{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"143660","rtpr_id":"nGNX8fW6Jq-20260915","ticker":"QXL","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["QXL"],"title":"Former Mossad Chief, Yossi Cohen, Strategic Advisor to SoftBank, Joins Quantum X Labs as President of Scientific Advisory Board","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-09-15T11:32:00.102Z","article_body":"Cohen, a prominent figure in the global business and national security arenas,\nwho currently serves as a strategic advisor to SoftBank, a global leader in\ninvestments in artificial intelligence infrastructure and semiconductors, will\nhelp shape QXL’s technological and commercial roadmap in quantum computing,\nsoftware, and quantum sensing. \n\nTEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quantum X Labs Inc.\n(Nasdaq: QXL) (“Quantum X Labs” or the “Company”), today announced the\nappointment of Mr. Yossi Cohen, former Director of the Mossad and a leading\nfigure in Israel’s national security community, as President of the\nCompany’s Scientific Advisory Board.\n\nMr. Cohen will work alongside the Scientific Advisory Board’s existing\nmembers - including Prof. Oren Kurland of the Technion – Israel Institute of\nTechnology and Prof. Oren Raz of the Weizmann Institute of Science - to\nstrengthen QXL’s strategic direction across quantum computing, quantum error\ncorrection, quantum software for clinical trials, quantum cybersecurity and\nquantum sensing with a strategic focus on expanding the scale of the\nCompany’s operations and commercializing its quantum technologies,\nparticularly for the defense, aerospace, homeland security, and critical\ninfrastructure markets.\n\nCohen served as Director of the Mossad from 2016 to 2021, following his tenure\nas Israel’s National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2016 and as Deputy\nDirector of the Mossad. During a 38-year career in intelligence and national\nsecurity, he oversaw some of Israel’s most significant covert operations,\nincluding the acquisition of Iran’s nuclear archive in 2018, as well as\nefforts that helped lay the groundwork for the Abraham Accords. This\noperational and strategic background is directly relevant to QXL’s work in\nGPS-denied navigation, precision timing, quantum-secured communications, and\ntechnologies designed to operate in contested electromagnetic environments.\n\nSince leaving public service, Cohen has operated at the intersection of\nnational security and global technology investments. In 2021, he joined\nSoftBank to lead the company’s activities in Israel Vision Fund 2, helping\nidentify and support growth-stage technology companies. In this capacity, he\nwas involved in SoftBank’s Israeli cybersecurity investments, including\ninvestments related to Wiz, Claroty, and Cato Networks.\n\nIn August 2026, Yossi Cohen was appointed a strategic advisor to SoftBank.\nThis role brings him closer to the group’s senior decision-making centers\nand expands his areas of activity to include the financing and development of\nartificial intelligence infrastructure and cloud data centers, as well as\ninvestments in semiconductor companies serving these infrastructures — an\narea increasingly overlapping with quantum sensing chips, high-performance\ncomputing, and next-generation secure infrastructure.\n\nThe appointment is intended to connect QXL’s scientific program with the\nstrategic, commercial and security realities in which quantum technologies\nwill be adopted. QXL’s portfolio includes a neutral-atom quantum computing\nplatform; an AI-driven quantum error-correction architecture; Quantum Gyro,\nwhich is developing quantum-based gyroscope chip technology for highly\nprecise, jamming-resistant navigation in GPS-denied environments;\nnext-generation atomic clocks for precision timing; and initiatives in quantum\ncybersecurity, nuclear simulations, and life sciences.\n\nYaki Baranes, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Quantum X Labs:\n\n“There are very few people who have operated at the heart of national\nsecurity systems at the highest level and then moved into the inner circle of\none of the world’s most important technology investors. That combination is\nrare.\n\nWe did not appoint Yossi Cohen to be an honorary name on our letterhead. We\nappointed him because Quantum X Labs is developing a range of unique\ncapabilities — including quantum sensing for navigation and timing, a\nquantum error-correction decoder, and quantum cybersecurity — that will be\ntested in the real world, not only in the laboratory.”\n\nYossi Cohen, President of the Scientific Advisory Board:\n\n“I am honored to chair the Scientific Advisory Board. After evaluating\nseveral companies across deep-tech and quantum technology landscape, I chose\nto join Quantum X Labs because I found a rare combination of exceptional human\ncapital and significant technological potential. My years in senior leadership\nroles, including at the Mossad, taught me to recognize the unique combination\nof people, technology, and vision needed to create meaningful impact. I see\nthat combination at Quantum X Labs.\n\nI look forward to working with the Company’s management and scientific team\nas it continues to develop and advance its technology portfolio — from\nacademic research to reality.”\n\nCohen’s new appointment at SoftBank is particularly relevant to QXL’s\ndevelopment trajectory in hardware and infrastructure. SoftBank’s broader\nstrategy includes large-scale AI computing, data center capacity, and exposure\nto the semiconductor sector — including through the group’s historical\nholding in Arm, one of the world’s leading semiconductor intellectual\nproperty companies.