Dr. Robert Schoelkopf

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The quantum computing land grab

Joined D-Wave as chief scientist through Quantum Circuits acquisition, leading New Haven R&D center

D-Wave Quantum closed its $550 million acquisition of Quantum Circuits in January 2026, adding Yale's dual-rail qubit technology to its quantum annealing platform. The deal is part of a nine-month consolidation spree: IonQ spent $1.08 billion on Oxford Ionics in June 2025 and announced a $1.8 billion SkyWater Technology acquisition in January 2026.

Updated May 19

Notable Quotes

The dual-rail encoding allows you to build these cavities and get nice error properties with error-detection capability built in.

from The quantum computing land grab · Updated May 19

Fault-tolerant error-corrected quantum computing is within our reach, and this acquisition is expected to significantly speed up the timeline.

from The quantum computing land grab · Updated May 19