➀ Lightsynq Technologies, a quantum interconnect startup, has raised $18 million in Series A funding to scale quantum computing through diamond optical interconnects; ➁ The company aims to address the scaling challenges of quantum computing by developing diamond-based optical interconnects; ➂ Lightsynq's technology will enable the linking of quantum processors, overcoming bottlenecks in single-system scaling to pave the way for million-qubit systems.