D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) has announced a series of strategic maneuvers at its Qubits 2026 conference, signaling a major transition toward industrialized, enterprise-scale quantum applications. The announcements include a corporate headquarters relocation, two significant multi-million dollar agreements, a high-performance defense collaboration, and an accelerated technical roadmap that incorporates its recent acquisition of Quantum Circuits, Inc. (QCI).
Florida Expansion: HQ Relocation and $20M FAU Agreement
D-Wave is transitioning its corporate headquarters and primary U.S. research and development (R&D) facility from Palo Alto, California, to Boca Raton, Florida, with the move expected to be completed by the end of 2026. The new headquarters will be located at the Boca Raton Innovation Center (BRiC), providing the company with bicoastal system redundancy. In a simultaneous development, Florida Atlantic University (FAU) has signed a $20 million agreement to purchase and install an Advantage2™ annealing quantum computer on its Boca Raton campus. This deployment establishes FAU as a central hub for quantum research in the region and includes the creation of a D-Wave Quantum Applications Academy dedicated to workforce training in logistics, finance, and materials science.
Enterprise and Defense Momentum: $10M Fortune 100 Deal and Missile Defense Benchmarks
The company has secured a $10 million, two-year enterprise Quantum Computing as a Service (QCaaS) agreement with an undisclosed Fortune 100 company. The collaboration focuses on the development and production-grade deployment of quantum-powered applications, marking a significant commercial endorsement of annealing technology for large-scale corporate operations. Additionally, D-Wave revealed results from a defense collaboration with Anduril Industries and Davidson Technologies. Utilizing the Stride™ hybrid solver on the Advantage2 system, the partners achieved a 10x faster time-to-solution and a 9% to 12% improvement in threat mitigation compared to classical-only methods in a 500-missile attack simulation.
Product Roadmap: Accelerated Gate-Model and Hybrid Capabilities
D-Wave reported a 314% increase in Advantage2 system usage over the past year, prompting the introduction of new hybrid capabilities. The Stride solver now supports surrogate modeling, allowing customers to integrate machine learning models directly into quantum optimization workflows for use cases like predictive maintenance and employee scheduling. Furthermore, following the completion of its acquisition of Quantum Circuits, Inc. on January 20, 2026, D-Wave has accelerated its gate-model roadmap. The company intends to bring an initial gate-model system—utilizing QCI’s dual-rail qubit technology—to market in 2026, positioning itself as a dual-platform provider of both annealing and error-corrected superconducting gate-model technologies.
Read the official press releases for the FAU Agreement here, HQ Relocation here, Fortune 100 Deal here, Defense Collaboration here, and Technology Roadmap here.
January 27, 2026
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