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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced on January 2025 the launch of an open-source, AI-powered quantum computing model called Ising, aimed at enhancing competitive prospects for smaller quantum startups like IonQ, Rigetti Computing, and D-Wave Quantum. This announcement follows a previous statement by Huang, made a year earlier, where he estimated that practical quantum computers were still 15 to 30 years away, causing a major downturn in startup stock prices—IonQ dropped 39% and Rigetti fell 45% in response.
The introduction of Ising is seen as a significant development in the quantum computing field, as it aims to provide a common infrastructure that smaller companies can utilize, akin to how TCP/IP standardized internet use in the early 1990s. Following the announcement, stocks of quantum startups rebounded, with Rigetti gaining 13.3%, IonQ increasing by 21%, and D-Wave rising by 22.6%, highlighting investor optimism regarding Nvidia’s influential role in the market.
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