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August 26, 2025
IEEE Quantum Week 2025

Every year, The IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering 鈥 or 鈥 brings together engineers, scientists, researchers, students, and others to learn about advancements in quantum computing.

This year鈥檚 conference from August 31st 鈥 September 5th, is being held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a burgeoning epicenter for quantum technology innovation and the home to our new location that will support ongoing collaborative efforts to advance the photonics technologies critical to furthering our product development.

Throughout IEEE Quantum Week, our quantum experts will be on-site to share insights on upgrades to our hardware, enhancements to our software stack, our path to error correction, and more.

Meet our team at Booth #507 and join the below sessions to discover how 黑料社 is forging the path to fault-tolerant quantum computing with our integrated full-stack.

September 2nd


Quantum Software 2.1: Open Problems, New Ideas, and Paths to Scale
1:15 鈥 2:10pm MDT | Mesilla

We recently shared the details of our new software stack for our next-generation systems, including Helios (launching in 2025). 黑料社鈥檚 Agust铆n Borgna will deliver a lighting talk to introduce Guppy, our new, open-source programming language based on Python, one of the most popular general-use programming languages for classical computing.

September 3rd

PAN08: Progress and Platforms in the Era of Reliable Quantum Computing
1:00 鈥 2:30pm MDT | Apache

We are entering the era of reliable quantum computing. Across the industry, quantum hardware and software innovators are enabling this transformation by creating reliable logical qubits and building integrated technology stacks that span the application layer, middleware and hardware. Attendees will hear about current and near-term developments from Microsoft, 黑料社 and Atom Computing. They will also gain insights into challenges and potential solutions from across the ecosystem, learn about Microsoft鈥檚 qubit-virtualization system, and get a peek into future developments from 黑料社 and Microsoft.

BOF03: Exploring Distributed Quantum Simulators on Exa-scale HPC Systems
3:00 鈥 4:30pm MDT | Apache

The core agenda of the session is dedicated to addressing key technical and collaborative challenges in this rapidly evolving field. Discussions will concentrate on innovative algorithm design tailored for HPC environments, the development of sophisticated hybrid frameworks that seamlessly combine classical and quantum computational resources, and the crucial task of establishing robust performance benchmarks on large-scale CPU/GPU HPC infrastructures.

September 4th

PAN11: Real-time Quantum Error Correction: Achievements and Challenges
1:00 鈥 2:30pm MDT | La Cienega

This panel will explore the current state of real-time quantum error correction, identifying key challenges and opportunities as we move toward large-scale, fault-tolerant systems. Real-time decoding is a multi-layered challenge involving algorithms, software, compilation, and computational hardware that must work in tandem to meet the speed, accuracy, and scalability demands of FTQC. We will examine how these challenges manifest for multi-logical qubit operations, and discuss steps needed to extend the decoding infrastructure from intermediate-scale systems to full-scale quantum processors.

September 5th

Keynote by NVIDIA
8:00 鈥 9:30am MDT | Kiva Auditorium

During his keynote talk, NVIDIA鈥檚 Head of Quantum Computing Product, Sam Stanwyck, will detail our partnership to fast-track commercially scalable quantum supercomputers. Discover how 黑料社 and NVIDIA are pushing the boundaries to deliver on the power of hybrid quantum and classical compute 鈥 from integrating NVIDIA鈥檚 CUDA-Q Platform with access to 黑料社鈥檚 industry-leading hardware to the recently announced NVIDIA Quantum Research Center (NVAQC).