\n\nQXL’s work in quantum gyroscope chips, precision timing devices, and\nerror-corrected computing systems lies precisely at the intersection of chips,\nsensing, secure communications, and high-performance computing - areas that\nglobal investors increasingly view as strategic infrastructure.\n\nThe Scientific Advisory Board provides strategic scientific guidance, reviews\nand validates the Company’s technological direction, and helps align QXL’s\nroadmap with developments in quantum science, engineering, and dual-use\napplications.\n\nAs President of the Board, Cohen will help prioritize, at the board level,\napplications in defense and critical infrastructure, advance international\npartnerships, and translate QXL’s intellectual property - including its work\nin error correction through the integration of AI and quantum technologies, as\nwell as its portfolio of sensing technologies — into government and\noperational programs and commercial channels.\n\nQuantum X Labs Inc.\n\n Quantum X Labs Inc. and its subsidiaries are focused on quantum technology,\ndigital advertising and computing and enterprise artificial intelligence (AI)\nsolutions. Quantum X Labs Ltd. isfocused on developing and promoting quantum\nalgorithms for the transportation, drug discovery and security segments as\nwell as developing quantum- based GPS replacement and quantum atom accuracy\nsolutions. Gix Media develops a variety of technological software solutions,\nwhich perform automation, optimization and monetization of internet campaigns,\nfor the purposes of acquiring and routing internet user traffic to its\ncustomers. Metagramm is a developer of grammatical error correction software\nand offers tools for writing and reviewing, grammar, spelling, punctuation and\nstyle features, as well as translation and multilingual dictionaries, using\nartificial intelligence and machine learning technology.\n\nFor more information about Quantum X Labs, visit https://quantumxlabs.xyz/\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of\nthe “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform\nAct of 1995 and other Federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements\ncontained in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements\nregarding Quantum X Labs’ and its subsidiaries’ strategic and business\nplans, technology, relationships, objectives and expectations for its\nbusiness, growth, the impact of trends on and interest in its business,\nintellectual property, products and its future results, operations and\nfinancial performance and condition and may be identified by the use of words\nsuch as “may,” “seek,” “will,” “consider,” “likely,”\n“assume,” “estimate,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,”\n“believe,” “do not believe,” “aim,” “predict,” “plan,”\n“project,” “continue,” “potential,” “guidance,”\n“objective,” “outlook,” “trends,” “future,” “could,”\n“would,” “should,” “target,” “on track” or their negatives or\nvariations, and similar terminology and words of similar import, generally\ninvolve future or forward-looking statements. For example, the Company is\nusing forward-looking statements when it discusses the expected impact of Mr.\nCohen’s appointment as President of the Scientific Advisory Board; the\nCompany’s strategic direction, technological roadmap and growth initiatives;\nthe development, advancement and commercialization of its quantum computing,\nquantum error-correction, quantum software, quantum sensing and quantum\ncybersecurity technologies; the potential applications of its technologies in\nthe defense, aerospace, homeland security and critical infrastructure markets;\nthe expansion of the Company’s operations; the pursuit and development of\ninternational partnerships; the translation of the Company’s intellectual\nproperty and technology portfolio into governmental, operational and\ncommercial programs and channels; and the expected market opportunities for\nthe Company’s products and technologies. Forward-looking statements are not\nhistorical facts, and are based upon management’s current expectations,\nbeliefs and projections, many of which, by their nature, are inherently\nuncertain. Such expectations, beliefs and projections are expressed in good\nfaith. However, there can be no assurance that management’s expectations,\nbeliefs and projections will be achieved, and actual results may differ\nmaterially from what is expressed in or indicated by the forward-looking\nstatements. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties\nthat could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those\nexpressed in the forward-looking statements. For a more detailed description\nof the risks and uncertainties affecting the Company, reference is made to the\nCompany’s reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange\nCommission (“SEC”), including, but not limited to, the risks detailed in\nthe Company’s most recent Annual Report on 10-K and in subsequent filings\nwith the SEC. