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D-wave Quantum — Investor Day (January 2024)

63 slides from D-wave Quantum's investor day presentation, Jan 23, 2024

  1. Slide 1: Welcome - Analyst Day 2024

    WELCOME ANALYST DAY 2024 JOHN MARKOVICH, CFO, D-WAVE

  2. Slide 2: Forward-Looking Statements

    FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 2 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE Certain statements in this presentation are forward-looking, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from th

  3. Slide 3: Agenda

    AGENDA 3 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE TIME (PST) SUBJECT PRESENTING 9:00 am Welcome and Agenda John Markovich, CFO 9:10 am Opening Keynote Dr. Alan Baratz, CEO 9:40 am Customer Presentations: Pattison Food Group Lindsay Dukowski, Sr. Manager, Data & Analytics Davidson Technologies Dale Moore, President IPG /

  4. Slide 4: Leading Quantum's Transformation of the Enterprise

    ANALYST DAY 2024 LEADING QUANTUM’S TRANSFORMATION OF THE ENTERPRISE DR. ALAN BARATZ, CEO, D-WAVE

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  6. Slide 6: Our Mission

    TO UNLOCK THE POWER OF QUANTUM COMPUTING TO BENEFIT BUSINESS AND SOCIETY OUR MISSION STARTING TODAY 6 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE

  7. Slide 7: This Is a Pivotal Moment

    THIS IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT FROM EXPERIMENTATION TO OPERATIONAL USE FROM TOY PROBLEMS TO ENTERPRISE SCALE FROM POTENTIAL IMPACT TO QUANTIFIABLE ROI

  8. Slide 8: Annealing Quantum Computing: The Only Market-Ready Quantum Computing Technology

    Source: NIST 8 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE ANNEALING QUANTUM COMPUTING: THE ONLY MARKET-READY QUANTUM COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY

  9. Slide 9: D-Wave at a Glance

    D-WAVE AT A GLANCE ESTABLISHED PRODUCT PORTFOLIO: World’s largest Quantum Computer Accessible through production-grade cloud service Demonstrated advantage over classical GROWING COMMERCIAL ADOPTION: 1st commercial Quantum Computing company 30+ proven business use cases Initial applications moving i

  10. Slide 10: Product and use case roadmap

    BQM, DQM, CQM Solvers Next-gen Solver 2 Universal Solvers 3, … Platform Innovation Opportunity 2023 2026 2024 20… Workforce Scheduling Job Shop Scheduling Vehicle Routing Scheduling & Routing Wireless Infrastructure Optimization Network Flow Optimization Supply Chain Optimization Process & Flow Mode

  11. Slide 11: Advantage2 System: A Giant Step in Performance

    ADVANTAGE2 SYSTEM WILL FEATURE:​ HIGHER CONNECTIVITY (degree 20) architecture​ HIGHER COHERENCE IC fabrication process​ 7000+ QUBIT QPU​ EARLY BENCHMARKS DEMONSTRATE: Doubled coherence time for faster time-to-solution 10x increase with error mitigation techniques More than 40% increase in energy sca

  12. Slide 12: Pathway to Proving Quantum Supremacy

    12 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE PATHWAY TO PROVING QUANTUM SUPREMACY: QUANTUM EFFECTS ACCELERATING OPTIMIZATION MILESTONES ACHIEVED RESEARCH NEARING COMPLETION Proven scaling performance advantage in theory and measurements of COHERENT QUANTUM ANNEALING Demonstrated with ADVANTAGETM quantum computers Demonstr

  13. Slide 13: Progress Accelerating on Gate Model Program

    PROGRESS ACCELERATING ON GATE MODEL PROGRAM 13 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE Demonstrated FAST, SCALABLE READOUT FOR FLUXONIUM Completed layout of LOGICAL QUBIT PROTOTYPE Built fluxonium qubits with demonstrated QUANTUM PROPERTIES COMPARABLE TO THE BEST SEEN TO DATE in peer-reviewed scientific literature RECEN

