Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - May 7, 2026) - SuperQ Quantum Computing Inc. (CSE: QBTQ) (OTCQB: QBTQF) (FSE: 25X) ("SuperQ Quantum", "SuperQ", or the "Company"), a global leader in hybrid quantum computing and post-quantum cybersecurity, is pleased to announce securing a commercial agreement of significant size with AI Financial Corporation ("AiFi", formerly ALT5 Sigma Corporation) (NASDAQ: AIFC) a world leader in B2B and AI agent-to-agent digital finance.

Securing the $8 Billion Institutional Transactions and $WLFI Treasury

AiFi processed USD $3.5B in transactions in 2025, growing at a four-year CAGR of 66.5%. It provides enterprise-grade, blockchain-powered infrastructure for digital assets. AiFi specializes in Crypto-as-a-Service, offering tools for trading (ALT5 Prime), payments (ALT5 Pay), and custody. The company is known for operating in both fintech and biotech sectors. Furthermore, its USD $1.5 billion strategic acquisition of World Liberty Financial ($WLFI) tokens places AiFi at the vanguard of the emerging USD1 stablecoin settlement layer. With its launch of AiFi AI initiatives in February 2026, AiFi is extending its payment and settlement infrastructure into the emergent AI-driven commerce. This massive aggregation of institutional capital - USD $8B transaction volume over five years - creates a high-value target for "harvest now, decrypt later" (HNDL) hackers and quantum adversaries. AiFi is partnering with SuperQ on cryptographic financial security and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization.

Engagement Overview: From Defence to Decentralization

AiFi has engaged the Company to deploy its SuperPQC™ (Post-quantum Cryptography) solutions for protecting its systems and making them the global benchmark for quantum-resilient institutional finance. The engagement will also integrate Super™ hybrid quantum compute into AiFi digital assets infrastructure to enable the issuance of compute-backed tokens. The engagement focuses on two core pillars:

• Security Immunization: Full-lifecycle vulnerability diagnosis and deployment of NIST-approved security across AiFi's technology stack to secure transaction tunnels and institutional provenance.
• Compute Tokenization: Leveraging SuperQ's high-performance compute cycles to create tradeable and usable "Compute-as-an-Asset" tokens. This is aimed at decentralizing the production and consumption of AI and quantum computation.

Post project completion, AiFi will continue to use Super™ and SuperPQC™ post-project for continuous compute access and cybersecurity monitoring.

"By partnering with SuperQ, AiFi is among the first to embark on the journey toward a quantum utility and security economy," added Tony Isaac, CEO of AI FInancial Corporation. "Future-proofing our multibillion annual monetary flows and our strategic $WLFI treasury is a priority. Enabling decentralized computation and secure AI e-commerce is our competitive edge. This partnership sets a new benchmark for institutional digital assets, ensuring our infrastructure remains the safest harbor for capital and compute as we scale across borders."

Setting the Standard for Quantum Commercialization on the World Quantum Day

SuperQ is marking the World Quantum Day 2026 with this major commercial validation of its technology. While the industry follows speculative multi-year roadmaps, SuperQ provides immediate quantum utility and security. The Company continues to deliver on its technical, commercial and strategic roadmap.

"Every move we make, every technological development, every partnership - is strategic. I am thankful for our engineering and business development teams for continuing to execute on the vision," stated Dr. Muhammad Khan, CEO and Board Chair of SuperQ. "We are proud to be working with forward-looking leaders like AiFi to usher the world into the era of commercial quantum utility and safety."

About SuperQ Quantum Computing Inc.

SuperQ Quantum Computing Inc. (CSE: QBTQ) (FSE: 25X) (OTCQB: QBTQF) is reducing the technical and financial barriers to quantum and supercomputing commercialization. It is defining the next era of enterprise transformation, emerging as a partner for global organizations seeking direct quantum and supercomputing ROI. We are also putting quantum computing in the palm of consumers' hands through ChatQLM to drive widespread adoption.

Our flagship Super™ platform strives to make the most advanced computational power intuitive and accessible. This will empower executives, leading research institutions, and critical government agencies to unlock immediate business impact across finance, healthcare, logistics, defense, and beyond, leveraging our proprietary AI Autopilots to turn complex challenges into executive-ready results with one-click productization and deployment. SuperQ Quantum is headquartered in Canada with a growing international presence, particularly in the US, Middle East and Asia, strategically establishing Super Hubs in key regions.

About AI Financial Corporation

AI Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: AIFC) (FSE: 5AR1) is a fintech company providing global payments, trading, and settlement infrastructure for digital assets, including solutions that support crypto-to-fiat and fiat-to-crypto transactions. Built on infrastructure that has processed more than $8 billion in cumulative transaction volume since inception, AiFi serves institutional and enterprise clients across the evolving digital financial ecosystem. The Company is focused on expanding its platform capabilities to support emerging forms of financial activity, including tokenization, software-driven financial systems, and AI-enabled applications and autonomous transaction infrastructure.

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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information generally refers to information about an issuer's business, capital, or operations that is prospective in nature. Any statements that are contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking information. Forward-looking information is often identified by terms such as "may", "should", "anticipate", "would", "will", "estimates", "believes", "intends" "expects" and similar expressions which are intended to identify forward-looking information. More particularly and without limitation, this press release contains forward-looking information concerning the expected commercialization and adoption of the SuperPQC™ module and the Super™ platform and associated professional services; the evolution of enterprise information systems and the anticipated growth of quantum cybersecurity threats; the future performance and capabilities of the Company's autonomous quantum optimization and PQC tools; compute sovereignty and tokenization; the Company's expansion plans for international "Super Hubs" and future ROI for global partners. The PQC implementation and compute tokenization are subject to technical milestones, including integration with third-party gateways and evolving NIST standards. Efficacy is subject to future advancements in quantum cryptanalysis. The Company cautions that all forward-looking information is inherently uncertain, and that actual performance may be affected by a number of material factors, assumptions, expectations and risks, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including but not limited to the ability of the Company to successfully integrate third-party technologies; market acceptance of quantum computing and PQC solutions; competition; the ability to maintain strategic partnerships; and general economic, business, and political conditions, as well as those risk factors discussed or referred to in the Company's disclosure documents filed with the securities regulatory authorities in certain provinces of Canada and available at www.sedarplus.ca. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information.

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