Advances like these lead me to believe that useful quantum computing is inevitable and increasingly imminent. And that’s good news, because the hope is that they will be able to perform calculations that no amount of AI or classical computation could ever achieve.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing investing are two incredibly popular trends. While the applications of these two technologies could intersect, the companies involved with each sector often do not.

Quantum computing has been an up-and-down investment theme over the past few months. The rage kicked off when Alphabet ( GOOG 1.16%) ( GOOGL 1.13%) announced a breakthrough with its Willow quantum computing chip, and any stock associated with quantum computing rose on the news of the announcement.

The shares of quantum company shares sank on Monday after Chinese AI startup DeepSeek released a reasoning that outperformed Microsoft-backed (MSFT) OpenI latest offering in many third-party tests, sparking about American dominance in the AI sector.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang may have said that "very useful quantum computers" are probably still 20 years away, but his company is also hedging its bets

Quantum computing is drawing more attention now than generative AI did before ChatGPT’s release. This sparks big questions about what QC could achieve in 2025.

The model was developed by the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, which claims that R1 matches or even surpasses OpenAI’s ChatGPT o1 on multiple key benchmarks but operates at a fraction of the cost.

Stocks and ETFs tied to quantum computing rose significantly Wednesday after Nvidia and Microsoft highlighted the industry's enormous potential.

Quantum computing stocks have been losing ever since Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang said widespread applications of quantum computing are still decades away. But investors are rewarding these companies once again on Wednesday after Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) made a statement that starkly differs from Huang’s view on quantum computing.

Quantum computing may be many years out, but even the founder and CEO of Nvidia now seems to think: “Why wait?” Quantum computing stocks jumped Wednesday following an announcement from Nvidia that it would add a “Quantum Day” event to its GTC conference in March.

Alphabet subsidiary Google recently announced two major technical achievements with its Willow quantum computing chip. In response to the news, shares of Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ: RGTI) and D-Wave Quantum (NYSE: QBTS) during the next three weeks advanced 280% and 110%,