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As a quantum network goes live, New Mexico sees its moment
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (627+ words) A first-of-its-kind quantum computing network, funded with the help of millions in state funds, is live in Albuquerque." Qunnect, a New York-based quantum computing company, announced last week the launch of ABQ-Net, which it describes as America's first open-access entanglement-based…...
Los Alamos National Lab’s LEEP initiative introduces fifth cohort focused on AI, quantum
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (844+ words) When Stephen Buchanan left the U.S. Army to enroll in Harvard Business School, he knew he eventually wanted to do "something entrepreneurial." But Buchanan didn't think that venture would include quantum technologies." "I would have never expected it to be a…...
New Mexico’s tech scene is rising, not draining away
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (625+ words) For years, New Mexico's talent pipeline has been framed by a familiar worry: "brain drain." The prevailing assumption was that our most talented students and early-career professionals would earn their degrees here, then leave " drawn elsewhere by higher salaries, deeper…...
State launches new Technology and Innovation Office, announces $90M for tech advancement
1+ week, 3+ day ago (436+ words) Economic Development Secretary Rob Black talks with his deputy secretary Isaac Romero, left, and Rep. Meredith Dixon, D-Albuquerque, in January during the 60-day legislative session. Technology is getting a new home at the New Mexico Economic Development Department. The department…...
Why QuEra is betting on New Mexico’s quantum future
3+ week, 7+ hour ago (474+ words) When Richard Feynman first imagined quantum computers in the early 1980s, he described something remarkably close to what we build at QuEra today: single atoms, lined up in precise arrangements, processed in ways that unlock computational power no classical machine can…...
What is quantum, anyway? Sandia’s Jake Douglass is here to explain — and build
3+ week, 6+ day ago (724+ words) Jake Douglass, the quantum business development lead at Sandia National Laboratories, at the Innovation Parkway Office Center in July. THE BASICS: Jake Douglass, 35, born in Roswell; married to Stacy Douglass since 2023; two dogs, Jack and Penny, and two cats, Meeko…...
New Mexico awards $25 million to Roadrunner Venture Studios for quantum innovation push
3+ week, 6+ day ago (977+ words) The Roadrunner Venture Studios office in Downtown Albuquerque on Friday. Roadrunner Venture Studios has won the New Mexico Economic Development Department's $25 million quantum innovation and commercialization award, part of a larger state plan to become a national tech hub. State…...
Sandia Labs director: Nation needs to overcome energy barriers, embrace AI
3+ week, 6+ day ago (667+ words) Laura McGill, Sandia National Laboratories" new director, speaks during a press conference on Wednesday. She began in the position at the start of this month. When you think of a laser, do you picture it heating something up? McGill, who…...
Bernalillo County weighs strict rules for AI data centers
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (527+ words) New Mexico has found itself in the middle of an international race to develop artificial intelligence infrastructure'as several data center projects move forward despite public pushback. Breaking from state leadership, the Bernalillo County Commission considered a resolution Tuesday that would…...
NM Tech Talks to host inaugural software hackathon as organizers seek to build momentum
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (552+ words) Angelica Maestas, director of strategic partnerships at Builders VC, left, and co-founder of NM Tech Talks, Vicki Apodaca, right, at the Builders VC office on Monday. New Mexico boasts multiple deep-tech startups and rich roots in traditional sciences through its…...