The same stocks rallied earlier this week after Microsoft unveiled an initiative meant to familiarize business leaders with quantum systems.

Rigetti stock is up 1,756% in the last year — but 74% overvalued. Investors who did not buy Nvidia stock before GenAI wave, fear missing out on quantum computing.

Adding to the pressure, D-Wave announced on Friday that the company was going to sell up to $150 million in common shares. That move would dilute the current shareholders of the company. Early stage companies often take advantage of price increases to raise capital to invest in their research and development.

This is what's happening on Wednesday, as quantum computing investors cheer some kind words from Microsoft's strategic missions and technologies chief, Mitra Azizirad, who last night urged quantum investors to get ready, because "we are right on the cusp of seeing quantum computers solve meaningful problems and capture new business value."

Shares of Rigetti Computing are trading higher by 24.8% during Tuesday's session. The stock is rebounding after recent remarks by Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg that cast doubt on quantum computing's timeline.

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Therefore, Huang's prediction that quantum computers won't go mainstream for 15 to 30 years sounds reasonable. It took Nvidia about two decades for its gaming and professional vis