United States – October 24, 2026 -- DARPA has advanced 11 quantum computing companies to Stage B of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI), giving each team one year to show that a useful, fault-tolerant quantum computer can be built by 2033.

Launched in 2024, the QBI is designed to test whether any quantum approach can reach utility-scale performance on an economically sensible timeline. It is not a winner-takes-all contest. Several teams can succeed in parallel, or none at all.

Vancouver, BC – September 30, 2026 -- The global post-quantum cryptography market is projected to grow from $0.42 billion in 2025 to $2.84 billion by 2030, a 46.2% compound annual growth rate, according to MarketsandMarkets, as enterprises face pressure to migrate encryption before quantum computers mature enough to break it. Against that backdrop, Vancouver-based Quantum Secure Encryption Corp. (CSE: QSE) (OTCQB: QSEGF) (FSE: VN80) named Joseph Hall as Chief Intelligence Officer, adding more than 20 years of threat intelligence experience to its leadership bench.

Chattanooga – September 20, 2026 -- EPB has launched the IonQ Forte Enterprise quantum computer at its EPB Quantum Center, creating what the utility calls America's first commercial hub combining quantum computing and networking under one roof.