The most exciting name in quantum computing today is Google.
Googles position comes as a bit of a surprise when you consider the competition.
D-Waves been makingquantum computersfor about as long as Google has been in business.
And both Microsoft and IBM have focused quantum computing ecosystems generating revenue today to offset their massive research expenditures.
But Googles not as big a newcomer to the field as you might imagine.
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Not bad for a company most people wouldnt associate with the field of quantum physics.
Weve seen this kind of focus before when the companypivoted from mobile-first to AI-firstin 2016.
And, arguably, Googles managed to nab the top spot among US AI companies in the time since.
Googles taken the same tried-and-true approach to building out its quantum ambitions.
But research at the edge is hard to monetize.
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Of course the competition IBM, Microsoft, and D-Wave have all made similar claims.
And that makes this one of the most potentially-lucrative races in technology history.
But Googles got a few aces up its sleeves that could shake everything up.
Parent company Alphabet recentlystarbursted its SandboxAQ divisioninto its own company, now a Google sibling.
We expect itll begin servicing business clients in partnership with Google in the very near-term.
Itll be interesting to see the likes of Alphabet and Microsoft spar over future government contracts for quantum services.