  14. Slide 14: Software Advancements for Accelerating Quantum Commercialization

    SOFTWARE ADVANCEMENTS FOR ACCELERATING QUANTUM COMMERCIALIZATION 14 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE Only quantum computing service with REAL-TIME ACCESS Continuing to harden LeapTM Service for GROWING SET OF PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS PRODUCTION LEADERSHIP Powerful combination of CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM RESOURCES Rap

  15. Slide 15: D-Wave Quantum Patent Portfolio

    15 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE 220+ US granted patents 210+ granted and pending patents worldwide (non-US) 60%+ OF THE PORTFOLIO applies to both gate model and annealing quantum computing Portfolio covers hardware and software, including systems, qubits and other devices, fabrication, architecture, system so

  16. Slide 16: Strong Enterprise Demand for Quantum Solutions

    80% OF COMPANIES plan to increase quantum computing (QC) commitment in next 2-3 years1 42% OF BUSINESS LEADERS see QC as key for logistics/supply chain management1 31% OF ENTERPRISES have abandoned complex problems because of time to solve2 CATALYSTS FOR ADOPTION: business process efficiencies, incr

  17. Slide 17: Production Application Deployments on the Near-Term Horizon

    PRODUCTION APPLICATION DEPLOYMENTSON THE NEAR-TERM HORIZON 17 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE # of Proofs of Concept Built for Customers Multiple Applications Now Moving Into Production More Customer Production Deployments Expected in Next 2 Quarters Deployments Fuel QCaaS Usage and Growth 26

  18. Slide 18: Customers Realizing Tangible Business Results

    CUSTOMERS REALIZING TANGIBLE BUSINESS RESULTS WITH D-WAVE TECHNOLOGY COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE 18 HVAC DESIGN RADAR SCHEDULING TOUR SCHEDULING E-COMMERCE DRIVER DELIVERY SCHEDULING PRESIDENT DALE MOORE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, MOMENTUM JASON SNYDER SENIOR MANAGER, DATA & ANALYTICS LINDSAY DUKOWSKI DATA SC

  19. Slide 19: Shaping Government Quantum Programs

    SHAPING GOVERNMENT QUANTUM PROGRAMS FOR INCLUSIVITY AND NEAR-TERM APPLICATION SUPPORT NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT (NDAA) Now includes annealing, gate model and hybrid Tasks DoD with creating near-term quantum application pilot program NATIONAL QUANTUM INITIATIVE (NQI) Includes near-term appli

  20. Slide 20: Capitalizing on Tailwinds

    CAPITALIZING ON TAILWINDS 20 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE VERTICALIZATION GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION SUPREMACY

  21. Slide 21: This Is Truly a Remarkable Moment

    THIS IS TRULY A REMARKABLE MOMENT D-WAVE REMAINS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO CAPITALIZE ON IT 21 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE

  22. Slide 22: Scheduling Optimization - Pattison Food Group

    SENIOR MANAGER, DATA & ANALYTICS LINDSAY DUKOWSKI 22 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE SCHEDULING OPTIMIZATION

  23. Slide 23: Radar Scheduling - Davidson Technologies

    PRESIDENT DALE MOORE 23 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE RADAR SCHEDULING

  24. Slide 24: Tour Scheduling - Momentum

    CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER JASON SNYDER 24 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE TOUR SCHEDULING

  25. Slide 25: HVAC Design - VINCI Energies

    25 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE DATA SCIENTIST CÉDRIC LEJAY HVAC DESIGN

  26. Slide 26: Customer Q&A

    CUSTOMER Q&A ANALYST DAY 2024

  27. Slide 27: Growth and Sales

    IRWAN OWEN, VICE PRESIDENT, D-WAVE ANALYST DAY 2024 GROWTH AND SALES

  28. Slide 28: Commercial Momentum & Wins

    COMMERCIAL MOMENTUM & WINS MOVING INTO PRODUCTION 28 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE POC DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTION DEPLOYMENT

