Oct 27, 2025 5 min read Daily Rundown

⛵ IBM Launches Quantum Era

Plus: Europe’s Last Launch, Old Money Goes Crypto

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From physics to finance, the old empires are learning to reprogram their fate.

QUANTUM

IBM Just Made Quantum Go Retail on AMD Chips

👀 What’s the move: IBM announced that its quantum error correction algorithm now runs in real time on standard AMD chips, rather than on specialized quantum hardware. The system performed ten times faster than required, marking the first instance of a commercial-grade processor handling part of a quantum workload. Investors responded quickly, with IBM shares rising 7.9% and AMD shares climbing 7.6% on Friday.

💡 Why it’s not boring: This signals that quantum computing is moving out of the lab and into real-world production. If IBM’s upcoming quantum “Starling” system in 2029 combines these hybrid chips with quantum cores, companies could see quantum acceleration built directly into everyday data centers years before true large-scale quantum machines exist. In other words, the age of exclusive, ultra-costly quantum hardware may be coming to an end.

⛵ Key takeaway: IBM proved the bridge from classical to quantum runs on AMD silicon, and the market just priced in the crossover act.

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SPACE

Europe’s Space Giants Merge to Survive

👀 What’s the move: Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo just agreed to merge their satellite units into a single Toulouse-based venture set to launch in 2027. The $7.6 billion-revenue alliance, codenamed Project Bromo, pools Europe’s fragmented space manufacturing into one bloc meant to counter Musk’s Starlink and SpaceX’s domination of low-orbit networks. Airbus will hold 35 percent, while Thales and Leonardo split the rest.

💡 Why it’s not boring: This isn’t a moonshot; it’s a lifeboat. Europe’s legacy satellite makers are being eaten alive by the low-orbit economics that SpaceX rewrote. Pooling assets buys time, but not competitiveness. The new “champion” is still anchored to government contracts and slow-cycle engineering while Starlink sells live connectivity to millions. Consolidation might stop the bleeding, yet it’s far from curing the disease.

⛵ Key takeaway: Europe’s satellite empire isn’t rising; it’s merging to stay alive.

CRYPTO

Ferrari Tokenizes Vanity for the Crypto Elite

👀 What’s the move: Ferrari is launching the Ferrari 499P Token, a crypto pass designed for its 100-member Hyperclub to bid on the Le Mans-winning endurance car. The initiative builds on its earlier rollout of crypto payments and now turns digital tokens into tickets for the ultra-rich. Backed by fintech partner Conio and set to debut in 2027, it reflects Ferrari’s attempt to graft its heritage brand onto blockchain culture while keeping tight control over its exclusive image.

💡 Why it’s not boring: This is not innovation; it is insulation. Ferrari is dressing up old-money elitism in crypto clothing and mistaking blockchain’s open-source ethos for another luxury playground. The idea that scarcity can scale digitally sounds poetic, yet in practice it is simply a pay-to-belong scheme repackaged for the AI-and-crypto nouveau riche.

⛵ Key takeaway: Not every network needs a token, and not every cult of wealth survives decentralization.

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“Turning biomass into permanent power.”
Builds compact oxy-combustion plants using rocket-engine-grade CO₂ turbines to deliver 24/7 clean energy with built-in carbon removal.
→ Founded 2022 by ex-SpaceX engineer Brad Hartwig; raised $9 M seed, closed $41 M CO₂ removal deals with Google, Stripe & Shopify; one of TIME’s Best Inventions 2025.

🧠 Hydgen
“Green hydrogen where it’s needed.”
Builds modular on-site electrolysis units that let factories produce their own hydrogen and cut fossil logistics.
→ Founded 2023 by energy engineer Abhishek Kumar; raised $5 M pre-Series A (Transition VC, Cloudberry, Moringa); scaling pilots across steel and cement plants in India and SE Asia.

🤖 AgiBot
“Humanoids trained by the real world.”
Builds general-purpose robots and the world’s largest humanoid manipulation dataset (1M+ trajectories) to teach embodied AI physical skills.
→ Founded 2023 in Shanghai by ex-Huawei engineers; backed by Hillhouse & BYD; producing 1K+ units for factories and retail; China’s fastest-scaling humanoid startup.

BAY AREA MEMOS

Accel and Prosus formed a partnership to co-invest in early-stage Indian startups focused on automation, energy, internet services, and manufacturing.
X’s ad chief John Nitti resigned after 10 months, marking another executive departure under Elon Musk.
Arbor Energy raised $55 million and shifted its power plant to burn natural gas as well, meeting AI power demand while capturing carbon.
The EU found Meta and TikTok in breach of DSA transparency rules for restricting researcher data access and complicating user reporting systems.
Kyrgyzstan partnered with Binance to launch a national stablecoin and central bank digital currency on the BNB Chain.

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