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The latest updates, insights, and milestones from FirstQFM.

June 22, 2026

FirstQFM® Outperforms Leading Classical Forecasting Models with Quantum-Powered System at ISC 2026, built with NVIDIA CUDA-Q

Built on NVIDIA accelerated computing, FirstQFM's Quantum Reservoir Computing system delivered a 56.1% series-level win rate against the strongest classical foundation-model baseline in zero-shot forecasting evaluation.

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September 16, 2026

FirstQFM at NORDEEP 2026

Research Scientist Helime Ruotsalainen attended NORDEEP 2026 in Espoo, Finland, on behalf of FirstQFM, joining founders, investors, researchers, and corporates from across the Nordic and European deep-tech ecosystem.

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September 9, 2026

FirstQFM holds first company offsite in Stockholm

FirstQFM held its first company offsite in Stockholm, bringing together members of its distributed team, board, and investor group.

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July 10, 2026

FirstQFM CTO delivers keynote at inaugural Economic Data Science Society conference

CTO Isaiah Hull delivered the keynote “Quantum Computing for Economic Data Science” at the inaugural EDSS conference, hosted by Banque de France in Paris.

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July 9, 2026

FirstQFM CTO appears on Blond & Quantum podcast

CTO Isaiah Hull joined host Eva Galant on Blond & Quantum to discuss FirstQFM’s development of machine learning foundation models for quantum computing.

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June 26, 2026

FirstQFM meets with partners at Quantum.Tech World in Boston

FirstQFM attended Quantum.Tech World 2026 at Encore Boston Harbor, meeting existing partners and forming new relationships among more than 1,000 executives, researchers, and investors from over 40 countries.

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June 23, 2026

FirstQFM at IQT Nordics 2026 in Oslo

CTO Isaiah Hull presented "Improving the Performance and Scalability of Quantum Computers with AI" and joined the AI for Quantum for AI panel at IQT Nordics 2026 at OsloMet University.

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June 23, 2026

FirstQFM strengthens partnerships with Toshiba and Stefanini

FirstQFM met with the Toshiba SQBM+ team and Stefanini Executive Director Roger Pellegrino in Toronto to strengthen relationships and discuss opportunities for future collaboration.

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June 22, 2026

Foundation model-based QRC for enterprise time series forecasting

FirstQFM's alpha-version system outperformed leading time series foundation model baselines on selected zero shot forecasting tasks across held-out series. We are now announcing a broader beta system release to pilot partners.

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June 3, 2026

FirstQFM speaks at Deep Tech Investor Day in Helsinki

CTO Isaiah Hull joined the Deep Tech & Engineering panel "AI – Beyond Models: Who Controls Intelligence in Real-World AI Systems?" at Deep Tech Investor Day 2026 at Maria 01 in Helsinki.

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May 27, 2026

FirstQFM at Stockholm Tech Show 2026

Sonja Yilmaz attended Stockholm Tech Show 2026 on behalf of FirstQFM, joining discussions on applied AI, cybersecurity, robotics, and the operational realities of bringing AI into real-world organizations.

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April 27, 2026

FirstQFM gives closing remarks at inaugural Nordic Quantum AI Community meeting

CTO Isaiah Hull gave closing remarks at the inaugural Nordic Quantum AI Community meeting at AWS in Stockholm, covering AI-for-quantum, calibration, pulse-level control, and circuit optimization.

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April 14, 2026

How to celebrate World Quantum Day

Today is World Quantum Day, an annual celebration of quantum science and technology. The date was selected because 4.14 matches the rounded first three digits of Planck's constant.

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