July 28, 2026 — AT&T's Quantum Speedup: One Hour to Fifteen Seconds

AT&T expands its commercial deal with D-Wave after quantum annealing hardware reportedly cut a network optimization workload from an hour to under fifteen seconds, landing the same week D-Wave rang the Nasdaq opening bell and shares jumped over twenty percent. Also today: ZuriQ's seed round for two-dimensional trapped-ion chips, a new hybrid quantum-classical supercomputer coming to Pittsburgh, phonon-based qubit wiring from Warwick, Quantinuum's latest error-correction numbers, a Hong Kong banking readiness report, and a PsiQuantum construction update.Linked sources: AT&T Expands D-Wave Partnership — Quantum Computing ReportZuriQ Raises $25.5 Million — The Quantum InsiderPittsburgh Supercomputing Center Hybrid Supercomputer — The Quantum InsiderNew Quantum Chip Architecture Using Vibrations — Quantum Physics NewsQuantinuum Fault-Tolerant State Preparation — Quantum ZeitgeistHong Kong Banks Face Long Road to Quantum Security — The Quantum InsiderPsiQuantum Facility Progress — X/@AusAmbUSAQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.