The quantum computing rally came to an abrupt end on Wednesday following comments from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. During a question-and-answer session with analysts, Huang put forth a more pessimistic view of the quantum computing timeline:

On Monday at CES, the company unveiled Project Digits, a $3,000 personal AI supercomputer powered by a new GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip. Reuters reports that yesterday Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hinted to investors and analysts that there are bigger plans for the Arm-based CPU within that chip, codeveloped with MediaTek.

The Nvidia boss unveiled a new AI platform at CES called Cosmos, which aims to give robots and autonomous cars endless real-world scenarios to study.

Nvidia CEO's comments on quantum computing caused a market drop, erasing $8 billion from companies like IonQ, Rigetti, and D-Wave. Huang suggested useful quantum computing may be 15-30 years away. D-Wave's CEO disagreed,

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang used his CES 2025 keynote to unveil the company’s next generation of GPUs and declare the rise of "Agentic AI"—a shift he says will create a multi-trillion-dollar industry and redefine how people work.

Quantum stocks like Rigetti, IonQ and D-Wave Quantum saw steep losses after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said quantum computers are decades away.

Huang’s hotly anticipated speech brought mention that Micron is providing memory for new Blackwell gaming chips.

Small quantum computing stocks dived this week after Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang made clear to investors what they should have already known. Talking to analysts at the CES convention in Las Vegas on Tuesday, the executive said that "very simple quantum computers" could still be 20-years away.

Huang’s comment had a ripple effect. The quantum computing companies’ stocks have witnessed a sharp decline ever since. For instance, IonQ shares fell over 31.65%, while Rigetti Computing dropped by 37.25%, and D-Wave Quantum saw its stock tumble down by 25.61% after Huang’s statement.

Nvidia's recent stock returns have been nothing short of phenomenal. As AI drives the need for more computing power, quarterly revenue increased by over 1,000% since 2020. Much of that came in the last two years as large tech companies spent heavily to build out data centers needed for AI applications.