  29. Slide 29: Worldwide Go-To-Market Strategy

    WORLDWIDE GO-TO-MARKET STRATEGY 29 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE LAND NEW CUSTOMERS AND EXPAND EXISTING BASE ENGAGE PARTNERS FOR INCREASED BREADTH AND SPEED REDUCE TIME TO PRODUCTION PURSUE GOVERNMENT SALES AND GRANTS PRIORITIZE KEY VERTICAL MARKETS

  30. Slide 30: Land New Customers While Progressing Current Customers

    Delivery process improvement and implementation Creation of vertical-specific use-case templates for rapid PoCs Dedicated team for customer success and account management Deliver a delightful end-to-end experience Focus on increasing production usage and identify further expansion LAND NEW CUSTOMERS

  31. Slide 31: Reduce Time to Production

    REDUCE TIME TO PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS ACCELERATE TIME TO PRODUCTION THROUGH VERTICAL SPECIFIC POCs, “lite” POCs and standardized offering to facilitate rapid deployment 31 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE 2024 CURRENT POCs VERTICAL SPECIFIC POCs 2025 CUSTOMER REQUESTED POCs VERTICAL SPECIFIC POCs “LITE” POCs “ST

  32. Slide 32: Prioritizing Verticals and Use Cases

    PRIORITIZING VERTICALS AND USE CASES 32 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE MANUFACTURING LOGISTICS RESOURCE ALLOCATION JOB SHOP SCHEDULING FACTORY PLANNING RESOURCE SCHEDULING VEHICLE ROUTING LABOR ALLOCATION KEY VERTICALS USE CASES

  33. Slide 33: Job Shop Scheduling Demo

    33 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE SENIOR DIRECTOR, ALGORITHMS, PERFORMANCE AND TOOLS, D-WAVE ALEX CONDELLO JOB SHOP SCHEDULINGDEMO

  34. Slide 34: Engage Partners for Increased Breadth and Speed

    ENGAGE PARTNERS FOR INCREASED BREADTH AND SPEED 34 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE VARs ISVs SIs RESELLERS

  35. Slide 35: New Deloitte & D-Wave Collaboration in Canada

    NEW DELOITTE & D-WAVE COLLABORATION TO FUEL QUANTUM ADOPTION IN CANADA 35 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE

  36. Slide 36: Pursue Government Sales & Grants

    PURSUE GOVERNMENT SALES & GRANTS GRANT FUNDING LEAP POWER USERS & SYSTEM PLACEMENTS PUBLIC SECTOR SALES OPPORTUNITIES WITH NATIONAL LABS 36 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE FOUNDATIONAL POLICY WORK IS ENABLING PUBLIC SECTOR SALES EXPANSION

  37. Slide 37: Demand Gen and Marketing

    DEMAND GEN AND MARKETING MICHELLE MAGGS, VICE PRESIDENT, D-WAVE ANALYST DAY 2024

  38. Slide 38: Our Progress and Focus

    OUR PROGRESS “As the only quantum hardware developer in the quantum annealing market, D-Wave is in a unique position of being able to provide enterprises with a quantum computing infrastructure-as-a-service (QCIaaS) offering that is designed to address the needs of enterprises interested in becoming

  39. Slide 39: Demand Generation to Fuel Sales Pipeline Growth

    designed to INFORM, INFLUENCE AND EXPEDITE purchase, driving double-digit lead generation growth DEMAND GENERATION TO FUEL SALES PIPELINE GROWTH AGGRESSIVE DEMAND GEN PROGRAMS 39 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE

  40. Slide 40: Vertical-Specific Marketing Efforts Underway

    VERTICAL-SPECIFIC MARKETING EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO GENERATE HEIGHTENED INTEREST AMONG KEY TARGETS in logistics optimization and automation, empowering you to MAKE QUANTUM-INFORMED DECISIONS in logistics efficiency, reaching new levels of operational agility, profitability, and competitiveness D-WAVE IS

  41. Slide 41: Lunch & Lab Tour

    LUNCH & LAB TOUR ANALYST DAY 2024

  42. Slide 42: Quantum Technologies and Systems Products

    MARK JOHNSON, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, D-WAVE QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS PRODUCTS ANALYST DAY 2024

