Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's sobering assessment of quantum computing's timeline sent the space into a tailspin last week. During a question-and-answer session with analysts, Huang suggested that useful quantum computers were likely 15 to 30 years away.

Jensen Huang’s comments at last week’s CES about quantum computing being decades away stirred up discussion within the quantum industry.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang claims quantum computing is decades away, but is it really? The quantum era isn’t decades away — it’s unfolding in real-time.

Quantum computing stocks collapsed in the early part of January, thanks in part to comments from the CEO of Nvidia. The companies have promising technology, but it is still many years away from commercialization.

CEO Jensen Huang lit the entire quantum computing sector on fire last night after saying the technology won’t be “very useful” for at least 15 years and maybe as many as 30 years. He may as well have poured gasoline on the industry and thrown in a lit match.

Shares of Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ: RGTI) climbed 7% as NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:NVDA) announced plans to host its first Quantum (NASDAQ:QMCO) Day at the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2025, sparking enthusiasm in the quantum computing sector.

We recently compiled a list of the 5 Quantum Computing Stocks Challenging Jensen Huang’s Stance. In this article, we are going to take a look at where D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE:QBTS) stands against the other quantum computing stocks.