Participation showcases how quantum-powered optimization solutions help address real-time supply chain disruptions amid growing complexity

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) (“D-Wave”), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, today announced it is participating in the upcoming Reuters Supply Chain USA 2024 conference, reflecting the company’s focus on addressing optimization challenges across supply chain logistics and manufacturing through quantum and hybrid-quantum solutions.

The event, which takes place in Atlanta, GA May 22 and 23, 2024, brings together 700+ senior supply chain pioneers to explore innovative solutions and strategies that help create supply chain resilience and counter global risk. Murray Thom, D-Wave’s VP of quantum technology evangelism, will speak about quantum computing’s role in addressing the complex optimization challenges facing the supply chain and how this emerging technology can help organizations maintain adaptability in the face of relentless disruption.

The global supply chain faces unprecedented challenges, ranging from rising digitization to unexpected bottlenecks and inefficiencies to the demand for more sustainable operations. D-Wave is working with logistics and supply chain-focused customers to adopt quantum-powered optimization technologies in order to better respond to these problems, mitigate disruptions and enhance operational processes.

“Quantum computing holds the key to solving some of the most intricate optimization challenges faced by supply chain executives,” said Lorenzo Martinelli, chief revenue officer at D-Wave. “We’re excited to bring quantum to the conversation at Reuters Supply Chain USA 2024 and share valuable insights of how our customers are using it to achieve a more agile, resilient, optimized and sustainable supply chain.”

D-Wave’s first-ever participation in Reuters Supply Chain USA 2024 is part of the company’s comprehensive go-to-market growth strategy, aimed at spearheading rapid quantum computing adoption within key vertical areas, such as supply chain logistics and manufacturing. The initiative emphasizes the emerging role of quantum computing in providing powerful, measurable solutions to longstanding operational challenges today. More information on D-Wave's go-to-market efforts can be found here.

About D-Wave Quantum Inc.

D-Wave is a leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software, and services, and is the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers—and the only company building both annealing quantum computers and gate-model quantum computers. Our mission is to unlock the power of quantum computing today to benefit business and society. We do this by delivering customer value with practical quantum applications for problems as diverse as logistics, artificial intelligence, materials sciences, drug discovery, scheduling, cybersecurity, fault detection, and financial modeling. D-Wave’s technology has been used by some of the world’s most advanced organizations including Mastercard, Deloitte, Davidson Technologies, ArcelorMittal, Siemens Healthineers, Unisys, NEC Corporation, Pattison Food Group Ltd., DENSO, Lockheed Martin, Forschungszentrum Jülich, University of Southern California, and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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