  43. Slide 43: Driving Customer Use Cases

    2 3, … BQM, DQM, CQM Solvers Next-gen Solver Targeted Hybrid Solvers 2 2023 2026 2024 20… 2028 2025 2027 2029 DRIVING CUSTOMER USE CASES $100B Market Opportunity* 43 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE Workforce Scheduling Job Shop Scheduling Vehicle Routing Scheduling & Routing Wireless Infrastructure Optimization

  44. Slide 44: Advantage2 System: A Giant Step in Performance

    ADVANTAGE2 SYSTEM WILL FEATURE:​ A new HIGHER CONNECTIVITY (degree 20) architecture​ A new HIGHER COHERENCE IC fabrication process​ A larger 7000+ QUBIT QPU​ 4800 qubit prototype ready for test ADVANTAGE2 SYSTEM: A GIANT STEP IN PERFORMANCE 44 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE Q2 2022 – 500+ QUBIT PROTOTYPE of new

  45. Slide 45: 1200 Qubit Advantage2 Prototype Delivers Performance Boost

    1200 QUBIT ADVANTAGE2 PROTOTYPE DELIVERS PERFORMANCE BOOST ON HARD PROBLEMS 45 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE ENERGY SCALE INCREASED BY MORE THAN 40% Delivers more high-quality solutions DOUBLED COHERENCE TIME Faster time-to-solution EXAMPLE: PERFORMANCE ON SAT PROBLEMS Advantage2 prototype beats Advantage syst

  46. Slide 46: Error Mitigation on Advantage2 Prototype

    Not a replacement for the error correction needed for gate model systems Residual Energy Mitigated curve has lower energy ERROR MITIGATION ON ADVANTAGE2 PROTOTYPE SHOWS GREATLY INCREASED QUBIT COHERENCE 46 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE ALLOWS US TO ACHIEVE PERFORMANCE OF A MORE COHERENT PROCESSOR Nearly 10X IN

  47. Slide 47: Quantum Effects Accelerating Optimization

    Demonstrated on hard MATERIAL SIMULATION problem instances THEORY EXPERIMENT *Lower and steeper are better QUANTUM EFFECTS ACCELERATING OPTIMIZATION 47 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE Proven performance scaling advantage in theory and measurements of COHERENT QUANTUM ANNEALING Demonstrated with ADVANTAGETM quant

  48. Slide 48: Pathway to Proving Quantum Supremacy

    PATHWAY TO PROVING quantum supremacy: QUANTUM EFFECTS ACCELERATING OPTIMIZATION 48 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE Classical simulations performed on FRONTIER AND SUMMIT SUPERCOMPUTERS AT OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LAB EXPONENTIAL ADVANTAGE over state-of-the-art classical techniques (tensor networks, neural networks, he

  49. Slide 49: Quantum Annealing Technology Accelerates Gate Model Development

    QUANTUM ANNEALING TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATES GATE MODEL DEVELOPMENT 49 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE SUPERCONDUCTING Fabrication Design & Test @VLSI Scale CONTROL / READOUT Electronics CRYOGENIC PACKAGING Superconducting PCB CRYOGENIC SYSTEMS ENGINEERING Run-Times Measured in Years CRYOGENIC FILTERING & I/O Magnet

  50. Slide 50: Progress Accelerating on Gate Model Program

    D-Wave fluxonium qubit PROGRESS ACCELERATING ON GATE MODEL PROGRAM 50 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE Demonstrated FAST, SCALABLE READOUT FOR FLUXONIUM Completed layout of LOGICAL QUBIT PROTOTYPE Built fluxonium qubits with demonstrated QUANTUM PROPERTIES COMPARABLE TO THE BEST SEEN TO DATE in peer-reviewed scie

  51. Slide 51: Leap Service, Ocean SDK, and Hybrid

    LEAP SERVICE, OCEAN SDK, AND HYBRID TREVOR LANTING, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, D-WAVE ANALYST DAY 2024

