Quobly Raises €21M to Industrialize Silicon Quantum Chip
📅 - French quantum microelectronics startup Quobly has secured €21 million in new funding to fast-track the industrialization of its Q100T project - a silicon-based quantum processor featuring 100 physical qubits. This milestone positions Quobly at the forefront of Europe's quantum technology race as it transitions from research to scalable industrial production.
The funding round consists of a €6 million equity investment from Quobly's existing shareholders, combined with a €15 million grant from Bpifrance under the France 2030 initiative, a national strategy to foster innovation in critical technologies. The primary goal of the Q100T project is to develop a silicon quantum processor that [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
At Computex 2025, Intel announced a significant expansion of its enterprise-focused hardware portfolio, introducing a new generation of GPUs and AI accelerators tailored to address the growing computational demands of modern server and network infrastructures.
As artificial intelligence (AI) models increase in complexity and size, the new hardware offerings reflect Intel's intensified focus on scalable, open solutions for data centers and enterprise environments.
Central to Intel's latest announcement are the Intel Arc Pro B60 and B50 GPUs, engineered specifically for AI [...]
📅 - Astrolight Raises €2.8M to Build Optical Space-Earth Data Highway - Lithuanian space communications startup Astrolight has raised €2.8 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its laser-based communication systems designed to connect satellites with Earth through an end-to-end optical data highway. The funding round was led by frontier tech investor Balnord and included contributions from EIFO (The Export and Investment Fund of Denmark), Coinvest Capital, and existing investors Rita Sakus and 3NGLS.
Astrolight is developing a dual-purpose optical communication architecture to enable both space-to-ground and inter-satellite links. Using its proprietary ATLAS-1 modular optical terminals and dedicated ground infrastructure, the company aims [...]
📅 - Anthropic Unveils Claude 4 Models, Boosting AI Capabilities for Businesses - Anthropic, the AI startup backed by Amazon and founded by former OpenAI researchers, has launched Claude 4 this week, the latest and most advanced iteration of its artificial intelligence model suite. The release includes two flagship models - Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4 - which the company claims set a new benchmark for AI capabilities.
According to Anthropic, these models are engineered to handle large-scale data analysis, complete long-duration tasks, generate human-like content, and carry out sophisticated actions across a wide range of applications.
Anthropic describes the Claude 4 models as a step forward in creating more capable AI agents, moving beyond conversational [...]
📅 - Polarnode Advances Finland Data Center Expansion with 500MW Pipeline - Polarnode, a newly established Finnish data center developer, is advancing several large-scale infrastructure projects as part of its ambition to make Finland a key European hub for sustainable digital operations. The company has announced two significant developments currently in the planning phase - one in Pori and another in Heinola - while also confirming four additional projects are underway, bringing its active portfolio to six projects totaling over 500 megawatts of potential capacity.
Headed by professionals formerly with Ilmatar, the Finnish renewable energy company known for its wind and solar developments since 2011, Polarnode is bringing energy-sector expertise to the data [...]
📅 - Cockroach Labs & Red Hat Team Up on Hybrid Cloud VM Migrations - Recent changes in the virtualization market, including rising licensing fees and uncertainty about platform destiny, have put increasing financial and operational strain on organizations running workloads based on virtual machines. Many are therefore frantically looking at alternatives in order to save money and prevent further lock-in. However, as they weigh their options, it's becoming evident that replacing databases and mission-critical applications can add a great deal of risk and complexity.
Allen Terleto, VP of Global Partners and Ecosystem at Cockroach Labs, stated that "large enterprises grappling with VMware-related cost increases are seeking comprehensive solutions that address [...]
📅 - Tencent Cloud Unveils GooseFS 2.0 to Accelerate AI Workloads - Tencent Cloud has unveiled significant upgrades to its GooseFS 2.0 file system, aimed at meeting the demanding computational and storage needs of modern AI applications. As artificial intelligence workloads grow in complexity and scale, enterprises would increasingly require cloud infrastructures that are both elastic and high-performing.
Tencent Cloud's GooseFS 2.0 is designed to help businesses address these challenges by optimizing data lake performance and enabling more efficient resource utilization.
The updated version introduces enhanced computation, metadata management, and server-side acceleration capabilities. Key technical improvements include short-circuit read functionality [...]
