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Global Foundries

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Role call: new people at allt, SQC, RedBelly Network, Neara & Indebted

Weekly people-moves column: new executives at allt, SQC, Redbelly Network, InDebted and Neara, including Clive Dickens joining allt's board and Chris McNamara becoming InDebted's CEO.

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Aussie company Diraq to support DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative

Quantum processor maker Diraq has won a US defence agency contract for the first stage of a quantum benchmarking program, leading a consortium with Emergence Quantum, Riverlane, Global Foundries and Imec.

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Eight Aussie startups that raised $118.8 million this week

Weekly roundup of eight Australian funding rounds, led by Samsara Eco's $100m Series A extension; Diraq, 1Breadcrumb, Aquila, NRN, Klean, Bearhug and Sindy Labs also secured capital, and Klean won a Queensland grant.

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Our investment in Diraq: A step closer to reaching fault-tolerant applications

Main Sequence's post explains why the fund backed quantum computing company Diraq, citing its silicon qubit approach, a chip-production deal with Global Foundries, and prior investment from Quantonation.

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‘Record demonstration’: Dark horse in quantum race passes new milestone

Quantum computing startup Diraq announced record qubit control fidelity and chip-making partnerships with GlobalFoundries and IMEC; the piece also recounts its Quantonation-led Series A, early Allectus backing, and PsiQuantum's government funding.

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Series D+ US$450m

Investment Notes: PsiQuantum

Blackbird Ventures announces it joined PsiQuantum's USD450 million Series D round, and sets out why the startup's silicon photonics approach can scale to a useful quantum computer.

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