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D-Wave Quantum Inc. develops and delivers quantum computing systems, software, and services worldwide. Its offerings include the Advantage and Advantage 2 quantum computers, the Ocean suite of open-source developer tools, and the Leap quantum cloud service, which provides real-time access to quantum computers and hybrid solvers. The company also provides secure access and data protection services, the Leap hybrid solver service combining quantum and classical resources, and D-Wave Launch, a phased approach to building production quantum hybrid applications. Its quantum solutions are used in areas such as allocation, resource scheduling, factory scheduling, vehicle routing, logistics optimization, drug discovery, industrial construction design, portfolio optimization, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul optimization. Founded in 1999, D-Wave Quantum Inc. is based in Palo Alto, California.

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D-Wave Expands Commercial Reach with CGI Deal and Gate Simulator Beta

  • CGI partnership brings D-Wave to enterprise clients D-Wave and CGI signed a partnership to embed D-Wave's Advantage2 system and hybrid solvers into CGI's client services for logistics, transportation, and retail. This moves D-Wave beyond research trials toward real commercial projects, supporting the case that demand is growing and could lead to recurring revenue.

    This is a concrete commercial adoption deal that expands D-Wave's customer reach and validates its technology for enterprise use.

  • Gate-model simulator beta advances product roadmap D-Wave launched a beta program for its gate-model quantum simulator, built on dual-rail superconducting technology, with early users including BBVA and Florida Atlantic University. This shows progress on its next-generation platform, which could attract more customers and investors betting on future growth.

    It demonstrates tangible progress on D-Wave's gate-model roadmap, a key long-term growth driver.

  • Nasdaq listing and board addition boost visibility D-Wave moved its stock listing to Nasdaq and added BNP Paribas executive Bernard Gavgani to its board. The Nasdaq move may attract more tech-focused investors and improve trading liquidity, while the board addition brings enterprise IT and cybersecurity expertise as D-Wave targets financial and government clients.

    These are capital-market and governance events that can increase investor interest and support the stock's valuation.

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CGI Partners With D-Wave to Bring Quantum Computing to Client Services

CGI has signed a partnership with D-Wave Quantum Inc. that folds D-Wave's hardware and hybrid solvers into CGI's client-facing technology services, moving the company's quantum computing efforts from slideware to a signed agreement. The deal lands as CGI's momentum has been mixed: its CA$101.39 share price sits after a 7 day share price return of 5.72% and a 90 day share price return of 5.90%, while its year to date share price return and 1 year total shareholder return are both down close to 20%. On the most widely followed view of the stock, a fair value of about CA$119.85 sits above the current CA$101.39 share price, putting the new D-Wave partnership into a context of already modelled AI and modernization upside. CGI's heavy reliance on large government and enterprise contracts, combined with integration risk from recent acquisitions, could weaken that upbeat, AI-driven valuation case.
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GIB · Demand · Positive CGI signed a partnership with D-Wave to fold quantum hardware and hybrid solvers into its client-facing technology services, a concrete new offering for its clients.
QBTS · Demand · Positive D-Wave signed a partnership with CGI to bring its quantum hardware and hybrid solvers into CGI's client services, expanding its commercial reach.
QBTS03.BK · Demand · Positive D-Wave signed a partnership with CGI to bring its quantum hardware and hybrid solvers into CGI's client services, expanding its commercial reach.
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D-Wave Quantum Secures Up to $100 Million in CHIPS Act Funding

D-Wave Quantum entered the third quarter with a definitive agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce, providing access to up to $100 million in funding under the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act. The agreement, signed Sept. 8, builds on a previously announced Letter of Intent and supports efforts to advance domestic quantum computing capabilities. First-half bookings reached $35.5 million, up 1,120% year over year, while production applications accounted for 37.3% of first-half QCaaS revenues. On Aug. 5, D-Wave reported a research advance published in Nature involving its superconducting dual-rail architecture and quantum error correction, and on Jul. 27 it signed an agreement with AT&T to expand AT&T's use of its quantum computing technology, with early work cutting network optimization processing time from about one hour to less than 15 seconds. Among peers, IonQ completed the SkyWater acquisition on July 31 and updated its 2026 revenue outlook to $450-$460 million, while Rigetti received finalized CHIPS R&D funding of up to $100 million in September. D-Wave shares have lost 55.3% over the past year, and the stock carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell).
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QBTS · Regulation · Positive Definitive agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce gives access to up to $100 million in CHIPS and Science Act funding.
QBTS03.BK · Regulation · Positive Definitive agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce gives access to up to $100 million in CHIPS and Science Act funding.
T · Demand · Positive Signed an agreement with D-Wave to expand AT&T's use of its quantum computing technology, cutting network optimization time.
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D-Wave Launches Gate-Model Simulator Beta Program

D-Wave Quantum Inc. launched a beta program for its gate-model quantum computing simulator, offering select customers early access ahead of general availability. The simulator is built around D-Wave's dual-rail superconducting gate-model technology, which is designed to use error detection to deliver efficient quantum error correction with significantly lower hardware overhead as systems scale. Beta participants include BBVA, FirstQFM, Florida Atlantic University and the Julich Supercomputing Centre. The company said the program marks an important milestone in its gate-model development roadmap and lets customers experiment with error-aware programming and build quantum applications in preparation for its forthcoming gate-model systems.
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QBTS · Technology · Positive D-Wave launched a beta program for its gate-model quantum simulator built on its dual-rail superconducting technology, advancing its product roadmap.
QBTS03.BK · Technology · Positive D-Wave launched a beta program for its gate-model quantum simulator built on its dual-rail superconducting technology, advancing its product roadmap.
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D-Wave Quantum and CGI Partner to Bring Advantage2 to Enterprise Clients

D-Wave Quantum and CGI announced a new partnership to promote quantum computing adoption across enterprise customers. The collaboration brings D-Wave's Advantage2 system and hybrid solvers into CGI's services for sectors including logistics, transportation and retail, with both parties aiming to move beyond research use cases toward commercial projects for corporate clients. The CGI partnership for D-Wave's Advantage2 and hybrid solutions is only one part of the wider investment story, and the article notes that its analysis turns up 2 warning signs for D-Wave Quantum as well. D-Wave Quantum develops and sells quantum computing hardware, software, and related services, positioning the group as a specialist infrastructure provider rather than a general-purpose software vendor. The article also cites a $35.24 fair value for D-Wave Quantum and notes that many reference customers are still stuck in proof-of-concept mode while losses continue to widen.
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Quantum Computing › Quantum Hardware — Pure-plays Demand
QBTS · Demand · Positive D-Wave's Advantage2 and hybrid solvers will be brought into CGI's enterprise services, a concrete commercial adoption deal.
QBTS · Capital · Negative Article notes D-Wave's losses continue to widen and many reference customers remain stuck in proof-of-concept mode.
GIB · Demand · Positive CGI partners with D-Wave to offer quantum computing services to its enterprise clients, expanding its commercial service offerings.
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D-Wave Quantum Secures Up to $100 Million in CHIPS Act Funding and New Deals