Featured Research at the IEEE Poster Session:

Visible Photonic Component Development for Trapped-Ion Quantum Computing
September 2nd from 6:30 - 8:00pm MDT | September 3rd from 9:30 - 10:00am MDT |聽September 4th from 11:30 - 12:30pm MDT
Authors: Elliot Lehman, Molly Krogstad, Molly P. Andersen, Sara Cambell, Kirk Cook, Bryan DeBono, Christopher Ertsgaard, Azure Hansen, Duc Nguyen, Adam聽Ollanik, Daniel Ouellette, Michael Plascak, Justin T. Schultz, Johanna Zultak, Nicholas Boynton, Christopher DeRose,Michael Gehl, and Nicholas Karl

Scaling Up Trapped-Ion Quantum Processors with Integrated Photonics
September 2nd from 6:30 - 8:00pm MDT and 2:30 - 3:00pm MDT |聽September 4th from 9:30 - 10:00am MDT

Authors: Molly Andersen, Bryan DeBono, Sara Campbell, Kirk Cook, David Gaudiosi, Christopher Ertsgaard, Azure Hansen, Todd Klein, Molly Krogstad, Elliot Lehman, Gregory MacCabe, Duc Nguyen, Nhung Nguyen, Adam Ollanik, Daniel Ouellette, Brendan Paver, Michael Plascak, Justin Schultz and Johanna Zultak

Research Collaborations with the Local Ecosystem

In a partnership that is part of a long-standing relationship with Los Alamos National Laboratory, we have been working on new methods to make quantum computing operations more efficient, and ultimately, scalable.

Learn more in our Research Paper:

Our teams collaborated with Sandia National Laboratories demonstrating our leadership in benchmarking. In this paper, we implemented a technique devised by researchers at Sandia to measure errors in mid-circuit measurement and reset. Understanding these errors helps us to reduce them while helping our customers understand what to expect while using our hardware.

Learn more in our Research Paper:

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August 25, 2025
We鈥檙e not just catching up to classical computing, we鈥檙e evolving from it

From machine learning to quantum physics, tensor networks have been quietly powering the breakthroughs that will reshape our society. Originally developed by the legendary Nobel laureate Roger Penrose, they were first used to tackle esoteric problems in physics that were previously unsolvable.

Today, tensor networks have become indispensable in a huge number of fields, including both classical and quantum computing, where they are used everywhere from quantum error correction (QEC) decoding to quantum machine learning.

In , we teamed up with luminaries from the University of British Columbia, California Institute of Technology, University of Jyv盲skyl盲, KBR Inc, NASA, Google Quantum AI, NVIDIA, JPMorgan Chase, the University of Sherbrooke, and Terra Quantum AG to provide a comprehensive overview of the use of tensor networks in quantum computing.

Standing on the shoulders of giants

Part of what drives our leadership in quantum computing is our commitment to building the best scientific team in the world. This is precisely why we hired Dr. Reza Haghshenas, one of the world鈥檚 leading experts in tensor networks, and a co-author on the paper.

Dr. Haghshenas has been researching tensor networks for over a decade across both academia and industry. Dr. Haghshenas did postdoctoral work under , a leading figure in the use of tensor networks for quantum physics and chemistry.

鈥淲orking with Dr. Garnet Chan at Caltech was a formative experience for me鈥, remarked Dr. Haghshenas. 鈥淲hile there, I contributed to the development of quantum simulation algorithms and advanced classical methods like tensor networks to help interpret and simulate many-body physics.鈥

Since joining 黑料社, Dr. Haghshenas has led projects that bring tensor network methods into direct collaboration with experimental hardware teams 鈥 exploring quantum magnetism on real quantum devices and helping demonstrate early signs of quantum advantage. He also contributes to , helping the broader research community access these methods.

Dr. Haghshenas鈥 work sits in a broad and vibrant ecosystem exploring novel uses of tensor networks. Collaborations with researchers like Dr. Chan at Caltech, and NVIDIA have brought GPU-accelerated tools to bear on the forefront of applying tensor networks to quantum chemistry, quantum physics, and quantum computing.

A powerful simulation tool

Of particular interest to those of us in quantum computing, the best methods (that we know of) for simulating quantum computers with classical computers rely on tensor networks. Tensor networks provide a nice way of representing the entanglement in a quantum algorithm and how it spreads, which is crucial but generally quite difficult for classical algorithms. In fact, it鈥檚 partly tensor networks鈥 ability to represent entanglement that makes them so powerful for quantum simulation. Importantly, it is our in-house expertise with tensor networks that makes us confident we are indeed moving past classical capabilities.

