{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Quickly Quantum","title":"IonQ’s $1.3 Billion Bet on Cybersecurity — October 13, 2026","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":804,"description":"IonQ’s proposed all-stock acquisition of Elisity raises the question of whether quantum companies can become enterprise security vendors. Today’s other stories cover UK quantum projects, DOE application priorities, GPU decoding, quantum feedback control and a Swinburne-IQM partnership.\nQuantum firms backed to keep railways running and cut waiting lists — UK government\nUS identifies 8 priority applications for fault-tolerant quantum computers — Innovation News Network\nAlice & Bob decodes LDPC-cat codes on GPUs with NVIDIA NVQLink — The Quantum Insider\nOne step closer to quantum computers that can correct their own mistakes — Quantum Physics News\nSwinburne and IQM partner on quantum research and workforce development — The Quantum Insider\nIonQ agrees to buy Elisity in cybersecurity deal worth up to $1.3 billion — The Quantum Insider\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:40 UK quantum funding package\n01:56 Eight fault-tolerant quantum targets\n03:35 Alice & Bob decoding not yet real-time\n04:43 IBM Heron real-time feedback control\n05:54 Swinburne and IQM quantum partnership\n07:07 IonQ agrees to acquire Elisity\n09:42 Hype Check on IonQ's Elisity deal\nSource links\n@infosec on X\nbusinesswire.com\nQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.\nFollow Quickly Quantum: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify\nMore 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.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1qOeu8wRfJFs3z-U1wrMD-YZu-jcbB7N-VepH0eoyOg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zZTQ5/Y2VkNzY3NzhhZTcw/MzQwZTM3NGEwOWMy/YmU2Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}