Too many quantum startups, too little money to keep them alive
08-10-2026 17:37 via theregister.com

Too many quantum startups, too little money to keep them alive

More than half of quantum computing startups will be out of business by 2030, Gartner predicts, as an overcrowded market struggles to generate enough commercial revenue. The analyst expects customers to reject technologies that fail to achieve fault-tolerant quantum computing – reliable computation despite errors in the underlying hardware. Despite that forecast, Gartner says enterprises are making initial investments as quantum technologies begin to show early signs of practical business
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