A theory of evolution

Tensor networks are not only crucial to cutting-edge simulation techniques. 聽At 黑料社, we're working on understanding and implementing quantum versions of classical tensor network algorithms, from quantum matrix product states to holographic simulation methods. In doing this, we are leveraging decades of classical algorithm development to advance quantum computing.

A topic of growing interest is the role of tensor networks in QEC, particularly in a process known as decoding. QEC works by encoding information into an entangled state of multiple qubits and using syndrome measurements to detect errors. These measurements must then be decoded to identify the specific error and determine the appropriate correction. This decoding step is challenging鈥攊t must be both fast (within the qubit鈥檚 coherence time) and accurate (correctly identifying and fixing errors). Tensor networks are emerging as one of the most for tackling this task.

Looking forward (and backwards, and sideways...)

Tensor networks are more than just a powerful computational tool 鈥 they are a bridge between classical and quantum thinking. As this new paper shows, the community鈥檚 understanding of tensor networks has matured into a robust foundation for advancing quantum computing, touching everything from simulation and machine learning to error correction and circuit design.

At 黑料社, we see this as an evolutionary step, not just in theory, but in practice. By collaborating with top minds across academia and industry, we're charting a path forward that builds on decades of classical progress while embracing the full potential of quantum mechanics. This transition is not only conceptual but algorithmic, advancing how we formulate and implement methods utilizing efficiently both classical and quantum computing. Tensor networks aren鈥檛 just helping us keep pace with classical computing; they鈥檙e helping us to transcend it.

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August 20, 2025
Guppy: Programming the Next Generation of Quantum Computers

Today, the 黑料社 software team is excited to announce Guppy, a new quantum programming language for the next generation of quantum computing鈥攄esigned to work with upcoming hardware like Helios, our most powerful system yet. You can download Guppy today and start experimenting with it using our custom-built Selene emulator. Both Guppy and Selene are open source and are capable of handling everything from traditional circuits to dynamic, measurement-dependent programs such as quantum error correction protocols.

What is Guppy?

Guppy is a quantum-first programming language designed from the ground up to meet the needs of state-of-the-art quantum computers. Embedded in Python, it uses syntax that closely resembles Python, making it instantly familiar to developers. Guppy also provides powerful abstractions and compile-time safety that go far beyond traditional circuit builders like pytket or Qiskit.

Key Features
  • Pythonic & Embedded
    Guppy integrates seamlessly with existing Python codebases and libraries, offering a concise and expressive alternative to imperative builder patterns. Its source language approach supports higher levels of abstraction鈥攗nlocking algorithmic innovations that may not be discovered otherwise.
  • Safety by Design
    Quantum computers are scarce, and access is limited鈥攐ften involving long queues to run programs. Debugging runtime errors on real hardware isn't just time-consuming; it's costly. Guppy is statically compiled and strongly typed, helping catch bugs early in development. It enforces principles like no-cloning, prevents qubit memory leaks, and offers clear, actionable error messages.
  • Beyond Circuits: The Quantum Kernel
    Guppy programs are more than circuit descriptions鈥攖hey are quantum kernels, supporting rich control flow based on measurement outcomes, function calls, and complex data types. This is essential for implementing adaptive quantum algorithms.
Example Program

Guppy is designed to be readable and expressive, while enabling precise, low-level quantum programming.

This example implements the gate V3 = (I + 2iZ)/鈭5 using a probabilistic repeat-until-success scheme[1].

If both X-basis measurements on the top two qubits return 0, the V3 gate is successfully applied to the input state |鉄; otherwise, the identity is applied. Since this succeeds with a probability of 5/8, we can repeat the procedure until success.

Let鈥檚 implement this in Guppy.

First, we鈥檒l define a helper function to prepare a scratch qubit in the |+鉄 state:

@guppy
def plus_q() -> qubit:
    """Allocate and prepare a qubit in the |+> state"""
    q = qubit()
    h(q)
    return q

Next, a function for performing X-basis measurement:

@guppy
def x_measure(q: qubit @ owned) -> bool:
    """Measure the qubit in the X basis and return the result."""
    h(q)
    return measure(q)

The @owned annotation tells the Guppy compiler that we鈥檙e taking ownership of the qubit, not just borrowing it鈥攁 concept familiar to Rust programmers. This is required because measurement deallocates the qubit, and the compiler uses this information to track lifetimes and prevent memory leaks.