D-Wave Quantum has executed a definitive agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce, based on its previously announced Letter of Intent, giving it access to up to $100 million in funding under the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act to accelerate research and development of its annealing and gate-model quantum systems. NTT DOCOMO, Japan's largest mobile operator, deployed a second D-Wave-powered quantum computing application in production, which cut location-registration signals generated when devices crossed tracking-area-list boundaries by 65.3% at the daily peak and reduced paging signals by 7.0%. D-Wave was also awarded up to CAD $300,000 from the National Research Council of Canada's Applied Quantum Computing Challenge program to advance annealing quantum computing software for commercial applications, and AT&T agreed to expand its use of D-Wave's quantum computing technology to address complex optimization challenges across its network operations. Separately, Rigetti plans to partner with HPE and Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center to build the TangleLab supercomputing testbed, delivering a 9-qubit Novera system to the testbed, which is funded by a $5 million National Science Foundation grant, while Quantum Computing signed a three-year framework agreement with Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar covering quantum computing, quantum sensing and quantum communications. Over the past year, QBTS shares have lost 36.2% compared with the broader Internet Software industry's 5.8% decline, and the stock trades at a forward 12-month price-to-sales ratio of 93.25X versus the industry average of 4.40X.
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Quantum Computing › Quantum Hardware — Pure-plays Capital
Quantum Computing › Superconducting Qubits Technology
QBTS · Capital · Positive D-Wave secured a definitive agreement for up to $100M in CHIPS Act funding to accelerate its quantum R&D.
QBTS · Demand · Positive NTT DOCOMO deployed a second D-Wave-powered application in production and AT&T agreed to expand its use of D-Wave technology.
QUBT · Demand · Positive Quantum Computing signed a three-year framework agreement with Hamad Bin Khalifa University covering quantum computing, sensing and communications.
RGTI · Demand · Positive Rigetti plans to partner with HPE and Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center to build the TangleLab testbed, delivering a 9-qubit Novera system.
9432.JP · Demand · Positive NTT DOCOMO deployed a second D-Wave-powered quantum application in production, cutting location-registration and paging signals.
T · Demand · Positive AT&T agreed to expand its use of D-Wave's quantum computing technology for network optimization challenges.
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IonQ Claims First Real-Time Quantum Error Decoder, Shares Jump 12%

IonQ said it tested the industry's first real-time quantum error decoder, sending its shares up 12% in premarket trading and lifting the broader quantum sector, with Rigetti Computing and D-Wave Quantum each up more than 5.5% and Infleqtion rising a similar amount. Worthington Enterprises surged about 16% after first-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue surpassed Street estimates, with CEO Joseph Hayek citing rapidly growing demand for the company's engineered American Society of Mechanical Engineers tanks used in liquid cooling systems for data centers. KB Home fell more than 1% after projecting fourth-quarter deliveries below expectations and housing gross margins of 16% to 16.6%, short of the 17.2% analysts polled by LSEG sought. Six Flags Entertainment rose 1% after a Wall Street Journal report that activist hedge fund Jana Partners was encouraging the company to explore a sale, following the fund's disappointment with Six Flags' second-quarter earnings report. Maplebear, the Instacart owner, gained more than 3% after announcing that customers on its grocery platform can use Meta's personal AI agent Muse, joining OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude and Google's Gemini as AI partners.
IONQ · Technology · Positive IonQ said it tested the industry's first real-time quantum error decoder.
KBH · Capital · Negative KB Home projected Q4 deliveries below expectations and housing gross margins short of analyst estimates.
CART · Technology · Positive Instacart customers can now use Meta's AI agent Muse on its grocery platform, adding an AI partner.
FUN · Capital · Positive Activist hedge fund Jana Partners is encouraging Six Flags to explore a sale.
WOR · Demand · Positive Q1 adjusted earnings and revenue beat estimates, with CEO citing rapidly growing demand for ASME tanks used in data-center liquid cooling.
INFQ · Technology · Positive Infleqtion rose a similar amount as IonQ's quantum error-decoder news lifted the broader quantum sector.
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D-Wave Quantum Adds BNP Paribas Executive Bernard Gavgani to Board

D-Wave Quantum Inc. has appointed Bernard Gavgani, a long-time technology and operations leader at BNP Paribas, to its Board as an independent Class II director and member of the Cybersecurity Committee, effective 18 September 2026, with his term running until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until a successor is elected. Gavgani's background overseeing large-scale technology, cybersecurity and AI governance initiatives at a global financial institution brings additional enterprise-grade IT and risk-management expertise to the quantum computing company. The appointment comes as D-Wave pursues its July 2026 gate model roadmap, a capital intensive path toward error corrected superconducting systems, and deepens work with financial and government clients central to its QCaaS and system hub catalysts. D-Wave's narrative projects $201.1 million revenue and $23.0 million earnings by 2029, requiring 152.9% yearly revenue growth and an earnings increase of about $272 million from -$248.7 million today, while some of the lowest analysts assume revenue of about US$137.2 million by 2029 and still no profitability. The company's forecasts yield a $35.24 fair value, a 101% upside to its current price.
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QBTS · Capital · Positive D-Wave appointed BNP Paribas executive Bernard Gavgani to its board, adding enterprise IT, cybersecurity and AI governance expertise as it pursues its gate model roadmap and financial/government clients.
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B. Riley Keeps Buy Ratings on IonQ, D-Wave and Rigetti Ahead of Quantum World Congress

B. Riley Securities is maintaining bullish ratings on IonQ, D-Wave Quantum and Rigetti Computing ahead of Quantum World Congress, betting that a shift in government policy from pure research toward commercialization could open a more meaningful revenue path for the quantum-computing sector. The firm kept Buy ratings with price targets of $100 for IonQ, $40 for D-Wave and $35 for Rigetti. Analyst Craig Ellis pointed to the Department of Energy's From Lab to Market session at the September 23-25 conference as a sign that federal policy may increasingly focus on moving quantum technologies into commercial applications. The event will also feature a two-hour National Quantum Updates session with more than 10 governments, participation from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and back-to-back keynotes from Microsoft and IBM. B. Riley's thesis is sector-wide, but the report provides no fresh revenue forecasts, cash-flow estimates, technical milestones or new valuation work behind the three price targets, leaving the stocks dependent on long-term expectations rather than near-term financial evidence.
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Quantum Computing › Superconducting Qubits ▲Regulation
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Quantum Computing › Trapped-Ion ▲Regulation
Quantum Computing › Quantum Hardware — Hyperscaler / Diversified Embedded Regulation
IONQ · Capital · Positive B. Riley maintains Buy rating and $100 price target on IonQ ahead of the conference
QBTS · Capital · Positive B. Riley maintains Buy rating and $40 price target on D-Wave ahead of the conference
RGTI · Capital · Positive B. Riley maintains Buy rating and $35 price target on Rigetti ahead of the conference
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IBM's Anderon Finalizes $1 Billion CHIPS Act Quantum Foundry Award

