D-Wave Acquired QCI | Here's Why It Matters

Описание: Welcome into Stocktwits Boardroom Exclusives. Michele Steele is joined by Dr. Alan Baratz, CEO of D-Wave, as the quantum era shifts from the lab to the boardroom.

D-Wave is coming off a historic start to 2026 — with January bookings exceeding all of last year, plus record revenue and rising enterprise adoption. Dr. Baratz explains what changed: key product milestones like Advantage2 (the newest generation annealing quantum computer) and a next-gen hybrid solver that blends CPUs/GPUs with quantum to tackle even larger problems — and a market that’s now paying attention higher up the corporate chain.

We also dive into D-Wave’s acquisition of Quantum Circuits, and why its dual-rail superconducting qubit technology could shift the debate around when error-corrected gate-model quantum computing becomes useful — while maintaining superconducting-level speed.

And importantly: this isn’t theoretical. Dr. Baratz shares real-world customer wins, from BASF cutting a computation from 10 hours to seconds, to a missile defense simulation where D-Wave delivered faster countermeasure planning and improved neutralization outcomes.

Chapters
00:00 - Intro: Quantum moves from lab to boardroom
00:25 - Historic start to 2026: bookings surge and what changed
01:12 - Advantage2: why D-Wave says it’s a watershed moment
02:05 - Hybrid solver: combining CPUs/GPUs with quantum
03:05 - Why enterprise interest is accelerating up the management chain
04:02 - The $10M Fortune 100 enterprise license agreement
04:40 - Quantum Circuits acquisition: what dual-rail qubits change
06:10 - The gate-model debate: speed vs quality (and why this matters)
07:28 - “Superconducting speed with trapped-ion quality” explained
08:22 - Why D-Wave wants to be a dual-platform provider
09:20 - Which problems fit annealing vs gate-model quantum
10:22 - Customer ROI: BASF (10 hours → seconds)
11:30 - Customer ROI: missile defense simulation (10x faster + better outcomes)
13:05 - Quantum + AI: demand prediction + supply chain optimization
14:05 - Quantum helping LLM training and inference (pharma example)
15:28 - Growing U.S. government interest + new public sector unit
16:40 - Moving systems into a secure facility for classified work
17:28 - Closing remarks

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