trapped-ion quantum computer manufacturing in the United States.
The federal funding, provided under the CHIPS and Science Act, will support R&D and U.S. quantum semiconductor manufacturing capabilities needed to deploy large-scale, fault-tolerant trapped-ion quantum computers. Quantinuum is described as the only trapped-ion architecture recipient of CHIPS R&D funding and uses established semiconductor processes to enhance reliability and scalability. The company is partnering with GlobalFoundries to fabricate next-generation ion traps and control electronics on 300mm wafers and with Monarch Quantum to develop and manufacture scalable lasers and optical components. These efforts aim to reduce system complexity, improve robustness and reproducibility, and strengthen the domestic quantum hardware supply chain.
Quantinuum (QNT) announced that its management team will participate in the Bernstein 23rd Annual Pan-European Strategic Decisions Conference, held September 9–10, 2026, in London, United Kingdom.
The company will take part in a fireside chat and hold one-on-one meetings with investors during the event.
Quantinuum (Nasdaq: QNT) and Quanta Computer announced a collaborative development agreement to build an industrial foundation for future generations of quantum computers. The partnership combines Quantinuum’s quantum technology leadership with Quanta’s experience industrializing advanced computing and cloud infrastructure at global scale.
The companies plan to co-develop critical hardware infrastructure, systems engineering, and manufacturing capabilities to support Quantinuum’s roadmap toward commercially deployable, large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum systems. Joint engineering work is already underway to design next-generation hardware that aims to make future quantum computers more modular, manufacturable, and scalable for broad enterprise and scientific adoption.
Quantinuum (Nasdaq: QNT) reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $8.0 million, up 279% year-over-year from $2.0 million, and completed what it describes as the industry's first traditional IPO, raising $1.7 billion in gross proceeds. GAAP gross margin was (64.4)%, a 27‑point improvement versus a year earlier, while adjusted gross margin was 62%, down 60 basis points.
GAAP net loss widened to $597 million and adjusted EBITDA loss to $68 million. Cash, cash equivalents and short‑term investments totaled $2.1 billion at June 30, 2026. Quantinuum announced an industry‑first partnership with Oracle to deploy its Helios system on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and a collaboration with HPE on hybrid quantum‑HPC‑AI solutions.
The company reported near five‑nines logical fidelity on Helios, progress toward its Sol (2027) and Apollo (2029) systems, a new joint development agreement with a global electronics manufacturer, and accelerated ecosystem adoption with 180 organizations on its Nexus platform. Quantinuum issued its first public revenue guidance for 2026 of $28–$32 million.
Quantinuum (NASDAQ: QNT) announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Oracle to deploy Quantinuum’s Helios quantum computer inside a US-based Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) AI data center. OCI customers will be able to access Helios via an OCI quantum service alongside OCI’s high-performance computing and GPU resources for hybrid quantum-AI workloads.
Helios is Quantinuum’s third-generation, 98-physical-qubit trapped-ion system, commercially launched in November 2025, and has demonstrated an average two-qubit gate fidelity of 99.921%. A single Helios unit is estimated to use about 60 kW of power, reported as less than 1% of leading supercomputers’ 16–39 MW draw. Oracle plans to preview its OCI quantum service in the coming months, aiming to simplify secure cloud access to quantum resources for enterprise, academic, and research users.
Quantinuum (Nasdaq: QNT) will release its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026 after market close on August 11, 2026. The company will host a conference call at 5:00 PM Eastern time the same day, with a live webcast and a replay available for one year.
Chattanooga Quantum Collaborative announced that applications are open for the Tennessee Quantum Hackathon, a 36-hour innovation challenge hosted by The Company Lab (CO.LAB) with CQC and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from November 13–15, 2026 in Chattanooga.
College students from multiple disciplines will form teams to explore how quantum technologies could address challenges in the electric power sector. Partners including UTC, EPB, Tennessee Valley Authority, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), and Quantinuum (NASDAQ: QNT) will provide expertise, mentoring and evaluation. Participants will use the qBraid cloud platform to develop and test quantum solutions. According to organizers, the event builds on a $1.33 million National Science Foundation planning grant to UTC for a QuantumGrid Innovation Hub focused on a more secure and resilient electric power grid.
Quantinuum (NASDAQ:QNT) announced two senior leadership appointments: Robin Schulman became Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary effective July 13, 2026, and Rory O'Byrne became Chief People Officer effective May 26, 2026. Both report directly to President and CEO Rajeeb Hazra.
According to Quantinuum, Schulman brings over 20 years of legal leadership at high‑growth technology companies, including roles at GitLab, Couchbase, New Relic, and Adobe. O'Byrne contributes more than 25 years of global human resources experience across technology, energy, mining, and industrial sectors, most recently as Chief People Officer at Advanced Energy.
Quantinuum (NASDAQ: QNT) and SoftBank Corp. have jointly released a white paper titled “Quantum Computing Frontiers” on July 21, 2026. The paper maps two commercially relevant quantum computing domains—quantum chemistry and topological data analysis for large-scale graph analytics—onto Quantinuum’s published hardware roadmap.
According to Quantinuum and SoftBank, the study analyzes how projected advances in quantum hardware and algorithms could influence when industrial applications, such as new materials discovery, energy research and telecommunications fraud detection, may become commercially viable. It also outlines how quantum computing, AI and high‑performance computing might be integrated into future quantum AI data center services and related business models. The paper is described as a conceptual framework rather than financial guidance or commercialization commitments and is available on both companies’ websites.