the key developments including IonQ, D-Wave, IBM, EigenQ, quantum materials, and muon imaging.

Eclypses has selected Sterling as its preferred federal partner to deliver its FIPS 140-3 validated MicroToken Exchange (MTE) quantum-resistant cryptography to U.S. government agencies. MTE secures data at the payload level, transforming each message into a self-verifying, quantum-safe object that remains unusable if intercepted, addressing both current cyberthreats and future “harvest now, decrypt later” attacks from quantum computers.

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) has acquired Quantum Circuits Inc. (QCI), a Yale University spin-out, in a $550 million deal that marks one of the most significant moves in quantum computing M&A to date. The transaction, comprising $300 million in D-Wave common stock and $250 million in cash, closed in late January 2026 and positions D-Wave as the only major quantum company with both annealing and gate-model platforms under one roof.

This presentation explores the concept of computational quantum advantage—the point at which a quantum computer performs a task that is practically impossible or significantly faster than the world's most powerful classical supercomputers

D-Wave CEO Dr. Alan Baratz discusses how the company's quantum annealing technology differs from gate-model quantum computers and why it is already solving real-world business and government problems.

D-Wave Quantum Inc. stands at the forefront of quantum computing technology with its innovative Advantage2™ system, the most advanced annealing quantum computer designed for real-world business and scientific applications.