Anderon, an IBM subsidiary, finalized a $1 billion research-and-development award from the U.S. Department of Commerce on Wednesday under the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act. The funding will support Anderon's efforts to advance quantum wafer manufacturing at its facility in Albany, New York, where a 300-millimeter quantum wafer foundry serves customers across the quantum industry. IBM has put up $1 billion of its own money alongside the federal award, and production is underway with quantum wafers already in process. The Anderon award is part of a broader $2 billion package distributed across nine quantum computing companies under the CHIPS and Science Act, with GlobalFoundries in line for $375 million and D-Wave Quantum, Rigetti Computing, and Infleqtion each expected to receive $100 million; each of the nine firms will give the federal government a minority ownership stake in exchange for the funding. The finalization follows a letter of intent between IBM and the Commerce Department announced in May, and last week Rigetti Computing, D-Wave Quantum, and Quantinuum each finalized $100 million deals with the department. IBM stock fell 3.3% on Wednesday and has declined nearly 19% this year.
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Quantum Computing › Quantum Hardware — Pure-plays ▲Capital
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Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing ▲Capital
Quantum Computing › Superconducting Qubits ▲Capital
Quantum Computing › Cryogenic, Control & Photonic Components ▲Supply
Semiconductors › Wafer-Fab Equipment & Lithography ▲Demand
IBM · Regulation · Positive IBM's subsidiary Anderon finalized a $1 billion CHIPS Act R&D award, with IBM adding $1 billion of its own money.
INFQ · Regulation · Positive Infleqtion is expected to receive $100 million under the CHIPS Act quantum funding package.
QBTS · Regulation · Positive D-Wave Quantum is expected to receive $100 million under the CHIPS Act quantum package and recently finalized its deal.
RGTI · Regulation · Positive Rigetti Computing finalized its $100 million CHIPS Act award last week as part of the same package.
GFS · Regulation · Positive GlobalFoundries is in line for $375 million under the same CHIPS Act quantum funding package.
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Rigetti Q2 Revenue Rises to $5.1 Million as Costs and Losses Widen

Rigetti Computing reported second-quarter 2026 revenues of $5.1 million, up from $1.8 million a year earlier, driven mainly by sales of its 9-qubit Novera systems and related products. Customer concentration remains elevated, with one client contributing 64% of quarterly revenues and another accounting for 16%, while the company's $8.4 million C-DAC quantum system for India is expected to be recognized only after installation and acceptance testing in the fourth quarter of 2026. Operating expenses jumped 48% year over year to $30.3 million, including a 53% increase in research and development spending to $20.7 million, producing an operating loss of $28.1 million. Rigetti holds $541.3 million in liquidity, but management expects R&D investments and capital expenditures to remain elevated as it expands cryogenic infrastructure and fabrication capacity. Among peers, IonQ signed an $8.18 million commercial agreement with Congruity360 and launched its sixth-generation Superion 256 platform, while D-Wave Quantum finalized a definitive agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce for up to $100 million in CHIPS Act funding.
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Quantum Computing › Trapped-Ion Competition
RGTI · Capital · Negative Operating expenses jumped 48% and R&D rose 53%, producing a $28.1 million operating loss.
RGTI · Demand · Positive Rigetti Q2 revenue rose to $5.1 million on sales of its 9-qubit Novera systems and related products.
QBTS · Capital · Positive D-Wave finalized a definitive agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce for up to $100 million in CHIPS Act funding.
IONQ · Demand · Positive IonQ signed an $8.18 million commercial agreement with Congruity360, a concrete customer order.
IONQ · Technology · Positive IonQ launched its sixth-generation Superion 256 quantum platform.
Congruity360 · Demand · Positive Congruity360 signed an $8.18 million commercial agreement with IonQ.
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Wall Street Ends Week Lower as Apple Unveils Foldable iPhone Duo

Wall Street closed the week lower as investors weighed a sharp rise in Treasury yields and fresh inflation data, with the benchmark 10-year yield climbing nearly 20 bps to 4.97% and CPI rising 0.4% month over month in August, in line with estimates and up from July's 0.1% gain. For the week, the blue-chip Dow fell 1.57%, the S&P 500 lost 0.80%, and the Nasdaq Composite handed back 0.66%. Apple formally unveiled the iPhone Duo, its first foldable smartphone, at its Sept. 9 product event, with a foldable display starting at $1,999 and availability scheduled for Oct. 23. Novartis shares fell about 14% on Tuesday after the company reported that del-desiran, an experimental drug designed to fight muscle-wasting disease, failed to meet the primary endpoint in a late-stage trial. Oracle shares jumped after the IT giant reported fiscal first-quarter results and guidance that beat Wall Street estimates, with revenue up 30% year over year and cloud revenue climbing 62% to $11.6B, driven largely by a 121% surge in infrastructure revenue. Quantum computing stocks Rigetti Computing, Quantum Computing, and Quantinuum rallied on Tuesday following a combined $300M CHIPS Act funding commitment from the U.S. Department of Commerce, under which the government will receive minority equity stakes in Rigetti and D-Wave.
AAPL · Technology · Positive Apple unveiled its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, at its Sept. 9 product event.
NOVN.SW · Technology · Negative Novartis shares fell about 14% after its experimental drug del-desiran failed to meet the primary endpoint in a late-stage trial.
ORCL · Capital · Positive Oracle shares jumped after fiscal Q1 results and guidance beat estimates, with revenue up 30% and cloud revenue up 62%.
QNT · Regulation · Positive Quantinuum rallied after a combined $300M CHIPS Act funding commitment from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
RGTI · Regulation · Positive Rigetti rallied on a $300M CHIPS Act funding commitment under which the government will receive a minority equity stake in Rigetti.
QBTS · Regulation · Positive D-Wave is among the quantum computing firms benefiting from a $300M CHIPS Act funding commitment, with the government taking minority equity stakes in Rigetti and D-Wave.
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Quantum Stocks Rally on $100 Million Government Funding

Quantum computing stocks rallied Tuesday after three companies secured $100 million each in U.S. government funding, while IonQ raised its 2026 revenue forecast. D-Wave, Rigetti, and Quantinuum each received $100 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce through the CHIPS and Science Act, with the government taking minority equity positions. The funding is earmarked for research and development, not immediate sales, helping recipients tackle technical challenges as they scale quantum systems. IonQ separately lifted its 2026 revenue outlook to $450 million to $460 million from $280 million to $290 million, and introduced its Superion 256 platform with customer deliveries planned for 2027. In trading, D-Wave Quantum gained 6%, Rigetti Computing rose 4%, Quantum Computing added 2.6%, and IonQ climbed 2% even as the broader market fell.
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Quantum Computing › Superconducting Qubits ▲Capital
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IONQ · Capital · Positive IonQ raised its 2026 revenue outlook to $450-460M from $280-290M.
IONQ · Technology · Positive IonQ introduced its Superion 256 platform with customer deliveries planned for 2027.
QBTS · Capital · Positive D-Wave received $100 million in U.S. government funding via the CHIPS and Science Act.
QNT · Capital · Positive Quantinuum received $100 million in U.S. government funding via the CHIPS and Science Act.
RGTI · Capital · Positive Rigetti received $100 million in U.S. government funding via the CHIPS and Science Act.
QUBT · · Neutral Quantum Computing added 2.6% in a sector-wide rally with no company-specific development.
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Quantum Computing Inc. Faces Profitability Challenges Amid Revenue Growth

