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Quantum computing stocks are back in play to start 2026, and once again D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) is right at the center of it all. This time, the attention is on a deal to purchase Quantum Circuits for a total of $550 million via a mix of both stock and cash. As far as QBTS stock investors are concerned, this is a play that's about so much more than size.
The buyout comes at a time when the governments, companies, and research facilities are shifting focus from the experimental stages of quantum computing to implementation. D-Wave is trying to do something that few other companies in the same league can lay claim to: staying relevant in the current era and having something in the pipeline for the future. D-Wave's quantum cloud platform is already earning revenue with production-level technology that is expanding to gate-model systems.
