Motley Fool Picks 4 Quantum Stocks as AI Slowdown Shifts Focus
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Updated · The Motley Fool · Sep 17
Motley Fool Picks 4 Quantum Stocks as AI Slowdown Shifts Focus
2 articles · Updated · The Motley Fool · Sep 17
Summary
Four quantum computing names—IonQ, Quantinuum, Infleqtion and newly added D-Wave—were highlighted as alternatives for investors as major AI labs urge slower development over safety risks.
IonQ leads the group on reported accuracy at 99.99% 2-qubit fidelity, while Quantinuum has reached 99.92% and is targeting 99.999% logical fidelity in 2027 with its Sol system.
Infleqtion is pushing a neutral-atom design that reached 99.73% 2-gate fidelity in 2024 and also sells quantum sensing and timing tools to U.S. and U.K. government customers.
D-Wave stands out for commercial quantum annealing deployments and a broader pivot into gate-based systems after acquiring Quantum Circuits earlier this year.
The pitch rests on quantum computing still being early, government-backed and less constrained than AI, whose outlook has been clouded by fresh calls for a development slowdown.