Quantum Computing Inc. reported second-quarter 2026 revenues of $5.6 million, up from $61,000 a year earlier, but still posted a gross loss of about $1.2 million, highlighting that production volumes are not yet sufficient to absorb fixed costs. Operating expenses surged 114% year over year to $21.8 million, driven by higher R&D personnel costs, increased sales and marketing, and $7.3 million in acquisition-related expenses. The company spent approximately $180 million in cash to acquire Luminar Semiconductor, NuCrypt, and NHanced Semiconductors in the first half of 2026, adding integration and execution risks. Peer D-Wave Quantum saw first-half revenues decline to $5.93 million from $18.10 million, while Rigetti's second-quarter revenues rose to $5.1 million, but with high customer concentration. QCi's shares have fallen 47.9% over the past year, and it trades at a forward price-to-sales multiple of 34.61X versus the industry median of 4.09X.
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Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing ▼Competition
QUBT · Capital · Negative QCi posted a $1.2M gross loss and 114% higher opex despite revenue growth, with heavy acquisition spending and integration risk.
QBTS · Capital · Negative Peer D-Wave Quantum saw first-half revenues decline to $5.93 million from $18.10 million.
RGTI · Capital · Neutral Rigetti's Q2 revenues rose to $5.1 million but with high customer concentration noted as a concern.
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D-Wave CFO Retirement Sends Stock Down 8%

D-Wave Quantum shares fell 8% to $17.79 in midday trading Wednesday after the company disclosed that CFO John Markovich will retire effective September 2, with Greg Golkov stepping in as acting CFO. The decline dragged IonQ down 3% to $40.68, while Rigetti Computing slid 5% to $16.12 and Quantum Computing Inc. slipped 1% to $8.35, though the Defiance Quantum ETF barely moved at $148.27, confirming the selloff as name-specific. D-Wave, which has a market cap of $6.57 billion and is pre-profit, reported Q2 revenue of $3.08 million, missing the $4.03 million estimate, while remaining performance obligations reached $40.7 million, up 668% year over year. The company stated the resignation was not due to any disagreement, and CEO Alan Baratz credited Markovich with raising over $900 million in capital and taking the company public in 2022.
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QBTS · Capital · Negative CFO retirement and Q2 revenue miss drive stock down 8%.
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D-Wave Quantum Stock Falls Despite Eightfold Backlog Growth

D-Wave Quantum's stock has dropped about 21% over the past three months even as its contracted backlog grew nearly eightfold to $40.7 million by the end of June. First-half 2026 bookings reached $35.5 million, six times the $5.9 million of revenue recognized in the same period, with revenue down from $18.1 million a year earlier largely because $13.7 million of that came from a single annealing system sale. Management expects to ship two annealing quantum computers in the fourth quarter, including a $20 million machine for Florida Atlantic University, and says the fourth quarter should carry most of the year's revenue. Six customer applications are now in production, supplying over 37% of first-half subscription revenue compared with 9.8% a year earlier, with AT&T cutting a network task from about an hour to under 15 seconds and NTT DOCOMO reducing location registration signals by roughly 65%. The company posted a first-half adjusted EBITDA loss of $69.9 million against $546.2 million of cash and marketable securities, and the stock trades at more than 600 times trailing sales.
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QBTS · Demand · Positive Backlog grew eightfold to $40.7M and bookings are six times revenue, indicating strong customer demand.
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Quantum Stocks Face Reality Check as QUBT and QNT Stand Out

Quantum computing stocks are entering a more demanding phase in the second half of 2026 as investors shift focus from qubit milestones to revenue visibility and commercialization. Quantum Computing Inc. reported second-quarter revenue of $5.6 million, up from $61,000 a year earlier, with a contract backlog of approximately $42.5 million, while Quantinuum's second-quarter revenue rose 279% year over year and it raised its 2026 revenue outlook to $28-$32 million. IonQ posted a 287% year-over-year revenue increase and raised its 2026 outlook to $280-$290 million, but carries a Zacks Rank #4, while D-Wave's first-half bookings surged 1,120% yet second-quarter revenue was only $3.1 million, essentially flat. Analysts' average price targets imply upside of 125.2% for Quantum Computing Inc. and 77% for Quantinuum.
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Quantum Computing › Trapped-Ion ▲Demand
Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing Demand
QNT · Demand · Positive Quantinuum's Q2 revenue rose 279% and it raised its 2026 outlook to $28-$32 million, reflecting strong demand.
QUBT · Demand · Positive Quantum Computing Inc. reported Q2 revenue of $5.6 million, up from $61,000, with a $42.5 million backlog, indicating strong demand.
IONQ · Demand · Positive IonQ posted a 287% revenue increase and raised its 2026 outlook to $280-$290 million, indicating strong demand.
QBTS · Demand · Neutral D-Wave's first-half bookings surged 1,120% but Q2 revenue was flat at $3.1 million, showing mixed demand signals.
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Quantum stocks surge after Q2 results show significant improvement

Quantum computing stocks surged on Friday after second-quarter earnings reports showed significant revenue gains across the sector. D-Wave climbed 7% after BMO Capital Markets initiated coverage with an Outperform rating and a $35 price target, citing an addressable market opportunity of $450 billion to $850 billion. Rigetti jumped 9% as system and component sales reached $4.1 million, up from zero a year earlier, while Quantum Computing leaped 8% after revenue rose to $5.6 million from $65,000. IQM Quantum Computers popped 7% after second-quarter revenue increased 27% year over year to $7.8 million and it guided full-year revenue of $49 million to $55 million, and Infleqtion surged 9% on a 112% year-over-year revenue jump. IonQ increased 7.5% after announcing a partnership with the Canadian Microelectronics Corporation to expand quantum computing access to Canada-based researchers and businesses.
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Quantum Computing › Quantum Hardware — Pure-plays ▲Demand
Quantum Computing › Superconducting Qubits ▲Demand
Quantum Computing › Photonic & Other Modalities ▲Demand
Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing ▲Demand
Quantum Computing › Trapped-Ion ▲Demand
INFQ · Capital · Positive Revenue surged 112% year over year.
IONQ · Demand · Positive Partnership with Canadian Microelectronics Corporation to expand quantum computing access to Canada-based researchers and businesses.
QBTS · Capital · Positive BMO initiated coverage with Outperform and $35 price target, citing large addressable market.
QUBT · Capital · Positive Revenue rose to $5.6 million from $65,000, showing significant growth.
RGTI · Capital · Positive System and component sales reached $4.1 million, up from zero a year earlier.
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Quantum Computing Stocks Show Strong Analyst Upside in August

Wall Street analysts see significant upside in three quantum computing stocks—Rigetti Computing, IonQ, and D-Wave Quantum—despite their speculative nature and recent volatility. Rigetti leads with an implied upside of about 81.4% based on a $28.81 target versus its $18.67 close, supported by a letter of intent for up to $100 million in CHIPS Act funding and a 185.3% year-over-year revenue jump to $5.14 million. IonQ posted record Q2 revenue of $80.05 million, up 286.8% year over year, raised full-year 2026 guidance to $280–$290 million, and carries a 68.19% implied upside from its $46.84 close. D-Wave's first-half bookings surged to $35.5 million from $2.9 million a year earlier, with AT&T integrating its annealing platform to cut processing time from one hour to under 15 seconds, though its implied upside is the smallest at 19.7%.
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Quantum Computing › Trapped-Ion ▲Demand
Quantum Computing › Superconducting Qubits ▲Demand
Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing ▲Demand
IONQ · Capital · Positive Record Q2 revenue and raised guidance
RGTI · Capital · Positive Letter of intent for CHIPS Act funding and revenue jump
QBTS · Demand · Positive Bookings surge and AT&T integration
T · Demand · Positive AT&T integrates D-Wave's annealing platform
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IonQ and Quantinuum Pull Ahead in Quantum Computing Race

