Other companies are leveraging different ways to corral quantum power. Quantinuum Inc., which is majority-owned by Honeywell International Inc., and IonQ Inc. use trapped ions or charged atoms as qubits. That enables the firms to link them together as a base circuit and carry out computer operations.

Nvidia (NVDA) hosted its first ever Quantum Day, an event to explore how quantum technology could impact industries. It featured a panel discussion led by CEO Jensen Huang, alongside executives from leading quantum computing companies like Atom Computing,