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the\nstatements are made. The Company assumes no obligation to update\nforward-looking statements to reflect actual results, subsequent events or\ncircumstances, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting\nforward-looking information except to the extent required by applicable\nsecurities laws. If the Company does update one or more forward-looking\nstatements, no inference should be drawn that the Company will make additional\nupdates with respect thereto or with respect to other forward-looking\nstatements. References and links to websites have been provided as a\nconvenience, and the information contained on such websites is not\nincorporated by reference into this press release. Quantum X Labs is not\nresponsible for the content of third-party websites.\n\nInvestor Relations Contacts:\n\nMichal Efraty\nInvestor Relations\nmichal@efraty.com\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/a0abc50a-ff3e-420e-9e21-807bbc6417cd)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNX8fW6Jq-20260915","title":"Former Mossad Chief, Yossi Cohen, Strategic Advisor to SoftBank, Joins Quantum X Labs as President of Scientific Advisory Board","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"QXL","created":"2026-09-15T11:32:00.102Z","tickers":["QXL"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"Cohen, a prominent figure in the global business and national security arenas,\nwho currently serves as a strategic advisor to SoftBank, a global leader in\ninvestments in artificial intelligence infrastructure and semiconductors, will\nhelp shape QXL’s technological and commercial roadmap in quantum computing,\nsoftware, and quantum sensing. \n\nTEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quantum X Labs Inc.\n(Nasdaq: QXL) (“Quantum X Labs” or the “Company”), today announced the\nappointment of Mr. Yossi Cohen, former Director of the Mossad and a leading\nfigure in Israel’s national security community, as President of the\nCompany’s Scientific Advisory Board.\n\nMr. Cohen will work alongside the Scientific Advisory Board’s existing\nmembers - including Prof. Oren Kurland of the Technion – Israel Institute of\nTechnology and Prof. Oren Raz of the Weizmann Institute of Science - to\nstrengthen QXL’s strategic direction across quantum computing, quantum error\ncorrection, quantum software for clinical trials, quantum cybersecurity and\nquantum sensing with a strategic focus on expanding the scale of the\nCompany’s operations and commercializing its quantum technologies,\nparticularly for the defense, aerospace, homeland security, and critical\ninfrastructure markets.\n\nCohen served as Director of the Mossad from 2016 to 2021, following his tenure\nas Israel’s National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2016 and as Deputy\nDirector of the Mossad. During a 38-year career in intelligence and national\nsecurity, he oversaw some of Israel’s most significant covert operations,\nincluding the acquisition of Iran’s nuclear archive in 2018, as well as\nefforts that helped lay the groundwork for the Abraham Accords. This\noperational and strategic background is directly relevant to QXL’s work in\nGPS-denied navigation, precision timing, quantum-secured communications, and\ntechnologies designed to operate in contested electromagnetic environments.\n\nSince leaving public service, Cohen has operated at the intersection of\nnational security and global technology investments. In 2021, he joined\nSoftBank to lead the company’s activities in Israel Vision Fund 2, helping\nidentify and support growth-stage technology companies. In this capacity, he\nwas involved in SoftBank’s Israeli cybersecurity investments, including\ninvestments related to Wiz, Claroty, and Cato Networks.\n\nIn August 2026, Yossi Cohen was appointed a strategic advisor to SoftBank.\nThis role brings him closer to the group’s senior decision-making centers\nand expands his areas of activity to include the financing and development of\nartificial intelligence infrastructure and cloud data centers, as well as\ninvestments in semiconductor companies serving these infrastructures — an\narea increasingly overlapping with quantum sensing chips, high-performance\ncomputing, and next-generation secure infrastructure.\n\nThe appointment is intended to connect QXL’s scientific program with the\nstrategic, commercial and security realities in which quantum technologies\nwill be adopted. QXL’s portfolio includes a neutral-atom quantum computing\nplatform; an AI-driven quantum error-correction architecture; Quantum Gyro,\nwhich is developing quantum-based gyroscope chip technology for highly\nprecise, jamming-resistant navigation in GPS-denied environments;\nnext-generation atomic clocks for precision timing; and initiatives in quantum\ncybersecurity, nuclear simulations, and life sciences.\n\nYaki Baranes, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Quantum X Labs:\n\n“There are very few people who have operated at the heart of national\nsecurity systems at the highest level and then moved into the inner circle of\none of the world’s most important technology investors. That combination is\nrare.\n\nWe did not appoint Yossi Cohen to be an honorary name on our letterhead. We\nappointed him because Quantum X Labs is developing a range of unique\ncapabilities — including quantum sensing for navigation and timing, a\nquantum error-correction decoder, and quantum cybersecurity — that will be\ntested in the real world, not only in the laboratory.”