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D-Wave Announces Agreement to Acquire Quantum Circuits Inc., Establishing World’s Leading Quantum Computing Company
PALO ALTO, Calif., January 07, 2026--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, and Quantum Circuits Inc. ("Quantum Circuits"), a leading developer of error-corrected superconducting gate-model quantum computing systems, today announced that the companies have entered into a merger agreement under which D-Wave will acquire Quantum Circuits for a purcha
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