The @guppy decorator marks functions as Guppy source code. Oustide these functions, we can use regular Python - like setting a maximum attempt limit:

MAX_ATTEMPTS = 1000

With these pieces in place, we can now implement the full protocol:

@guppy
def v3_rus(q: qubit) -> int:
    attempt = 0
    while attempt < comptime(MAX_ATTEMPTS):
        attempt += 1
        a, b = plus_q(), plus_q()

        toffoli(a, b, q)
        s(q)
        toffoli(a, b, q)

        a_x, b_x = x_measure(a), x_measure(b)

        if not (a_x or b_x):
            break

        z(q)

    return attempt

What鈥檚 happening here?

Learn More

There's a lot more to Guppy, including:

  • Polymorphism and generics
  • Linear typing and ownership tracking
  • Statically sized arrays and custom data types聽
  • Compile-time metaprogramming via Python

Why We Built Guppy for Helios

Helios represents a major leap forward for 黑料社 hardware鈥攚ith more qubits, lower error rates, and advanced runtime features that require a new class of programming tools. Guppy provides the expressive power needed to fully harness Helios's capabilities鈥攆eatures that traditional circuit-building tools simply can't support.

See our latest roadmap update for more on Helios and what's coming.

Simulate Today with Selene

Quantum hardware access is limited鈥攂ut development shouldn't be. Selene is our new open-source emulator, designed to run compiled Guppy programs accurately鈥攊ncluding support for noise modeling. Unlike generic simulators, Selene models advanced runtime behavior unique to Helios, such as measurement-dependent control flow and hybrid quantum-classical logic.

Selene supports multiple simulation backends:

  • Statevector simulation (via Quest)
  • Stabilizer simulation (via Stim)
  • Classical replay: replay simple programs by providing measurement outcomes
  • More plugins coming soon.

Whether you're prototyping new algorithms or testing low-level error correction, Selene offers a realistic, flexible environment to build and iterate.

Get Started

Guppy is available now on GitHub and PyPi under the Apache 2 license. Try it out with Selene, read the docs, and start building for the future of quantum computing today.

馃憠

1. Paetznick, A., & Svore, K. M. (2014). Repeat-Until-Success: Non-deterministic decomposition of single-qubit unitaries. arXiv preprint 鈫┞

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August 20, 2025
Built for All: Introducing Our New Software Stack

Our next-generation quantum computer, Helios, will come online this year as more than a new chip. It will arrive as a full-stack platform that sets a new standard for the industry.

With our current and previous generation systems, H2 and H1, we have set industry records for the highest fidelities, pioneered the teleportation of logical qubits, and introduced the world鈥檚 first commercial application for quantum computers. Much of this success stems from the deep integration between our software and hardware.

Today, we are excited to share the details of our new software stack. Its features and benefits, outlined below, enable a lower barrier to entry, faster time-to-solution, industry-standard access, and the best possible user experience on Helios.

Most importantly, this stack is designed with the future in mind as 黑料社 advances toward universal, fully fault-tolerant quantum computing.

Register for our September 18th webinar on our new software stack

Our Next-Generation Software Stack: What鈥檚 New

Our Current Generation Software Stack
Currently, the solutions our customers explore on our quantum hardware, which span cybersecurity, quantum chemistry, and quantum AI, plus third-party programs, are all powered by two middleware technologies:聽

  • TKET, an open-source tool kit used by developers to build quantum software programs; and
  • Nexus, a cloud-based SaaS platform, is the pathway to access our hardware, as well as third-party hardware. Nexus is our all-in-one computing platform, the entry point to everything quantum.

