D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) is a publicly traded Quantum Annealing company founded in 1999 and based in Palo Alto, United States.
| Date | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2022 | IPO | $49M | $1.6B | — |

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D-Wave's flagship quantum annealing processor with more than 4,400 qubits and 40,000 couplers, optimized for combinatorial optimization problems. Available on-premises and via the Leap cloud service. Deployed by customers including Volkswagen, Lockheed Martin, and BASF—where a 2025 integration reduced a manufacturing scheduling process from 10 hours to seconds. Represents the fifth generation of D-Wave's annealing architecture.
Real-time cloud access platform providing immediate connectivity to D-Wave's Advantage2 quantum processors and quantum-classical hybrid solvers. Hybrid solvers accept production-scale problems with up to 2 million variables and 100,000 constraints. Offers enterprise-grade performance and scalability, and includes sample problem sets and developer tools for rapid prototyping. Available via AWS Marketplace for integration with existing cloud infrastructure.
Open-source Python software toolkit for formulating and solving optimization problems on D-Wave quantum hardware and classical simulators. Provides tools for problem formulation as QUBOs and Ising models, hybrid classical-quantum decomposition, and submission to Leap cloud or on-premises systems. Widely used by developers building quantum-accelerated optimization applications in logistics, finance, and materials science.
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