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D-Wave survey: 27% of business leaders expect quantum ROI >$5M in first year
D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- 46% of surveyed leaders expect $1-5M ROI from quantum optimization within 12 months; 27% expect over $5M.
- 81% of respondents believe they have reached limits of classical optimization; 53% plan to adopt quantum workflows.
- 60% expect quantum optimization to be very or extremely helpful for operational challenges.
- Top application areas: supply chain/logistics (50%), manufacturing (38%), planning/inventory (36%).
- CEO Alan Baratz: annealing quantum computing can solve business-critical problems now.
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