PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) (“D-Wave” or the “Company”), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, and the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, announced that CEO Dr. Alan Baratz was interviewed on Yahoo! Finance’s “Catalysts” show on Friday, December 13, where he discussed quantum computing’s advantages, increasing momentum in the quantum industry, and D-Wave’s unique approach and the real-world impact the company’s annealing quantum computing is delivering for businesses.
“We did take a different approach to quantum. We have the largest quantum computers in the world today, and we are currently solving these [optimization] problems for our customers and generating a solid ROI for them,” said Dr. Baratz during the interview.
D-Wave believes that annealing quantum computing is emerging as the critical accelerant to commercial adoption of quantum computing. The technology is uniquely suited for optimization problems, which are widespread throughout the modern enterprise. D-Wave is working with organizations across industries to tackle computationally complex optimization problems, from workforce scheduling, production scheduling, logistics routing, resource optimization and more. Nearly every industry could benefit from annealing quantum computing technology.
Yahoo! Finance’s “Catalysts” reports on the biggest drivers of financial markets. Hosted by Madison Mills and Seana Smith, the show dives deep into the day’s biggest stories on weekdays at 10 a.m. ET. A replay of the interview with Dr. Baratz can be viewed here, starting at timestamp 17:16: https://finance.yahoo.com/video/quantum-computing-ai-positioning-2025-183122363.html
About D-Wave Quantum Inc.
D-Wave is a leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software, and services, and is the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers—and the only company building both annealing quantum computers and gate-model quantum computers. Our mission is to unlock the power of quantum computing today to benefit business and society. We do this by delivering customer value with practical quantum applications for problems as diverse as logistics, artificial intelligence, materials sciences, drug discovery, scheduling, cybersecurity, fault detection, and financial modeling. D-Wave’s technology has been used by some of the world’s most advanced organizations including Mastercard, Deloitte, Davidson Technologies, ArcelorMittal, Siemens Healthineers, Unisys, NEC Corporation, Pattison Food Group Ltd., DENSO, Lockheed Martin, Forschungszentrum Jülich, University of Southern California, and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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