IonQ and Quantinuum are emerging as leaders in the quantum computing sector, driven by superior accuracy and strong second-quarter results. IonQ's revenue surged 287% to $80.1 million, beating estimates, with 60% from commercial customers and a backlog of $485 million. Quantinuum's revenue jumped 279% to $8 million, and its partnership with Oracle to integrate its Helios system into Oracle's cloud infrastructure is seen as a game changer. Both companies use trapped-ion technology, achieving over 99.9% two-qubit gate fidelity, far ahead of rivals like D-Wave and Rigetti, whose accuracy lags significantly.
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Quantum Computing › Trapped-Ion ▲Competition
Quantum Computing › Superconducting Qubits ▼Competition
Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing ▼Competition
IONQ · Capital · Positive Revenue surged 287% to $80.1M, beating estimates, with strong commercial demand and backlog.
QNT · Capital · Positive Revenue jumped 279% to $8M, with Oracle partnership seen as game changer.
QBTS · Competition · Negative Trapped-ion technology with 99.9% fidelity far ahead of D-Wave's accuracy, highlighting competitive disadvantage.
RGTI · Competition · Negative Trapped-ion technology with 99.9% fidelity far ahead of Rigetti's accuracy, highlighting competitive disadvantage.
ORCL · Demand · Positive Partnership with Quantinuum to integrate Helios into Oracle Cloud is a game changer, boosting Oracle's cloud offerings.
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Rigetti's commercial quantum sales expand as peers report mixed results

Rigetti Computing reported that its first two 9-qubit systems delivered in 2026 went to commercial customers, marking a notable shift from a year or two ago when commercial demand was largely absent. Management attributed a significant portion of first-half revenue growth to commercial organizations purchasing on-premises quantum systems, while the broader pipeline now spans commercial enterprises, universities, and governments. The company's $8.4 million C-DAC order for a 108-qubit system remains on track for fourth-quarter revenue recognition, and the HPE-Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center collaboration is expected to place a full 9-qubit Rigetti system into an HPC environment in 2027. D-Wave Quantum posted $3.1 million in second-quarter 2026 revenues, essentially flat year over year, with commercial enterprises accounting for roughly 62.4% of revenues, up from 45.1% a year earlier. IonQ completed its acquisition of SkyWater Technology, creating a U.S.-based quantum foundry and strengthening its control over semiconductor manufacturing, advanced packaging, and supply-chain capabilities.
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Quantum Computing › Trapped-Ion ▲Demand
Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing ▲Demand
Quantum Computing › Quantum Hardware — Hyperscaler / Diversified Embedded Competition
RGTI · Demand · Positive Rigetti's first two 9-qubit systems sold to commercial customers, with C-DAC order on track.
SKYT · Capital · Positive SkyWater acquired by IonQ, creating a U.S. quantum foundry.
QBTS · Demand · Neutral D-Wave's Q2 revenues flat but commercial mix improved to 62.4%.
IONQ · Capital · Positive IonQ completed acquisition of SkyWater, strengthening its manufacturing and supply chain.
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D-Wave Quantum Partners With Nasdaq Verafin on Financial Crime Detection

D-Wave Quantum has entered a partnership with Nasdaq Verafin to apply quantum computing to financial crime detection. The collaboration focuses on using D-Wave's quantum solutions to address complex financial crime analytics in the banking and financial services sector. The agreement marks an expansion of D-Wave Quantum's commercial work into real-world risk and compliance workflows beyond research settings. The partnership places D-Wave's quantum tools directly inside financial crime and compliance workflows in the banking sector, though it remains a proof-of-concept amid sizeable net losses and forecasts that do not yet point to profitability over the next three years.
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Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing ▲Demand
QBTS · Demand · Positive Partnership with Nasdaq Verafin expands commercial quantum computing into financial crime detection, indicating real-world demand.
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D-Wave Quantum Secures NRC Funding and Publishes Nature Gate Breakthrough

D-Wave Quantum announced in August 2026 that it secured up to C$300,000 in funding from Canada's National Research Council and published peer-reviewed Nature research on a high-fidelity, hardware-level error-correcting two-qubit gate already integrated into its dual-rail gate-model systems. The government-backed software project and fault-tolerant gate-model breakthrough underscore D-Wave's effort to commercialize both annealing and gate-model quantum platforms for complex, real-world optimization and simulation workloads. The Nature paper directly reinforces D-Wave's dual-platform story and its long-term gate-model roadmap, connecting the near-term push to make Advantage2 more useful through better software with a tangible hardware step toward fault tolerance. However, the modest NRC grant and gate breakthrough do not materially change the near-term picture, where the key catalyst remains scaling real-world deployments and the biggest risk is persistent heavy losses if rising R&D and go-to-market spend fail to translate into larger, recurring contracts.
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Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing ▲Technology
Quantum Computing › Photonic & Other Modalities ▲Technology
QBTS · Technology · Positive Nature publication on error-correcting gate breakthrough advances gate-model roadmap.
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D-Wave Quantum reports Q2 revenue flat at $3.1 million

D-Wave Quantum reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $3.1 million, essentially flat compared to the prior year, while bookings jumped 59% to $2.1 million. The company's first-half revenue fell 67% to $5.9 million due to a non-recurring $13.7 million system sale in 2025, but first-half bookings surged 1,120% to $35.5 million, driven by a $20 million system contract with Florida Atlantic University. Remaining performance obligations reached $40.7 million, up 668% year over year, with 57% expected to be recognized as revenue within 12 months. Commercial customers accounted for 62.4% of second-quarter revenue, up from 45.1% a year earlier, and Forbes Global 2000 customers represented 47.7% of total revenue versus 20.4% in the prior-year quarter. The company maintained guidance for two system deliveries in 2026 and expects fourth-quarter revenue to comprise the majority of annual revenue.
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Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing ▲Demand
QBTS · Capital · Positive Q2 revenue flat but bookings up 59%, RPO up 668%, and commercial customer mix improved, indicating strong demand and future revenue recognition.
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D-Wave Awarded Up to CAD $300,000 from National Research Council of Canada for Annealing Quantum Computing Software

D-Wave Quantum Inc. has been awarded up to CAD $300,000 in funding from the National Research Council of Canada's Applied Quantum Computing Challenge program to advance annealing quantum computing software for commercial applications. In collaboration with the NRC, D-Wave's team in Burnaby, British Columbia, will develop next-generation graph minor-embedding algorithms for the Zephyr topology and integrate them into the open-source Ocean software development kit. These algorithms are expected to expand the scale and complexity of computations that D-Wave's Advantage2 systems can address across use cases including logistics, manufacturing, scheduling, resource allocation, machine learning, and quantum and materials simulation. The project aims to help organizations solve larger and more complex optimization problems on D-Wave's Advantage2 annealing quantum computers.
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Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing ▲Technology
QBTS · Capital · Positive Awarded up to CAD $300,000 in funding from NRC for software development.
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D-Wave's first-half bookings jump over 1,100% to $35.5 million

