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D-Wave Completes Acquisition of Quantum Circuits Inc., Creating World’s Leading Quantum Computing Company
PALO ALTO, Calif., January 20, 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, 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
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