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Xanadu’s Christian Weedbrook among Quantum Industry Canada’s three new board appointments

The Xanadu CEO joins representatives from Anyon Systems and Quantacet. Quantum Industry Canada (QIC), an advocacy group for Canada’s quantum technology sector, has added…

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PASQAL, Investissement Québec launch $90-million Quantum Computing initiative
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PASQAL, Investissement Québec launch $90-million Quantum Computing initiative

The initiative intends to promote Sherbrooke, Québec as an international quantum hub. French quantum computing firm PASQAL has launched a five-year, $90 million initiative…

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Quantum startup Photonic raises $137 million CAD, strikes strategic partnership with Microsoft

Photonic has an “audacious” five-year plan to build a fault-tolerant quantum computing platform. Quantum startup Photonic has raised a $137-million CAD ($100 million USD)…

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Federal, Québec governments invest over $7.6 million into quantum telecom testbed

The testbed will allow businesses to experiment with quantum technologies for telecom networks. The federal government and the Government of Québec are jointly investing…

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First VCCI inclusive growth stream recipients get funding as Quantum Industry Canada appoints first-ever CEO
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First VCCI inclusive growth stream recipients get funding as Quantum Industry Canada appoints first-ever CEO

Plus: Exploring the forgotten history of Canadian venture capital. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most…

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Quantum Industry Canada appoints Lisa Lambert as first-ever CEO following fed investment
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Quantum Industry Canada appoints Lisa Lambert as first-ever CEO following fed investment

Quantum Industry Canada received $1.4 million as part of Canada’s National Quantum Strategy in January. Quantum Industry Canada (QIC), a non-profit group advocating for…

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The Québec-IBM Discovery Accelerator now has its quantum computer
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The Québec-IBM Discovery Accelerator now has its quantum computer

The IBM Quantum System One in Bromont, Québec is the first quantum computer of its type in Canada. The Platform for Digital and Quantum…

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University of Waterloo quantum expert-led EvolutionQ aims to help orgs “prepare for the quantum age”
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Bank of Canada taps EvolutionQ to explore impact of quantum computing on digital dollar

“The price of being late is far too great,” evolutionQ CEO Michele Mosca says. Quantum security startup EvolutionQ is contributing to a Bank of…

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Xanadu, Toronto Metropolitan University to develop quantum computing educational program

Students will learn and work with Xanadu’s software framework PennyLane. Canadian quantum computing tech company Xanadu and Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) have teamed…

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Immigration Minister details strategy for attracting foreign tech talent, digital nomads
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Feds update talent strategy as cleantech flees south

Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features, and editorials published on BetaKit. If…

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