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Research Notes: Quantum Computing Reality Check

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A Z Mackay
Feb 19, 2025
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In December 2024, quantum computing stocks were rocketing upward. Rigetti up 1,654% for the year. Quantum Computing Inc up over 1,000%. Then January 8, 2025: a single comment from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang at CES, and the whole sector collapsed. Stocks dropped 40-45% in a day. Huang said quantum computing was “15 to 30 years away” from being “very useful.”

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