\n\nYossi Cohen, President of the Scientific Advisory Board:\n\n“I am honored to chair the Scientific Advisory Board. After evaluating\nseveral companies across deep-tech and quantum technology landscape, I chose\nto join Quantum X Labs because I found a rare combination of exceptional human\ncapital and significant technological potential. My years in senior leadership\nroles, including at the Mossad, taught me to recognize the unique combination\nof people, technology, and vision needed to create meaningful impact. I see\nthat combination at Quantum X Labs.\n\nI look forward to working with the Company’s management and scientific team\nas it continues to develop and advance its technology portfolio — from\nacademic research to reality.”\n\nCohen’s new appointment at SoftBank is particularly relevant to QXL’s\ndevelopment trajectory in hardware and infrastructure. SoftBank’s broader\nstrategy includes large-scale AI computing, data center capacity, and exposure\nto the semiconductor sector — including through the group’s historical\nholding in Arm, one of the world’s leading semiconductor intellectual\nproperty companies.\n\nQXL’s work in quantum gyroscope chips, precision timing devices, and\nerror-corrected computing systems lies precisely at the intersection of chips,\nsensing, secure communications, and high-performance computing - areas that\nglobal investors increasingly view as strategic infrastructure.\n\nThe Scientific Advisory Board provides strategic scientific guidance, reviews\nand validates the Company’s technological direction, and helps align QXL’s\nroadmap with developments in quantum science, engineering, and dual-use\napplications.\n\nAs President of the Board, Cohen will help prioritize, at the board level,\napplications in defense and critical infrastructure, advance international\npartnerships, and translate QXL’s intellectual property - including its work\nin error correction through the integration of AI and quantum technologies, as\nwell as its portfolio of sensing technologies — into government and\noperational programs and commercial channels.\n\nQuantum X Labs Inc.\n\n Quantum X Labs Inc. and its subsidiaries are focused on quantum technology,\ndigital advertising and computing and enterprise artificial intelligence (AI)\nsolutions. Quantum X Labs Ltd. isfocused on developing and promoting quantum\nalgorithms for the transportation, drug discovery and security segments as\nwell as developing quantum- based GPS replacement and quantum atom accuracy\nsolutions. Gix Media develops a variety of technological software solutions,\nwhich perform automation, optimization and monetization of internet campaigns,\nfor the purposes of acquiring and routing internet user traffic to its\ncustomers. Metagramm is a developer of grammatical error correction software\nand offers tools for writing and reviewing, grammar, spelling, punctuation and\nstyle features, as well as translation and multilingual dictionaries, using\nartificial intelligence and machine learning technology.\n\nFor more information about Quantum X Labs, visit https://quantumxlabs.xyz/\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of\nthe “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform\nAct of 1995 and other Federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements\ncontained in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements\nregarding Quantum X Labs’ and its subsidiaries’ strategic and business\nplans, technology, relationships, objectives and expectations for its\nbusiness, growth, the impact of trends on and interest in its business,\nintellectual property, products and its future results, operations and\nfinancial performance and condition and may be identified by the use of words\nsuch as “may,” “seek,” “will,” “consider,” “likely,”\n“assume,” “estimate,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,”\n“believe,” “do not believe,” “aim,” “predict,” “plan,”\n“project,” “continue,” “potential,” “guidance,”\n“objective,” “outlook,” “trends,” “future,” “could,”\n“would,” “should,” “target,” “on track” or their negatives or\nvariations, and similar terminology and words of similar import, generally\ninvolve future or forward-looking statements. For example, the Company is\nusing forward-looking statements when it discusses the expected impact of Mr.\nCohen’s appointment as President of the Scientific Advisory Board; the\nCompany’s strategic direction, technological roadmap and growth initiatives;\nthe development, advancement and commercialization of its quantum computing,\nquantum error-correction, quantum software, quantum sensing and quantum\ncybersecurity technologies; the potential applications of its technologies in\nthe defense, aerospace, homeland security and critical infrastructure markets;\nthe expansion of the Company’s operations; the pursuit and development of\ninternational partnerships; the translation of the Company’s intellectual\nproperty and technology portfolio into governmental, operational and\ncommercial programs and channels; and the expected market opportunities for\nthe Company’s products and technologies. Forward-looking statements are not\nhistorical facts, and are based upon management’s current expectations,\nbeliefs and projections, many of which, by their nature, are inherently\nuncertain. Such expectations, beliefs and projections are expressed in good\nfaith. However, there can be no assurance that management’s expectations,\nbeliefs and projections will be achieved, and actual results may differ\nmaterially from what is expressed in or indicated by the forward-looking\nstatements. