Rigetti Vs. IonQ: Will Cash Beat Speed In Race For Quantum Advantage?

On paper, they couldn't be more different. One has a billion-dollar war chest, the other, a half-billion. One favors slow, steady qubits that have been coaxed into new tricks; the other rides lightning-fast gates that could leave competitors in the dust. And yet, in the race toward quantum advantage, Rigetti Computing Inc. RGTI and IonQ Inc. IONQ are barreling toward the same finish line — from opposite ends of the track. RGTI is among today's weakest performers. See the complete data here. IonQ's trapped-i ...