D-Wave backlog up 13× while operating cash outflow doubles as gate‑based development costs rise
D-Wave’s Q3 2026 revenue was $4.5 million. While remaining performance obligations expanded sharply, gross margin fell and losses continued.
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FAU reports 91.90% lung‑cancer prediction on D‑Wave hardware, no proven edge over classical methods
FAU compared methods for predicting lung cancer from limited symptom and risk‑factor data; a D‑Wave hardware method achieved 91.90% accuracy.
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D-Wave partners with LG CNS to advance quantum optimization; solver choice and vendor dependence remain concerns
D-Wave and LG CNS will collaborate to develop and deploy enterprise optimization applications using quantum annealing.
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D-Wave installs Advantage2 in Italy under €10 million deal to accelerate European rollout
An Advantage2 with over 4,400 qubits has been delivered to northern Italy. Once installed, it will be available via the cloud to European research institutions and companies.
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D-Wave extends multi‑year manufacturing deal with IonQ‑owned SkyWater, highlighting shared quantum foundry infrastructure
D-Wave and SkyWater have signed a multi‑year agreement to continue developing and manufacturing specialized semiconductor processes for superconducting quantum processors.
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FAU to host D‑Wave Advantage2 on campus as part of GTM strategy
FAU received a $200,000 cooperative agreement from NIST to build a hands-on workforce development program with D‑Wave covering quantum computing and critical infrastructure.
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D-Wave partners with University of Arkansas on supply-chain optimization, expanding retail and logistics ties
D-Wave and the University of Arkansas research center have established a research and education initiative targeting supply-chain challenges in retail, transportation, and defense.
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D-Wave appoints former BNP Paribas CIO Bernard Gavgani to board, boosting enterprise quantum cloud governance
D-Wave has appointed Bernard Gavgani, who has expertise in financial IT and cybersecurity, to its board and cybersecurity committee.
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D-Wave finalizes up to $100M agreement with U.S. Commerce to fund annealing and gate systems
D-Wave has signed a final agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce. Up to $100 million will be made available for R&D on next-generation quantum annealing and gate-model systems.
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Fixstars Amplify releases Amplify AE 1.3, boosting GPU-annealing solver for complex constraints
Improves solving performance for combinatorial optimization problems with complex constraints, targeting applications such as workforce scheduling and production planning.
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NTT DOCOMO deploys second D-Wave‑powered network optimization app into production
Optimized TA-Lists spanning multiple areas, reducing location registration signals by 65.3% and paging signals by 7.0% during daily peak periods.
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IBM expands QOBLIB benchmark, aggregating over 2,000 optimization submissions
QOBLIB, which compares quantum and classical optimization methods under common conditions, has been expanded through a published paper and the launch of a dedicated website.
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D-Wave awarded up to CAD 300,000 from NRC to develop Zephyr graph‑minor embedding for Advantage2
D-Wave has received up to CAD 300,000 from Canada’s NRC to develop embedding algorithms for Advantage2’s Zephyr topology. Results are planned for integration into the Ocean SDK.
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D‑Wave Q2 2026 revenue $3.1M; H1 bookings jump over 12x to $35.5M
D‑Wave’s Q2 2026 revenue was nearly flat year‑over‑year, while H1 bookings and remaining performance obligations rose sharply. The company also disclosed new development targets for its annealing and gate approaches.
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D-Wave and Nasdaq Verafin agree PoC to test quantum annealing for financial crime detection
D-Wave and Nasdaq Verafin will launch a proof of concept applying quantum–classical hybrid techniques to financial crime detection. They will analyze hundreds of data signals to explore their use in predictive models for anomalous account behavior.
