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Artificial intelligence (AI) defined the stock market in 2023 and 2024, and companies like Nvidia (NVDA) and Palantir (PLTR) became household names. Although analysts are still bullish on AI in 2025 and beyond, some on Wall Street are ready to pivot to the next big thing: quantum computing.
Defined as as using quantum mechanics to perform computing tasks that regular computers are incapable of, quantum computing promises to enable things like advanced drug discovery and create better, higher-power batteries. Long a concept relegated to science fiction, companies made breakthroughs in 2024 that have brought quantum computing stocks into reality. The most notable is the introduction of the Willow chip from Google (GOOGL), which solved a computing problem in 5 minutes that would have taken regular supercomputers 10 septillion years.
