The “Your Voice Is Amplified”  team is back with the first FinTech topic for the Technology category; Is Quantum Internet the Next Global Network? We have detailed our thoughts behind the science and the technology that is making a difference to the financial services industry. Now we reach the third and final part of the series; the investors. In this final episode, we  delve into the entities steering cash towards quantum computing.

Skip to: 01:01 Quantum’s major industry players.

“Private investment in quantum computing grew 500% from 2017 to 2021.” Major industry players including “Microsoft, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Nvidia, Alphabet., Honeywell, Amazon.com, Intel, and the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Limited are the stocks harnessing themselves to the quantum computing revolution.

 

Skip to: 01:59 Public sector investment in quantum technology

“The total number of quantum technology start-ups now stands at 350.” The biggest investment deals in 2022 according to McKinsey reached up to $500 million, with “seven deals surpassing $100 million.” China’s total investment of $15.3 billion remains the highest globally.

 

According to data from Statista, The United States (36 percent), Canada (32 percent), and China (32 percent) are the leading countries in quantum computing adoption. Among the surveyed countries, Japan (24 percent) and India (16 percent) have the lowest shares of organisations in the early or more advanced stages of adopting quantum computing.