Nikolai Petrov
Nikolai covers emerging deep-tech themes and the policy environment shaping them, including export controls, standards, and government procurement.
Articles by Nikolai Petrov
Quantum Earnings Season Delivers a Split Verdict: IonQ Surges Past $80 Million as Rigetti and D-Wave Stay Small
A pivotal reporting week left the three most-watched pure-play quantum stocks telling very different revenue stories, even as all three continue to burn cash on the road to fault tolerance.
Quantinuum's First Report Card as a Public Company: $8 Million Quarter, $2.1 Billion War Chest and an Oracle Cloud Deal
Two months after the largest quantum IPO on record, the Honeywell-backed company delivered 279% revenue growth, steep losses and a Helios deployment inside Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in its maiden earnings release.
The Quantum Talent War: Job Postings Up 380% in Six Months, and Universities Can't Keep Up
With a global pure-play workforce of only about 16,500 people and salaries pushing past $250,000 for senior researchers, the scarcest resource in quantum computing may be the people who build it.
Fresh Off Its Helsinki Listing, IQM Shows Investors a €102 Million Backlog — and a €60 Million Loss
Europe's newest public quantum company confirmed its 2026 outlook in its first results since the July IPO, leaning on hard-to-fake metrics like systems delivered and order intake rather than distant roadmaps.