D-Wave Quantum reported first-half bookings of $35.5 million, up more than 1,100% from $2.9 million a year earlier, even as trailing-12-month revenue fell 44% to $12.4 million. The bookings surge includes a $20 million system sale whose revenue will be recognized in future quarters, while remaining performance obligations reached $40.7 million, up 668%. The company's market value climbed 38% to $7.5 billion, roughly 600 times trailing revenue and about 190 times its remaining performance obligations. D-Wave's net loss for the second quarter of 2026 was $48 million, and adjusted operating expenses rose 76% year over year.
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Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing ▲Demand
QBTS · Demand · Positive Bookings surge over 1,100% to $35.5 million, including a $20 million system sale, indicating strong customer demand.
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US Lawmakers Seek 68% Boost in Military Quantum Funding to $567 Million

US lawmakers from both parties are seeking to increase annual military spending on quantum computing by 68% to $567 million as part of defense funding legislation expected to be debated in the House later this year. A similar effort is underway in the Senate, building on Trump administration moves including a May announcement of more than $2 billion in direct federal investments and a June executive order to advance quantum research and protect federal IT systems from quantum-based cyberattacks. The push comes as China has established a $10 billion National Laboratory for Quantum Information Sciences, while Europe and the UK combined have committed nearly three times as much public money as the US, according to industry consultancy QBN. Despite recent breakthroughs, investor skepticism persists, with shares of pure-play quantum firms like D-Wave Quantum Inc., Infleqtion Inc., and Rigetti Computing Inc. falling sharply this year, though IonQ Inc. raised its full-year revenue forecast and recouped most losses after closing its $1.8 billion acquisition of SkyWater Technology Inc. The four pure-play quantum companies slated for Commerce Department grants have doubled their annual lobbying spending to $2.2 million, and the White House in July hosted a quantum tech summit with industry leaders.
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Quantum Computing › Quantum Hardware — Pure-plays ▲Regulation
Quantum Computing › Quantum-Safe / Post-Quantum Cryptography ▲Regulation
Defense & Geopolitical Fragmentation › Defense Software & C4ISR ▲Regulation
IONQ · Demand · Positive IonQ raised full-year revenue forecast and closed $1.8B acquisition, indicating strong demand.
SKYT · Capital · Positive Acquired by IonQ for $1.8B, a positive capital event.
QBTS · · Negative Shares fell sharply this year despite quantum funding push, investor skepticism persists.
RGTI · · Negative Shares fell sharply this year despite quantum funding push, investor skepticism persists.
INFQ · · Negative Shares fell sharply this year despite quantum funding push, investor skepticism persists.
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D-Wave Quantum reports flat Q2 revenue but backlog surges 668%

D-Wave Quantum reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $3.1 million, essentially flat year over year, while its backlog surged 668% to $40.7 million. QCaaS subscription revenue rose 50% to $1.9 million, and bookings increased 59% to $2.1 million. Net loss narrowed to $48 million from $167.3 million, primarily due to lower non-cash warrant-related charges, but adjusted EBITDA loss widened to $37.1 million as the company invested in product development and sales. Commercial adoption expanded, with production applications generating 37% of first-half QCaaS revenue, including deployments at AT&T, Optum, and NTT Docomo. The company expects modest third-quarter revenue growth and a significantly stronger fourth quarter driven by system shipments.
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Artificial Intelligence › AI Compute & Accelerator Silicon Competition
QBTS · Demand · Positive Backlog surged 668% and bookings rose 59%, indicating strong demand for quantum computing services.
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AT&T Expands D-Wave Quantum Computing Deal for Network Operations

AT&T has agreed to expand its use of D-Wave Quantum's computing technology across its network operations, moving from proof-of-concept testing to broad operational deployment. The telecom giant plans to apply D-Wave's platform to additional workloads including outage detection, technician routing, and traffic management after early testing cut an optimization workload's processing time from one hour to under 15 seconds. D-Wave ended the second quarter with approximately $546.2 million in cash and marketable securities, while hedge fund ownership rose to 26 funds in the first quarter from 22 in the prior quarter. The expanded deal provides important validation for D-Wave's quantum computing platform, which targets optimization problems such as routing and scheduling.
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Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing ▲Demand
QBTS · Demand · Positive AT&T expands D-Wave deployment, validating platform.
T · Demand · Positive AT&T expands use of D-Wave technology for network operations.
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D-Wave Surges 11% on Nasdaq Verafin Deal, IonQ Gains 9% After SkyWater Buyout

Quantum computing stocks rallied sharply on Monday, led by D-Wave Quantum's 11% surge to $20.08 after announcing a collaboration with Nasdaq Verafin to develop quantum-hybrid applications for fraud detection, and IonQ's 9% jump to $39.62 following the close of its approximately $1.8 billion acquisition of SkyWater Technology. The broader NASDAQ 100 rose 1.52% amid easing Middle East tensions, amplifying the sector's deal-driven gains. Rigetti Computing and Quantum Computing rose 9% and 8% respectively, riding the risk-on sentiment despite no company-specific news, though both remain unprofitable. The Defiance Quantum ETF, which offers diversified exposure with a holdings-weighted P/E ratio of 28.34x, gained a more restrained 3% to $145.45 and is up 31% year to date.
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Quantum Computing › Trapped-Ion ▲Capital
Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing ▲Demand
QBTS · Demand · Positive D-Wave announced a collaboration with Nasdaq Verafin to develop quantum-hybrid fraud detection applications.
IONQ · Capital · Positive IonQ closed its $1.8B acquisition of SkyWater Technology, a major capital event.
SKYT · Capital · Positive SkyWater Technology was acquired by IonQ for approximately $1.8 billion.
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IonQ Outpaces D-Wave Quantum on Revenue Growth, Making It the Better Buy in 2026

IonQ emerges as the preferred quantum computing stock over D-Wave Quantum for 2026, driven by far stronger revenue growth and a broader technology portfolio. IonQ reported fiscal 2025 revenue of $130.0 million, a 201.9% year-over-year increase, while D-Wave posted $24.6 million, up 178.5%. IonQ’s first-quarter 2026 sales reached $64.7 million, representing 755% year-over-year growth, compared to D-Wave’s $2.9 million, an 81% decline from the prior year. IonQ’s acquisition of SkyWater Technology provides end-to-end quantum chip capabilities, and its solutions span networking, cybersecurity, and space applications. D-Wave’s acquisition of Quantum Circuits expands its technology into gate-model quantum computers, and it secured a $100 million U.S. government award in May, but its revenue trajectory and narrower focus make IonQ the stronger pick.
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Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing ▼Competition
Quantum Computing › Trapped-Ion ▲Competition
IONQ · Demand · Positive IonQ reported 201.9% revenue growth in 2025 and 755% in Q1 2026, indicating strong demand for its quantum products.
QBTS · Demand · Negative D-Wave's Q1 2026 revenue declined 81% year-over-year, showing weak demand despite a $100M government award.
SKYT · Capital · Positive IonQ's acquisition of SkyWater provides end-to-end quantum chip capabilities, enhancing its technology portfolio.
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AT&T expands use of D-Wave's quantum annealing, cutting network optimization from one hour to under 15 seconds

