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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001907982-26-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QBTS"
cik: "0001907982"
company_name: "D-Wave Quantum Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T07:37:36.900866+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# D-Wave $20M Advantage2 sale to FAU; defense solver 10x faster; usage up 314%

## Summary
- Signed $20M agreement with Florida Atlantic University to install an Advantage2 quantum computer in 2026.
- Missile-defense proof-of-concept with Anduril and Davidson showed 10x faster time-to-solution and 9-12% better threat mitigation.
- Customer usage of Advantage2 systems increased 314% YoY; Stride hybrid solver usage up 114% in last six months.
- Plans to bring initial gate-model quantum system to market in 2026, leveraging Quantum Circuits acquisition.
- Headquarters relocating from Palo Alto to Boca Raton, Florida by end of 2026; key R&D hub.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001907982-26-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QBTS
- cik: 0001907982
- company_name: D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1907982/000190798226000016/0001907982-26-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1907982/000190798226000016/qbts-20260127.htm

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