"D-Wave Wins More Funding For Quantum Computing Push"
Quoting from the site wsj.com Posted by:Dr Ahmed.M.Shaban An unusual chip at the heart of a D-Wave quantum computer. D-Wave System D-Wave Systems, which has been developing a radically different kind of computer since 1999, has installed a grand total of two systems outside its premises. But management, and investors, seem undaunted. The Vancouver-based company said Friday it has landed a new infusion of 30 million Canadian dollars ($28 million) from investors that include Goldman Sachs GS +0.84% . D-Wave says it has raised 160 million Canadian dollars ($149 million) over the years in a half-dozen funding rounds. Prior investors have included an investment vehicle for Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos and In-Q-Tel, a venture fund that invests on behalf of the U.S. intelligence community. D-Wave has also attracted considerable media attention–including a Time magazine cover story–for its quest to develop what scientists call a quantum ...