Our Next Generation Software Stack
The launch of Helios will come with an upgraded software stack with new features. We鈥檙e introducing two key additions to the stack, specifically:

  • Guppy, a new, open-source programming language based on Python, one of the most popular general-use programming languages for classical computing; and聽
  • Selene, a platform that partially emulates Helios, is used to perform program analysis and verification. Selene can be seen almost as a 鈥渄igital sister鈥 for Helios.聽

Moving forward, users will now leverage Guppy to run software applications on Helios and our future systems. TKET will be used solely as a compiler tool chain and for the optimization of Guppy programs.

Nexus, which remains as the default pathway to access our hardware, and third-party hardware, has been upgraded to support Guppy and provide access to Selene. Nexus also supports Quantum Intermediate Representation (QIR), an industry standard, which enables developers to program with languages like , ensuring our stack stays accessible to the whole ecosystem.

With this new stack running on our next generation Helios system, several benefits will be delivered to the end user, including, but not limited to, improved time-to-solution and reduced memory error for programs critical to quantum error correction and utility-scale algorithms.

Below, we dive deeper into these upgrades and what they mean for our customers.

Introducing Guppy: A Purpose-Built Language for Quantum Programming

Designed for the Next Era of Quantum Computing
Guppy
is a new programming language hosted in Python, providing developers with a familiar, accessible entry point into the next era of quantum computing.

As 黑料社 leads the transition from the noisy intermediate scale quantum (NISQ) era to fault-tolerant quantum computing, represents a fundamental departure from legacy circuit-building tools. Instead of forcing developers to construct programs gate-by-gate, a tedious and error-prone process, Guppy treats quantum programs as structured, dynamic software.

With native support for real-time feedback and common programming constructs like 鈥榠f鈥 statements and 鈥榝or鈥檒oops, Guppy enables developers to write complex, readable programs that adapt as the quantum system evolves. This approach unlocks unprecedented power and clarity, far surpassing traditional tools.

Designed with fault-tolerance in mind, Guppy also optimizes qubit resource management automatically, improving efficiency and reducing developer overhead.

All Guppy programs can be seamlessly submitted and managed through Nexus, our all-in-one quantum computing platform.

Find out more at

The Most Flexible Approach to Quantum Error Correction
When it comes to quantum error correction (QEC), flexibility is everything. That is why we designed Guppy to reduce barriers to entry to access necessary features for QEC.

Unlike platforms locked into rigid, hardware-specific codes, 黑料社鈥檚 QCCD architecture gives developers the freedom to implement any QEC code. In a rapidly evolving field, this adaptability is critical: the ability to test and deploy the latest techniques can mean the difference between achieving quantum advantage and falling behind.

With Guppy, developers can implement advanced protocols such as magic state distillation and injection, quantum teleportation, and other measurement-based routines, all executed dynamically through our real-time control system. This creates an environment where researchers can push the limits of fault-tolerance now鈥攏ot years from now.

In addition, users can employ NVIDIA鈥檚 CUDA-QX for out-of-the-box QEC, without needing to worry about writing their own decoders, simplifying the development of novel QEC codes.

By enabling a modular, programmable approach to QEC, our stack accelerates the path to fault-tolerance and positions us to scale quickly as more efficient codes emerge from the research frontier.

Real-Time Control for True Quantum Computing
Integrated seamlessly with Guppy is a next-generation control system powered by a new real-time engine, a key breakthrough for large-scale quantum computing.

This control layer makes our software stack the first commercial system to deliver full measurement-dependent control with undefined sequence length. In practical terms, that means operations can now be guided dynamically by quantum measurements as they occur鈥攁 critical step toward truly adaptive, fault-tolerant algorithms.

At the hardware level, features like real-time transport enable dynamic software capabilities, such as conditionals, loops, and recursion, which are all foundational for scaling from thousands to millions of qubits.

These advances deliver tangible performance gains, including faster time-to-solution, reduced memory error, and greater algorithmic efficiency, providing the foundational support required to convert algorithmic advances into useful real-world applications.

Meet Selene: A 鈥淒igital Sister鈥 for Helios and Beyond聽

Quantum hardware access is limited, but development shouldn't be. Selene is our new open-source emulator, built to model realistic, entangled quantum behavior with exceptional detail and speed.

