Private investment shot past $1.2 billion in Q1 2025, led by QuEra’s $230 million, IonQ’s $360 million. PQShield launched the UltraPQ-Suite, aligning with NSA’s CNSA 2.0 and featuring FIPS 140-3 certification, which CEO Ali El Kaafarani and Dr. Axel Y. Poschmann say addresses RSA phase-out demands. In China, Stephen Chen’s team tested a drone-based quantum sensor that can detect submarines at picotesla levels, potentially reshaping maritime security. Meanwhile, Mirko Pittaluga and Andrew J. Shields pushed twin-field QKD over 254 km in Germany at 110 bits per second, marking a milestone in long-distance secure communications. IBM’s $150 billion investment over five years—including $30 billion in mainframe and quantum R&D—strengthens its 300-member network and 600,000 users. While commiting a deployment of a Heron system in India. ISACA warns that 95% of organizations still lack a quantum roadmap, highlighting critical readiness gaps. Experts see quantum surpassing AI’s disruptive power, echoed by Berkeley Lab’s multi-pronged research in hardware, materials, and error mitigation. Rigetti won a $5.48 million Air Force grant with academic and national lab partners to refine qubit fabrication, and Terra Quantum partnered with Siemens to embed secure quantum tech into next-generation digital twins.