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties\nthat could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those\nexpressed in the forward-looking statements. For a more detailed description\nof the risks and uncertainties affecting the Company, reference is made to the\nCompany’s reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange\nCommission (“SEC”), including, but not limited to, the risks detailed in\nthe Company’s most recent Annual Report on 10-K and in subsequent filings\nwith the SEC. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the\nstatements are made. The Company assumes no obligation to update\nforward-looking statements to reflect actual results, subsequent events or\ncircumstances, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting\nforward-looking information except to the extent required by applicable\nsecurities laws. If the Company does update one or more forward-looking\nstatements, no inference should be drawn that the Company will make additional\nupdates with respect thereto or with respect to other forward-looking\nstatements. References and links to websites have been provided as a\nconvenience, and the information contained on such websites is not\nincorporated by reference into this press release. Quantum X Labs is not\nresponsible for the content of third-party websites.\n\nInvestor Relations Contacts:\n\nMichal Efraty\nInvestor Relations\nmichal@efraty.com\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/a0abc50a-ff3e-420e-9e21-807bbc6417cd)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-09-15T11:32:00.14598768Z","server_sent_at_ms":1789471920145},"received_at":"2026-09-15T11:32:00.201Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"132493","press_release_id":"143660","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals","sector":"Information Technology"},"redFlags":["Advisory appointment with no disclosed compensation, equity terms, or operational authority","Filer spans unrelated businesses — quantum tech, digital advertising (Gix Media), and grammar software (Metagramm) — complicating focus and valuation","Heavily promotional release with extensive forward-looking statements and no financial metrics disclosed"],"eventType":"board_change","narrative":"Quantum X Labs (Nasdaq: QXL) appointed Yossi Cohen, former Director of the Mossad from 2016 to 2021, as President of its Scientific Advisory Board.\n\nCohen became a strategic advisor to SoftBank in August 2026 after leading its Israel Vision Fund 2, and QXL plans to use his defense and intelligence background to commercialize its quantum sensing, GPS-denied navigation, and quantum cybersecurity technologies for defense, aerospace, and critical-infrastructure markets.\n\nHe joins existing advisors Prof. Oren Kurland of the Technion and Prof. Oren Raz of the Weizmann Institute, guiding a portfolio that includes a neutral-atom quantum computing platform, an AI-driven error-correction architecture, the Quantum Gyro chip, and next-generation atomic clocks.\n\nThe role is advisory rather than operational, with no compensation or financial terms disclosed, so the near-term impact is reputational and strategic rather than financial.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":true,"suggestedAngle":"Former Mossad chief with SoftBank ties takes an advisory role at a small-cap quantum name — a credibility signal for defense commercialization, not an operational catalyst."},"keyFigures":{},"quotedText":"We did not appoint Yossi Cohen to be an honorary name on our letterhead.","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Yossi Cohen","role":"President of the Scientific Advisory Board; former Director of the Mossad (2016-2021); strategic advisor to SoftBank"},{"name":"Yaki Baranes","role":"Co-Chief Executive Officer of Quantum X Labs"},{"name":"Prof. Oren Kurland","role":"Scientific Advisory Board member, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology"},{"name":"Prof. Oren Raz","role":"Scientific Advisory Board member, Weizmann Institute of Science"}],"products":["Quantum Gyro","neutral-atom quantum computing platform","AI-driven quantum error-correction architecture","next-generation atomic clocks"],"companies":[{"name":"Quantum X Labs Inc.","ticker":"QXL","relationship":"filer"},{"name":"SoftBank","ticker":"SFTBY","relationship":"new advisory president serves as its strategic advisor; potential strategic/financing connection"},{"name":"Arm","ticker":"ARM","relationship":"mentioned — cited as SoftBank's historical semiconductor holding relevant to QXL's chip work"},{"name":"Technion – Israel Institute of Technology","relationship":"academic institution / advisory board affiliation"},{"name":"Weizmann Institute of Science","relationship":"academic institution / advisory board affiliation"},{"name":"Wiz","relationship":"mentioned — SoftBank Israeli cybersecurity investment Cohen was involved in"},{"name":"Claroty","relationship":"mentioned — SoftBank Israeli cybersecurity investment Cohen was involved in"},{"name":"Cato Networks","relationship":"mentioned — SoftBank Israeli cybersecurity investment Cohen was involved in"},{"name":"Quantum X Labs Ltd.","relationship":"subsidiary"},{"name":"Gix Media","relationship":"subsidiary"},{"name":"Metagramm","relationship":"subsidiary"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"materialImpact":{"score":2,"reasoning":"This is a high-profile advisory appointment (former Mossad director with SoftBank ties) that could aid defense-market commercialization and credibility, but it is not an operational or financial change — no revenue, contract, or capital event is disclosed. 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