Unlike generic simulators, Selene captures advanced runtime behavior unique to Helios, including measurement-dependent control flow and hybrid quantum-classical logic. It runs Guppy programs out of the box, allowing developers to start building and testing immediately without waiting for machine time. 聽

supports multiple simulation backends, giving users state-of-the-art options for their specific needs, including backends optimized for matrix product state and tensor network simulations using NVIDIA GPUs and cuQuantum. This ensures maximum performance both on the quantum processor and in simulation.

Nexus: Bringing It All Together

These new features, and more, are available through Nexus, our all-in-one quantum computing platform.

Nexus serves as the middle layer that connects every part of the stack, providing a cloud-native SaaS environment for full-stack workflows, including server-side Selene instances. Users can manage Guppy programs, analyze results, and collaborate with others, all within a single, streamlined platform.

Further, Selene users who submit quantum state-vector simulations鈥攖he most complete and powerful method to simulate a general quantum circuit on a classical computer鈥攖hrough Nexus will be leveraging the NVIDIA cuQuantum library for efficient GPU-powered simulation.

Bringing Us All Together

Our entire stack, including Nexus and Selene, supports the industry-standard Quantum Intermediate Representation (QIR) as input, allowing users to program in their preferred programming language. QIR provides a common format for accessing a range of quantum computing backends, and 黑料社 Helios will support the full Adaptive Profile QIR This means developers can generate programs for Helios using tools like NVIDIA CUDA-Q, Microsoft Q#, and ORNL XACC.

Always Looking Forward

Our customers choose 黑料社 as their top quantum computing partner because no one else matches our team or our results. We remain the leaders in quantum computing and the only provider of integrated quantum resources that will address our society鈥檚 most complex problems.

That future is already taking shape. With Helios and our new software stack, we are building the foundation for scalable, programmable, real-time quantum computing.

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August 18, 2025
From Wafer to Wavefunction: The Quantum Transformation

Wherever you鈥檙e sitting right now, you鈥檙e probably surrounded by the fruits of modern semiconductor technology. Chips aren't only in your laptops and cell phones 鈥 they're in your car, your doorbell, your thermostat, and even your toaster. Importantly, semiconductor-based chips are also in the heart of most quantum computers.

While quantum computing holds transformative potential, it faces two major challenges: first, achieving low error operations (say one in a billion), and second, scaling systems to enough qubits to address complex, real-world problems (say, on the order of a million). 黑料社 is proud to lead the industry in providing the lowest error rates in the business, but some continue to question whether our chosen modality, trapped-ion technology, can scale to meet these ambitious goals.

Why the doubt? Well, early demonstrations of trapped-ion quantum computers relied on bulky, expensive laser sources, large glass optics, and sizeable ion traps assembled by hand. By comparison, other modalities, such as semiconductor and superconductor qubits, resemble conventional computer chips. However, our quantum-charge-coupled device (QCCD) architecture shares the same path to scaling: at their core, our quantum computers are also chip-based. By leveraging modern microfabrication techniques, we can scale effectively while maintaining the advantage of low error rates that trapped ions provide.

Fortunately, we are at a point in history where QCCD quantum computing is already more compact compared to the early days. Traditional oversized laser sources have already been replaced by tiny diode lasers based on semiconductor chips, and our ion traps have already evolved from bulky, hand-assembled objects to traps fabricated on silicon wafers. The biggest remaining challenge lies in the control and manipulation of laser light.

For this next stage in our journey, we have turned to Infineon. Infineon not only builds some of the world鈥檚 leading classical computer chips, but they also bring in-house expertise in ion-trap quantum computing. Together, we are developing a chip with integrated photonics, bringing the control and manipulation of light fully onto our chips. This innovation drastically reduces system complexity and paves the way for serious scaling.

