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In last week’s “Quantum + 3D Printing,” I noted that the University of Nottingham is using 3D printing with quantum sensors. In response, Classiq’s VP Corporate Communications, Simon Fried, a 12-year 3D printing veteran, noted that his former company, Nano Dimension, wrote about this technological convergence back in 2024.

This week’s premium content:

• Wolfpack Research is Shortselling IonQ
• PsiQuantum’s Bartiq vs Microsoft’s QRE
• PREVIEW: China’s Quantum Computers 2026
• Conductor Quantum’s Coda Quantum

In this edition:

• QUICHE ain’t just a French tart.
• Fortune’s Fun Factoid
• You’re in my personal space!
• DLA Piper is Golden
• “Do not forget to do your own thinking!”
• Dr. Pranav Gokhale explains Infleqtion’s tech in 52 seconds.
• What’s the cost of not preparing for quantum?
• Is the problem with BlueQubit or with Bitcoin?
• When The Quantum Dragon does a roundhouse QICK…
• My computer is the centerfold….
• Now THAT’S a quantum random number generator….
• That’s embarrassing.
• You can’t hurry Quantum Supremacy.
• It only takes 2 millimeters.

QUICHE ain’t just a French tart.

Thomas Bromley of Quantum Motion, Markus Bursch of FACCTs GmbH, and Aleksei Ivanov of Riverlane introduce the Quantum Integrated Chemistry (QUICHE) project, backed by Innovate UK and Germany’s ZIM program, which aims to both accurately predict the chemical properties of complex molecules and make me hungry.

Immediately prior to the Wolfpack report, about 21% of IonQ’s stock was held by short investors. For comparison, the average for most stocks is 3% to 5% in short interest.

Fortune’s Fun Factoid

My news about Wolfpack Research shortselling IonQ came through Barron’s, and I’ve seen other executive summaries of the report by other financial news media, but Fortune’s is the only article I’ve seen thus far that reports that IonQ has 4-7X the percentage of short investors compared to most stocks.

You’re in my personal space!

You’re not going to have this problem if you attend Okinawa Quantum Day 2026: The Frontier of Quantum Technology on March 6. I count 12 planned speakers and participating organizations, but the venue capacity is listed as only 25 people, who will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

DLA Piper is Golden

The Quantum Dragon is so happy to welcome DLA Piper as a Gold Sponsor of Q+AI 2026 (3.0): Uncovering the Coming Wave of Quantum + AI that he rolled around in some gold dust before posing for this week’s featured image.

“Do not forget to do your own thinking!”

Dr. Thomas Ehmer’s newsletter isn’t exclusively quantum, but it includes quantum, so I’ll allow it. I was going to include it simply for being healthcare-centric but then I noticed that it twice reminded me to think for myself. I love that. But even without that line, I hope a quantum-aware healthcare newsletter becomes an ongoing thing.

Dr. Pranav Gokhale explains Infleqtion’s tech in 52 seconds.

This is apparently one in a series of “Zero to Quantum in 60 Seconds” videos. This one should probably be the starting one, although another one has this great line in it, “The atoms themselves are free,” referring to how fabricated modalities have a cost per qubit, but atoms are just borrowed from Mother Nature.

What’s the cost of not preparing for quantum?

Brian Lenahan’s “The Cost Of Preparing for Quantum” includes cost projections and is worth a read, and it raises an interesting question: what’s the cost of inaction? The need for cryptography is always implied, and it occurs to me that I don’t recall reading a full doom-and-gloom scenario anywhere.

Is the problem with BlueQubit or with Bitcoin?

BlueQubit is sharing that if you solve 5 “peaked-circuit” puzzles, you’ll assemble the private key for a 0.25 BTC wallet. The problem is that I’ve known about this for a while, and no one has claimed it yet. Does no one want 0.25 BTC, does no one care for “peaked-circuit” puzzles, or both? This link may require a Twitter account.

When The Quantum Dragon does a roundhouse QICK…

I generally refrain from sharing partnership announcements, but this news has a QICK to it.

My computer is the centerfold….

My blood runs cold. My memory has just been sold. Thanks to Yuval Boger and QuEra, my computer is the centerfold…. Seriously, though, this calendar is chock full of educational content for my kids, and there’s a lot in it that I don’t know, so I’ll be following along with them.

Now THAT’S a quantum random number generator….

“Myth-busters: solutions for the quantum threats to encryption” by Dr. Rajiv Shah has the greatest visualization, the second image down, of a quantum random number generator that I’ve ever seen. The image of quantum Battle Bots, the third image down, is worthy of a strong honorable mention.

That’s embarrassing.

Laurent Prost criticized a press release in which Namirial celebrates factoring 15 on a quantum computer as if it’s some sort of cryptographical breakthrough. I’d like to add that the experiment was nowhere near the first, making the claim embarrassing on top of being misleading. This link may require a LinkedIn account. This link does not.

You can’t hurry Quantum Supremacy.

No, you just have to wait. It’s easy to claim quantum supremacy, but Prof. Tom Wong is tracking both the claims and their rebuttals. The current score is 16 claims with 10 rebuttals. Let the record show that every claim older than 2023 has been rebutted, plus some of the more recent ones. This link may require a Twitter account.

It only takes 2 millimeters.

SaxonQ says size matters. Case closed. And let the record show that the company knows a little somethin’ somethin’ about mobile quantum computers. It has already sold two 4-qubit NVC systems with compact cabinet form factors that I’ve seen wheeled around (in images). This link may require a LinkedIn account.

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