AT&T is expanding its use of D-Wave Quantum's annealing-based quantum computing technology across multiple network operations workflows, reporting that a key network optimization workload was reduced from about one hour to less than 15 seconds. The expansion follows D-Wave's addition to the NASDAQ Composite Index and could support the investment narrative that annealing quantum systems are moving from proofs of concept to repeatable commercial workloads. However, D-Wave still faces risks including reliance on a few large contracts and widening operating losses, with the company projecting $173.5 million in revenue and a $21.0 million profit by 2029, requiring 140.7% annual revenue growth and a $389.0 million earnings swing from a current loss of $368.0 million.
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Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing ▲Demand
QBTS · Demand · Positive AT&T expands use of D-Wave's quantum annealing, cutting network optimization from one hour to under 15 seconds, indicating growing commercial adoption.
T · Technology · Positive AT&T is the customer deploying D-Wave's technology, but the article focuses on D-Wave's product; AT&T benefits from improved network optimization.
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AT&T Stock May Still Be a Bargain as $23 Billion Spectrum Deal Closes

AT&T stock may still be undervalued after nearly doubling investors' money over three years, with valuation checks leaning toward cheap at a recent price of $23.94. The company has completed a $23 billion spectrum purchase and expanded its partnership with D-Wave Quantum, moves that could support future network quality and efficiency. AT&T trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 7.6 times, well below the telecom industry average of 17.0 times and a peer group average of 11.2 times, and also below Simply Wall St's fair P/E estimate of 12.6 times. Broader valuation checks assess AT&T as undervalued in five of six areas, suggesting the stock screens as a bargain on most core metrics. The key question is whether heavy spectrum and quantum-related investment can translate into resilient earnings and cash flow without unexpected capital strain.
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Quantum Computing › Quantum Hardware — Pure-plays Technology
T · Capital · Positive Stock is undervalued per valuation metrics; $23B spectrum deal closed, supporting future earnings.
QBTS · Technology · Positive Expanded partnership with AT&T could boost D-Wave's quantum computing adoption and revenue.
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D-Wave CEO Warns Quantum Computing Will Break Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work

D-Wave CEO Alan Baratz warned that quantum computing will eventually be capable of breaking Bitcoin’s proof-of-work protocol. He made the statement during a Wednesday interview with Yahoo Finance. Baratz leads D-Wave, a prominent quantum computing company. His warning highlights a long-term security concern for the Bitcoin network.
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Quantum Computing › Quantum-Safe / Post-Quantum Cryptography ▼Regulation
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Bitcoin / Crypto Treasury & Store-of-Value Proxies ▼Technology
BTC · Technology · Negative Quantum computing threat to Bitcoin's proof-of-work protocol raises long-term security concerns.
QBTS · Technology · Positive CEO's warning highlights quantum computing's potential to break Bitcoin, showcasing D-Wave's technology relevance.
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Quantum Stocks Pull Back Amid AI Infrastructure Sell-Off

Quantum computing stocks have retreated sharply in July as a broader sell-off in AI infrastructure names spilled into the sector. Shares of Rigetti Computing, IonQ, D-Wave Quantum, and Quantum Computing Inc. all declined month to date, even though the sector's long-term commercialization outlook remains intact. The pullback was triggered by investor concerns over the sustainability of hyperscaler capital spending after Alphabet raised its 2026 capex guidance to between $195 billion and $205 billion, and reports that NVIDIA is considering financing guarantees for OpenAI's data center project. Despite the sell-off, quantum fundamentals remain strong, with companies expanding commercial bookings and securing government contracts. D-Wave Quantum reported first-quarter bookings of $33.4 million and ended the quarter with $588.4 million in cash, while Rigetti Computing posted nearly 199% year-over-year revenue growth and holds approximately $569 million in cash and investments.
IONQ · · Negative IonQ shares declined as part of the broader AI infrastructure and quantum sell-off, with no company-specific news.
QBTS · · Negative D-Wave Quantum shares declined in the sell-off, despite reporting strong bookings and cash position.
RGTI · · Negative Rigetti Computing shares declined in the sell-off, despite strong revenue growth and cash holdings.
GOOG · Capital · Negative Alphabet raised 2026 capex guidance, fueling concerns over hyperscaler spending sustainability, which triggered the sell-off.
NVDA · Capital · Negative NVIDIA is considering financing guarantees for OpenAI's data center project, adding to investor concerns about hyperscaler capex.
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Axe Compute Secures $1.5 Billion AI Infrastructure Deal

Axe Compute Inc. has announced a five-year customer agreement valued at over $1.5 billion for a dedicated AI infrastructure cluster based on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. The deal, secured through the company's Build program, is part of a larger effort that brings Axe Compute's total signed contract value for 2026 to over $3 billion. The cluster will be deployed in the United States for high-demand AI workloads and is expected to substantially boost the company's annual run rate. In other trading, D-Wave Quantum rose 20.4% to close at $19.51 after AT&T expanded its use of D-Wave's quantum computing technology, while Z.AI fell 18.7% to close at HK$1,042.00.
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Artificial Intelligence › GPU & Merchant Accelerators ▲Demand
Cloud & Digital Infrastructure › Mega-cap Hyperscalers ▲Demand
Artificial Intelligence › AI Compute Cloud & Neoclouds ▲Demand
Artificial Intelligence › AI Data Center & Build-out ▲Demand
Semiconductors › Logic, Compute & Connectivity Processors Demand
Cloud & Digital Infrastructure › Specialized / Developer & Managed-Hosting Cloud Competition
Semiconductors › Advanced Packaging & Test (OSAT) Demand
AGPU · Demand · Positive Secured $1.5B AI infrastructure deal for NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, boosting 2026 contract value to over $3B.
QBTS · Demand · Positive AT&T expanded use of D-Wave's quantum computing technology, driving stock up 20.4%.
T · Demand · Neutral AT&T expanded use of D-Wave's quantum computing technology, but no direct impact on AT&T's own business is discussed.
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Cyberspace Administration of China Launches Special Initiative to Boost IPv6 Capabilities of AI Large Models

The Cyberspace Administration of China, together with its counterparts in Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Shenzhen, and five leading large model enterprises, jointly launched the "Special Initiative to Boost IPv6 Capabilities of AI Large Models" in Xiong'an New Area. The year-long initiative aims to promote full IPv6 support in generative large model applications. AT&T announced an expansion of its collaboration with D-Wave, using quantum computing technology to reduce network optimization workloads from about one hour to 15 seconds, a 240-fold speed increase. The world's largest single-batch export of green ammonia departed from Da'an, Jilin, arrived at Lianyungang, Jiangsu, and was loaded onto ships bound for South Korea, totaling 3,750 tonnes, marking a new stage of large-scale green energy exports for China. Apple's stock price hit a record high, with its market value surpassing 5 trillion US dollars, making it the second listed company globally after Nvidia to reach this milestone.
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Energy Transition & Power Demand › Hydrogen & Fuel Cells ▲Supply
Artificial Intelligence › Foundation Models & Research Labs Regulation
Quantum Computing › Quantum Hardware — Pure-plays Competition
QBTS · Technology · Positive AT&T expands collaboration with D-Wave, using quantum computing to achieve 240x speedup in network optimization.
T · Technology · Positive AT&T expands collaboration with D-Wave, using quantum computing to achieve 240x speedup in network optimization.
AAPL · Capital · Positive Stock price hit record high, market value surpassed $5 trillion.
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D-Wave Soars on AT&T Quantum Computing Deal and NYSE Uplisting

