Weekly Recap: $215M and 2028 Set Quantum's Clock — October 3, 2026

This weekly recap follows the push to put quantum computing on concrete timelines, from federal security measures to logical-qubit targets. It also looks at an IBM benchmark claim and a quantum-enhanced energy forecasting program, with attention to what each result does and does not establish. US Launches $215 Million Race to Build an Error-Corrected Quantum Computer by 2028 — SingularityHub Infleqtion post on Riverlane MOU — X/@infleqtion Microsoft and DARPA testing post — X/@skdh IBM Nighthawk r2 experiment summary — X/@OwenGregorian Infleqtion logical-qubit post — X/@infleqtion SQC and Schneider Electric Advance Quantum-Enhanced Energy Forecasting — The Quantum Insider Chapters 00:00 Today's headlines 01:05 DOE sets 2028 quantum computer challenge 02:29 NSA post-quantum deadlines for security planning 03:30 Company builds gate-model simulator beta 04:24 Infleqtion Riverlane MOU on logical qubits 05:37 Microsoft Majorana qubits DARPA testing 06:37 IBM random-circuit sampling result and its caveat 08:06 Infleqtion targets 100 logical qubits by 2028 09:00 SQC Schneider Stage 2 on forecasting 10:31 Closing recap on the week in quantum Source links infleqtion.com @QuicklyQuantum on X phys.org Quickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice. Follow Quickly Quantum: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify More from Brian Lampert: Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing, and Space Stakes, the business of the new space race. Transcripts and every episode: quickly-quantum.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.