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  "title": "Intel to Acquire Classiq: A Full-Stack Quantum Computing Platform",
  "publisher": "Acquiry Deal Intelligence",
  "author": "Joash Boyton",
  "url": "https://www.acquiry.com/deal-intelligence/intel-to-acquire-classiq/",
  "published": "2026-10-27T03:00:00Z",
  "updated": "2026-10-27T03:00:00Z",
  "licence": "Free to reference with attribution to Acquiry Deal Intelligence and a link to the source URL.",
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      "title": "Classiq Transforms Quantum Computing with Qmod, The First High-Level Language for Quantum Programming",
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