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Explore how two quantum innovators stack up on customer reach, financial health, and risk as they race for commercial leadership in a fast-evolving sector.

Today, May 26, 2026, investors balance new federal quantum backing against valuation risks and a new challenge to quantum superiority.

D-Wave's impressive valuation rally is taking a breather.

Nearly half of the planned funding is slated for one profitable tech giant. And the other beneficiaries may be too speculative.

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS), (“D-Wave” or the “Company”), the only dual-platform quantum computing company providing both annealing and gate-model systems, software and services, today issued the following response to recent claims that newly published classical simulation work has “overturned” D-Wave’s demonstration of quantum computational supremacy in quantum simulation.

The federal government plans to provide hundreds of millions of dollars to a number of quantum firms to support domestic foundry and technology development.

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS), the only dual-platform quantum computing company providing both annealing and gate-model systems, software and services, today announced that it has been awarded second year funding for the Improved Materials for Superconducting Qubits with Scalable Fabrication (SQFab) project by the Northeast Regional Defense Technology Hub (NORDTECH).

GlobalFoundries stock is getting a big boost from excitement surrounding quantum computing.

D-Wave Quantum's products are becoming more popular.

The Department of Commerce's $2 billion investment raises green flags for the sector.

A $100 million grant will help pave the way for commercialization of D-Wave's gate-model quantum systems.

A new round of support from the U.S. government has investors feeling bullish on D-Wave.

Rigetti Computing stock has been on a hot streak following some recent good news.

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) (“D-Wave”), the only dual-platform quantum computing company providing both annealing and gate-model systems, software and services, has announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for $100 million of proposed funding under the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act, which is administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce. In connection with executing final award documents, D-Wave would issue $100 million in shares of its common stock to the U.S. Department of Commerce. The LOI marks a significant endorsement by the U.S. government of D-Wave’s annealing and gate-model quantum computing technologies and their potential impact on the U.S. economy.

Investors are making a mistake buying one of the only quantum stocks to get no government money.

$100 million shrinks quickly in the quantum realm.

A federal jury in California has sided with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, bringing a closely followed courtroom fight with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to a dramatic close. The dispute, centered on the future and founding purpose of OpenAI, highlighted tensions between two influential figures in the technology sector.

D-Wave stock just posted a massive pop.

Record Q1 revenue, raised 2026 guidance, and the pending SkyWater acquisition give IonQ company-specific markers to watch as federal funding headlines draw attention back to quantum computing.

Two earnings reports are pulling the market in opposite directions today. Quantum computing stole the show anyway.

Why buy Quantum Computing stock if the government is not buying it?

The U.S. government just dissed IonQ by awarding grants to everyone else, who's anyone else, in quantum computing.