The "Quantum Summer" of 2025 has transitioned into a season of cautious reflection as 2026 begins. Following a year where quantum computing stocks mirrored the meteoric rise seen by artificial intelligence (AI) in 2023, the market is currently grappling with the reality of sky-high valuations and the slow, arduous march
On the wide plains of Saskatchewan, Jake Leguee runs a farm that reflects both deep roots and rapid change . His family’s connection to the land stretches back to 1956, when his grandfather purchased 640 acres. Nearly seven decades later, that modest beginning has expanded into a 17,000-acre operation producing green lentils, canola, flax, and wheat.
Hedge fund manager Ken Griffin sold Sandisk (one of the hottest AI stocks) and bought D-Wave Quantum (one of the hottest quantum computing stocks) in the third quarter.
Every winter, many families revive a familiar ritual. Children rush to find a small elf that supposedly watched them overnight and moved before morning. The hunt is part of the excitement. As children grow older, that excitement often turns into doubt, with questions about whether the elf is magic or simply a parental story.
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, today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Quantum Circuits Inc. (“Quantum Circuits”), a leading developer of error-corrected superconducting gate-model quantum computing systems. D-Wave expects the acquisition to significantly accelerate the time to a scaled, error-corrected gate-model quantum computer alongside and complementary to its commercial annealing quantum computing systems.
Wall Street's hottest pure-play quantum computing stocks have inadvertently highlighted one of the biggest risks inherent to investing in next-big-thing technologies.
As of mid-January 2026, a seismic shift is occurring in the hallowed halls of Wall Street and the research labs of Silicon Valley. After three years of an unprecedented artificial intelligence bull market that reshaped the global economy, institutional capital is beginning to rotate. The new destination is not just
