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Nerds meet suits at Chicago quantum conference

Crain’s Chicago Business – Chicago is hosting a two-day coming-out party for quantum computing next month, featuring a high-profile roster of executives from industry and the Chicago corporate community. Read More…

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The Superposition Guy’s Podcast: Preeti Chalsani and Harley Johnson, Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park

The Superposition Guy’s Podcast – Preeti Chalsani, Chief Quantum Officer at Intersect Illinois, and Harley Johnson, CEO of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, are interviewed by Yuval Boger. Preeti…

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Inside Illinois’ Efforts to Court the Emerging Quantum Technology Industry

Capital News Illinois – Just over one year ago, the Illinois legislature approved spending more than $700 million to attract and support a new industry: quantum technology. Now, representatives of…

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Opinion: South Chicago finally has a shot at renewal. Let’s not waste it.

Crain’s Chicago Business – South Chicago is a community that is shaped by resilience. For generations, it was home to a thriving manufacturing industry, anchored by the South Works steel…

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Quantum park planned for South Works site signs an Australian startup

Crain’s Chicago Business – An Australian quantum startup plans to join the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park. Read the Full Story from Crain’s Chicago Business

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Pritzker Scores Quantum Win as Australian Firm Picks Chicago Hub

Bloomberg – Illinois’s quantum campus, championed by Governor JB Pritzker, is adding an Australian tech firm to its list of future tenants on Chicago’s South Side, advancing his push to…

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DIRAQ CEO & Founder Andrew Dzurak

Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park and DARPA QBI Performer Diraq Sign Letter of Intent to Join Park as a Future Tenant

Global company plans to be a user of the IQMP On-Ramp Program, which will allow companies to begin work in Illinois while Park is under development CHICAGO – Today, the…

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Bowen HS Science Program Gets $10K From PsiQuantum, A South Works Campus Tenant

Block Club Chicago – One of the tenants of a planned South Side megadevelopment has donated $10,000 to support science education at a nearby high school. PsiQuantum, an anchor tenant…

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Call it ‘Qubit County’: The 5 locations poised to become the Silicon Valley of quantum computing

Business Insider – As the quantum computing era begins, five locations are poised to become the next tech hot spot, driving economic growth like Silicon Valley did for the Bay…

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Fast Company: Most Innovative Companies 2025

The Most Innovative Companies in Economic Development for 2025

Fast Company – Once compared to the ruins of the Colosseum and Roman aqueducts, the former U.S. Steel plant South Works, in Chicago’s South Side, presents a gargantuan urban void.…

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