Quantum algorithms, computing breakthroughs, and quantum research developments
Kerala startup Bloq Quantum has partnered with Sree Buddha College of Engineering and quantum-education firm QClairvoyance to set up a campus quantum lab and skilling programmes, targeting India's shortage of quantum talent under the National Quantum Mission.
Manik Gupta
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DRDO, with Bengaluru startup Taqbit Labs, has completed military field trials of an indigenous fibre-based Quantum Key Distribution system — a physics-secured defence against "harvest now, decrypt later" attacks and a foundation for India's multi-hop quantum networks.
Manik Gupta
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QNu Labs unveiled QShield, an integrated PQC-plus-QKD platform, and signed research and BFSI deals in France. We unpack the wavefunction-collapse physics, the attenuation wall, and the sovereign quantum-safe investment case.
Manik Gupta
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DRDO and IIT Delhi achieved India's first entanglement-based free-space QKD over more than a kilometre, at ~240 bits/s and QBER below 7%. It is the ground-based precursor to satellite QKD and a step toward closing China's Micius lead.
Manik Gupta
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QpiAI's 64-qubit flip-chip Kaveri processor and its $32M NQM-backed Series A make Bengaluru India's best-funded quantum bet. The qubit count is real; the performance benchmarks and logical-qubit roadmap are not yet proven.
Manik Gupta
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QNu Labs' VIAVI-validated 1,000 km QKD network puts India halfway to the NQM's 2,000 km goal, with a defence and BFSI moat via GeM. The caveat: it is a trusted-node chain, not end-to-end quantum security.
Manik Gupta
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Andhra Pradesh's new IBM Quantum System Two gives India its largest quantum computer at 156 qubits. The investable story is not the hardware IBM ships, but the ~30% import dependence and 20-to-1 talent gap it exposes.
Manik Gupta
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C-DAC's $8.4M order for a 108-qubit Rigetti system, paired with the PARAM line, is India's first on-prem quantum-in-supercomputer integration. It buys capability now and defers sovereignty, hedged by the indigenous Quantromon track.
Manik Gupta
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The National Quantum Mission added nine startups on 9 April 2026, taking its funded cohort to 17. The new intake skews toward sensing, photonics and cryogenics, signalling a shift from hubs to supply-chain commercialisation.
Manik Gupta
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