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Quantum stocks on pace for a massive week after Nvidia debuts AI models to boost the tech

Cnbc · · 435 words · By Samantha Subin; Katie Tarasov
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What to know about Quantum Computing Technology

Quantum stocks climbed on Thursday, adding to a massive week-to-date rally fueled by enthusiasm for Nvidia's new open-source artificial intelligence models designed to advance the burgeoning computing technology.

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What happened

Quantum stocks climbed on Thursday, adding to a massive week-to-date rally fueled by enthusiasm for Nvidia's new open-source artificial intelligence models designed to advance the burgeoning computing technology.

Why it matters

Since the start of the week, IonQ shares have skyrocketed over 50%, as have shares of D-Wave Quantum.

Common ground

Quantum Computing and Rigetti Computing have surged more than 30% each.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “D-Wave and Rigetti have dropped 18% and 12%, respectively [year to date].”
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Claim 2: “IBM is racing to develop the first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029.”
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Claim 3: “The Maryland-based company [IonQ] said it linked two remote quantum computers”
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Claim 4: “as have shares of D-Wave Quantum [skyrocketed over 50%]”
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The evidence provides a Wikipedia entry for D-Wave Systems but contains no information regarding recent stock price movements or a 50% increase.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — D-Wave Quantum Inc. is a quantum computing company with locations in Palo Alto, California and Burnaby, British Columbia. D-Wave claims to be the world's first company to sell computers that exploit q…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Wave_Systems
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In physics, quantum tunnelling, barrier penetration, or simply tunnelling is a quantum mechanical phenomenon in which an object such as an electron or atom passes through a potential energy barrier th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_tunnelling
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In quantum physics, a wave function (or wavefunction) is a mathematical description of the quantum state of an isolated quantum system. The most common symbols for a wave function are the Greek letter…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_function
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Claim 5: “Since the start of the week, IonQ shares have skyrocketed over 50%”
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The provided evidence only contains general company descriptions and stock quote pages for IonQ, but no specific data regarding a 50% increase in shares since the start of the week.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — IonQ, Inc. is an American quantum computing hardware and software company headquartered in College Park, Maryland. The company develops general-purpose trapped ion quantum computers and accompanying s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IonQ
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marc Russell Benioff (born September 25, 1964) is an American internet entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder, chairman and CEO of the software company Salesforce, as well…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Benioff
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SkyWater Technology, Inc. is an American semiconductor engineering and fabrication foundry, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. It is the only US-owned pure-play silicon foundry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyWater_Technology
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Claim 6: “Tuesday also marked Nvidia's longest winning streak since 2023, with shares up 18% over ten days.”
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Sources conflict on the exact percentage. One source mentions a 14% rise, another mentions 18%+, and another mentions a 3.8% increase on Tuesday. All agree it is a significant winning streak since 2023.
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web search NEUTRAL — Since another ten-day surge in 2023, this is the artificial intelligence chip giant's longest winning streak. After accounting for a 10-for-1 stock split that took place in 2024, shares increased 3.8%…
https://www.cnbctv18.com/market/nvidia-shares-are-seeing-the…
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web search NEUTRAL — ...rising 14% over the span, its longest winning streak since November 2023, as Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) reported record first-quarter revenue of $35.6B (up 35% year-over-year) driven by red-hot AI …
https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/04/11/nvidia-just-poste…
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web search NEUTRAL — Harmony Evans is an award-winning author for Harlequin Kimani Romance, the leading publisher of African-American romance. Her 2nd novel, STEALING KISSES, will be released in November 2013.
https://harmonyevans.com/nvidia-stock-rose-18-over-the-past-…
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Claim 7: “the company [IonQ] landed a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.”
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Claim 8: “The date was chosen because 4.14 represents the first three digits of a key concept in quantum physics known as the Planck constant.”
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Multiple sources confirm that April 14 (4.14) was chosen because it represents the first three digits of the Planck constant (4.135... x 10^-15 eV·s).
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web search NEUTRAL — Today is World Quantum Day. A date chosen because 4.14 represents the first digits of Planck’s constant, the fundamental number that governs quantum mechanics.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/universal-quantum_worldquantu…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Date Honors Planck's Constant April 14 was chosen because 4.14 represents the first three digits of Planck's constant (4.1356677 × 10⁻¹⁵ eV·s), the fundamental physical constant that Max Planck in…
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web search NEUTRAL — April 14 was chosen because 4.14 represents the first three digits of Planck's constant when measured in electronvolt-seconds: 4.1356677 × 10^{-15} eV·s. This tiny number is the cornerstone of quantum…
https://www.bundle.app/en/technology/world-quantum-day-2026-…
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Claim 9: “hyperscalers such as Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon have announced chips to power the futuristic tools.”
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Claim 10: “the largest names accounting for around $31 billion in market value ahead of Thursday's open.”
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Claim 11: “Quantum Computing and Rigetti Computing have surged more than 30% each.”
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Evidence is contradictory. One source mentions Rigetti shares surged more than 14%, while another mentions the stock was 'Down More Than 30% This Year'. There is no evidence confirming a 30% increase since the start of the week.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rigetti Computing, Inc. is an American developer of superconducting quantum integrated circuits used for quantum computers. Rigetti, which is based in Berkeley, California, also develops a cloud platf…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigetti_Computing
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Superconducting quantum computing is a branch of quantum computing and solid-state physics that implements superconducting electronic circuits as qubits in a quantum processor. These devices are typic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_quantum_comput…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a timeline of quantum computing and communication.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_quantum_computing_…
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Claim 12: “Nvidia's unveiling of Ising, a new family of open-source models aimed at accelerating the adoption of quantum computing.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Nvidia unveiled 'Ising', a family of open-source AI models designed to accelerate quantum computing adoption.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia ... Nvidia Corporation[a] (/ ɛnˈvɪdiə / en-VID-ee-ə) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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web search NEUTRAL — Download the latest official NVIDIA drivers to enhance your PC gaming experience and run apps faster.
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web search NEUTRAL — Download drivers for NVIDIA products including GeForce graphics cards, nForce motherboards, Quadro workstations, and more. Update your graphics card drivers today.
https://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/indexsg.aspx?lang=en-us
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Claim 13: “an international group of scientists announced in 2021 that April 14th should be used to promote public awareness of quantum technology.”
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Wikipedia and other web sources confirm that World Quantum Day is celebrated on April 14 and was established to promote public awareness of quantum technology.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — India's quantum computer is the proposed and planned quantum computer to be developed in India by 2026. A quantum computer is a computer based on quantum phenomena and governed by the principles of qu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India's_quantum_computer
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Post-quantum cryptography (PQC), sometimes referred to as quantum-proof, quantum-safe, or quantum-resistant, is the development of cryptographic algorithms (usually public-key algorithms) that are cur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-quantum_cryptography
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — World Quantum Day is an international event celebrated annually on 14 April since 2022. It aims at promoting public awareness and understanding of quantum science and quantum technology around the wor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Quantum_Day
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Claim 14: “The chip giant named Ising after a famous mathematical model.”
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Multiple sources explicitly state that Nvidia named the Ising models after the Ising mathematical model used for physical systems.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In machine learning, deep learning (DL) focuses on utilizing multilayered neural networks to perform tasks such as classification, regression, and representation learning. The field takes inspiration …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_learning
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — General-purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU, or less often GPGP) is the use of a graphics processing unit (GPU), which typically handles computation only for computer graphics, to pe…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are models created using machine learning to perform a number of tasks. Their creation was inspired by biological neural circuitry. While some of the computational im…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_artificial_neural_n…
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