  52. Slide 52: Tech Driving Customer Use Cases

    TECH DRIVING CUSTOMER USE CASES BQM, DQM, CQM Solvers Next-gen Solver 2 Universal Solvers 3, … Platform Innovation Opportunity 2023 2026 2024 20… Workforce Scheduling Job Shop Scheduling Vehicle Routing Scheduling & Routing Wireless Infrastructure Optimization Network Flow Optimization Supply Chain

  53. Slide 53: Software Advancements for Accelerating Quantum Commercialization

    SOFTWARE ADVANCEMENTS FOR ACCELERATING QUANTUM COMMERCIALIZATION 53 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE Only quantum computing service with REAL-TIME ACCESS Continuing to harden Leap service for GROWING SET OF PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS PRODUCTION LEADERSHIP Powerful combination of CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM RESOURCES Rapid

  54. Slide 54: Production Leadership Supports Increasing Customer Deployments

    PRODUCTION LEADERSHIP SUPPORTS INCREASING CUSTOMER APPLICATION DEPLOYMENTS GROWING SET OF CUSTOMERS IN PRODUCTION EMPLOYEE SCHEDULING AND DRIVER SCHEDULING use cases currently running Increasing numbers of customers to DEPLOY PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS in 2024 Infrastructure allows for ZERO DOWNTIME du

  55. Slide 55: Hybrid Solver Innovation Expands Commercial Value

    COMBINE CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM RESOURCES to solve commercial optimization problems Flagship hybrid solver CQM - CONSTRAINED QUADRATIC MODEL - supports optimization problems with up to half a million variables Professional services engagements and growing set of use cases provide powerful LIBRARY OF R

  56. Slide 56: Next-Generation Hybrid Solver Unlocks Higher Performance

    Prototype next-generation solver performance on ‘Travelling Salesperson Problem’ NEXT-GENERATION HYBRID SOLVER UNLOCKS HIGHER LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE 56 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE ENHANCEMENTS IN UNDERLYING DATA MODEL: COMPACT REPRESENTATION of complex and constrained non-linear optimization problems Completed

  57. Slide 57: Full Stack Support for Advantage2 System

    FULL STACK SUPPORT FOR ADVANTAGE2 SYSTEM 57 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE ADVANTAGE2 SYSTEM Advantage2 QPUs: MOST COHERENT, most HIGHLY CONNECTED annealing QC technology Supporting hybrid solvers on significantly MORE POWERFUL ADVANTAGE2 PROCESSORS in 2024 Planning improvements to REDUCE SYSTEM LATENCY to deli

  58. Slide 58: Synchronizing Product and Sales

    SYNCHRONIZING PRODUCT AND SALES 58 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE CUSTOMER SUCCESS FOCUS SEAT-BASED PRICING model gives customers all the access and resources needed for developing applications and moving to production Support for open-source IDEs expands EASE OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION SOC 2®️ TYPE 2 compliance dr

  59. Slide 59: Key Takeaways

    59 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE CEO, D-WAVE DR. ALAN BARATZ KEY TAKEAWAYS

  60. Slide 60: D-Wave: Blazing the Trail for Commercial Quantum Computing

    D-WAVE: BLAZING THE TRAIL FOR COMMERCIAL QUANTUM COMPUTING 60 Opportunity 2023 2026 2024 20… 2028 2025 2027 2029 $100B Market Opportunity $100B Market Opportunity* $100B Market Opportunity* STRONG PRODUCT ROADMAP driving improved performance and increased use case applicability QUANTUM SUPREMACY cre

  61. Slide 61: Q&A Session

    Q&A SESSION ANALYST DAY 2024

  62. Slide 62: Closing Remarks

    CLOSING REMARKS ANALYST DAY 2024 JOHN MARKOVICH, CFO, D-WAVE

  63. Slide 63: Commercial Quantum Computing

    COMMERCIAL QUANTUM COMPUTING 63 COPYRIGHT © D-WAVE

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