Technical Project Lead Dr. Silke Auchter presenting an Infineon wafer with 黑料社 ion trap chips
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Since beginning work with Infineon, our pace of innovation has accelerated. Their expertise in fabricating waveguides, building grating couplers, and optimizing deposition processes for ultra-low optical loss gives us a significant advantage. In fact, Infineon has already developed deposition processes with the lowest optical losses in the world鈥攁 critical capability for building high-performance photonic systems.

Their impressive suite of failure analysis tools, such as electron microscopes, SIMS, FIB, AFMs, and Kelvin probes, allow us to diagnose and correct failures in days rather than weeks. Some of these tools are in-line, meaning analysis can be performed without removing devices from the cleanroom environment, minimizing contamination risk and further accelerating development.

Together, we are demonstrating that QCCD quantum computing is fundamentally a semiconductor technology鈥攋ust like conventional computers. While seeming like it鈥檚 a world away, quantum computing is now closer to home than ever.

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August 14, 2025
Strengthening the Foundations of Post-Quantum Cryptography

As organizations assess the impact of quantum computing on cryptography, many focus on algorithm migration and timelines. But preparing for PQC requires a broader view鈥攐ne that includes not just new algorithms, but also the quality of the inputs that support them, including randomness.

That鈥檚 why 黑料社 joined with partners Thales, Keyfactor, and IBM Consulting to form the QSafe 360 Alliance, a collaboration focused on helping organizations build crypto-agile security architectures that are ready for the quantum era. Together, we鈥檝e released a whitepaper鈥Digital Trust & Cybersecurity After Quantum Computing鈥攖o offer practical guidance on post-quantum readiness, from discovery and planning to deployment.

Lessons from Past Vulnerabilities

The history of cryptography offers clear examples of what happens when randomness fail, and how long those issues can go unnoticed. The , first disclosed in 2023, exploited weak randomness in Bitcoin transaction signatures and enabled the theft of at least $25 million across 773 wallets. The vulnerability persisted undetected for nine years. The , published in 2022, revealed that biased key generation in widely used Bitcoin wallet libraries exposed millions of wallets鈥攁cross a window of more than a decade (2011鈥2022). In both cases, cryptographic algorithms functioned as designed; it was the randomness beneath them that silently failed, leaving companies vulnerable for many years

Post-Quantum Cryptography Inherits These Risks

Post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms are being designed to resist attacks from quantum computers. But they still depend on random values to generate key material. That means any implementation of PQC inherits the same reliance on randomness鈥攂ut without a way to prove its quality, that layer remains a potential vulnerability.

As security teams run cryptographic inventories, develop crypto-agility plans, or build software bill-of-materials (SBOMs) for PQC migration, it鈥檚 important to include randomness in that scope. No matter how strong the algorithm, poor randomness can undermine its security from the start.

A New Approach: Proven Randomness

Quantum Origin takes a fundamentally different approach to randomness quality to deliver proven randomness which improves key generation, algorithms, and the entire security stack. It leverages strong seeded randomness extractors鈥攎athematical algorithms that transform even weak local entropy into provably secure output. These extractors are uniquely powered by a Quantum Seed, which is generated once by 黑料社's quantum computers using quantum processes verified through Bell tests.

This one-time quantum generation enables Quantum Origin as a software-only solution designed for maximum flexibility. It works with existing infrastructure鈥攐n cloud systems, on-premises environments, air-gapped networks, and embedded platforms鈥攚ithout requiring special hardware or a network connection. It's also validated to NIST SP 800-90B standards (). This approach strengthens today鈥檚 deployments of AES, RSA, ECC, and other algorithms, and lays a secure foundation for implementing the NIST PQC algorithms.

The QSafe 360 Alliance

The outlines the path to post-quantum readiness, emphasizing crypto-agility as a guiding principle: the ability to adapt cryptographic systems without major disruption, from randomness to key generation to algorithmic strength.

For security architects, CISOs, and cryptographic engineering teams building their post-quantum transition strategies, randomness is not a peripheral concern. It is a starting point.

The QSafe 360 Alliance whitepaper offers valuable guidance on structuring a comprehensive PQC journey. As you explore that framework, consider how proven randomness鈥攁vailable today鈥攚ill help strengthen your security posture from the ground up.