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D-Wave buys Quantum Circuits for $550M

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D-Wave is acquiring Quantum Circuits for $550 million to merge annealing and gate-model quantum computing, as Intel confirmed 14A production for 2027 with backside power delivery.

Reported metric: $550M

Reporting date: 2026-01-10 (not necessarily the event date)

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D-Wave buys Quantum Circuits for $550M
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Reporting date: 2026-01-10
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Claim: D-Wave is acquiring Quantum Circuits for $550 million to merge annealing and gate-model quantum computing, as Intel confirmed 14A production for 2027 with backside power delivery.
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