D-Wave Quantum shares surged as much as 19.6 percent to $19.39 on Monday after the company announced a commercial collaboration with AT&T and uplisted to the New York Stock Exchange. AT&T will apply D-Wave's annealing quantum computing technology to its agentic AI tools, which reduced network downtime by 12 million hours last year, and an early application cut a network optimization workload from one hour to under 15 seconds. The telecom giant plans to expand use across outage detection, technician routing, and traffic management, while also evaluating D-Wave's forthcoming gate-model systems for quantum security and communications. The NYSE listing under ticker QBTS is expected to improve liquidity and institutional visibility, though hedge fund holdings fell 67.4 percent to $55.7 million in the first quarter from $170.8 million in the prior quarter.
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Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing ▲Demand
Artificial Intelligence › AI Applications & Copilots Technology
Artificial Intelligence › Agentic AI & Autonomous Workflows Technology
QBTS · Demand · Positive AT&T commercial deal to apply D-Wave's quantum tech to agentic AI and network optimization.
QBTS · Capital · Positive Uplisting to NYSE expected to improve liquidity and institutional visibility.
T · Technology · Positive AT&T adopting D-Wave's annealing quantum computing for network optimization, reducing workload from 1 hour to under 15 seconds.
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ASML slides on China chip tool report, Forte Bio surges on Argenx buyout

ASML dropped 8% after The Information reported China began mass production of domestically made deep ultraviolet chipmaking tools. Memory chip stocks were mixed as CXMT soared more than 466% in its Shanghai debut, while SK Hynix fell over 8%, SanDisk slid 11%, and Micron Technology lost 5%. SAP jumped more than 7% after announcing the second part of a 10 billion-euro stock buyback. Forte Biosciences rallied about 40% on a $2.2 billion cash acquisition by Argenx at $77 per share, a 40% premium to Friday's close. Brown-Forman climbed almost 4% after rejecting a $15 billion unsolicited takeover offer from Sazerac at $32 per share. Baker Hughes gained 6% on better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and revenue, while Amkor Technology fell 7% ahead of its quarterly report. D-Wave Quantum added 5% on a partnership with AT&T to use annealing quantum computers for AI, and MapLight Therapeutics plunged 68% after a Phase 2 schizophrenia trial missed its primary endpoint.
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Semiconductors › Lithography Systems ▼Competition
Semiconductors › Memory — DRAM, NAND & HBM ▼Competition
688825.CG · Technology · Positive China began mass production of domestically made deep ultraviolet chipmaking tools, a technological achievement for CXMT.
ARGX · Capital · Positive Argenx acquires Forte Bio for $2.2B cash at $77/share, a 40% premium.
ASML.AS · Competition · Negative China began mass production of domestically made deep ultraviolet chipmaking tools, directly competing with ASML's products.
BF-B · Capital · Positive Rejected a $15 billion unsolicited takeover offer at a premium, signaling potential value.
BKR · Capital · Positive Better-than-expected Q2 earnings and revenue.
FBRX · Capital · Positive Acquired by Argenx for $2.2 billion cash at a 40% premium.
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D-Wave Quantum Rises 7% on Expanded AT&T Deal, Lifting IonQ, Rigetti, Quantum Computing Inc.

D-Wave Quantum shares rose 7% to $19.29 after announcing an expanded agreement with AT&T to deploy its annealing quantum systems across network operations. An early application cut a network optimization workload from about one hour to under 15 seconds, a 240x speedup, and AT&T plans to extend the work to outage detection, technician routing, network build planning, and traffic management. Benchmark initiated D-Wave at Buy with a $30 price target. Sympathy moves lifted IonQ 12% to $36.67, Rigetti Computing 12% to $15.88, and Quantum Computing Inc. 8% to $8.06, while the Defiance Quantum ETF rose 1% to $141.12. Rigetti also announced an expanded collaboration with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center to build TangleLab, a hybrid quantum-classical supercomputing testbed funded by a $5 million National Science Foundation grant, with full operations expected in 2027. Despite the rally, D-Wave trades at a price-to-sales ratio of 482.56 against trailing revenue of $12.44 million, and the pure-play quantum names remain down 16% to 29% year to date.
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Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing ▲Demand
Quantum Computing › Quantum Hardware — Pure-plays Competition
Quantum Computing › Quantum Hardware — Hyperscaler / Diversified Embedded ▲Technology
QBTS · Demand · Positive Expanded AT&T deal to deploy annealing quantum systems, with a 240x speedup in network optimization, and AT&T plans to extend to multiple use cases.
RGTI · Technology · Positive Expanded collaboration with HPE and PSC to build TangleLab, a hybrid quantum-classical testbed funded by $5M NSF grant.
T · Demand · Positive Expanded agreement with D-Wave to deploy quantum systems for network operations, with plans to extend to multiple use cases.
HPE · Technology · Positive Rigetti's expanded collaboration with HPE and PSC to build TangleLab, a hybrid quantum-classical supercomputing testbed funded by a $5M NSF grant.
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Micron, energy, and biotech stocks move premarket on chip debut, oil dip, and Forte buyout

Memory stocks rose broadly after Chinese chipmaker CXMT debuted on the Shanghai public market with its stock surging more than 466%, lifting U.S.-listed peers including Micron Technology which advanced 2.5%. Energy stocks followed oil prices lower after the U.S. and Iran agreed to pause attacks, with Chevron down 2.7%, ExxonMobil down 3.2%, and APA, Devon Energy, and Diamondback Energy each falling around 4%. Forte Biosciences rallied more than 39% on news it will be acquired by Netherlands-headquartered Argenx for $2.2 billion in cash, or $77 per share, a 40% premium to Friday's close. Baker Hughes gained nearly 2.2% after reporting better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and revenue, with the CEO citing favorable fundamentals and reaffirming full-year guidance. D-Wave Quantum rose more than 7% after announcing a partnership with AT&T to use its annealing quantum computers for AI, while IonQ gained nearly 4.5% and Rigetti Computing added 3.8%.
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Semiconductors › Memory — DRAM, NAND & HBM ▲Competition
Critical Materials & Supply Chain › Semiconductor Materials Competition
Quantum Computing › Quantum Annealing ▲Competition
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ARGX · Capital · Positive Argenx to acquire Forte Biosciences for $2.2 billion cash at $77/share, a 40% premium
BKR · Capital · Positive Baker Hughes reported better-than-expected Q2 earnings and revenue, reaffirming guidance.
FBRX · Capital · Positive Acquired by Argenx for $77/share, a 40% premium.
APA · Supply · Negative Oil prices fell after US and Iran agreed to pause attacks, lowering energy stocks.
CVX · Supply · Negative Oil prices fell after US and Iran agreed to pause attacks, lowering energy stocks.
DVN · Supply · Negative Oil prices fell after US and Iran agreed to pause attacks, lowering energy stocks.
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