Microsoft dubs now the advent of a reliable quantum computing era. Quantum computing stocks are ripping higher on Wednesday morning.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's sobering assessment of quantum computing's timeline sent the space into a tailspin last week. During a question-and-answer session with analysts, Huang suggested that useful quantum computers were likely 15 to 30 years away.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang claims quantum computing is decades away, but is it really? The quantum era isn’t decades away — it’s unfolding in real-time.

Jensen Huang’s comments at last week’s CES about quantum computing being decades away stirred up discussion within the quantum industry.

Quantum computing holds the potential to radically transform the world. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently poured cold water on some of the hype surrounding quantum computing.

Shares of Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ: RGTI) climbed 7% as NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:NVDA) announced plans to host its first Quantum (NASDAQ:QMCO) Day at the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2025, sparking enthusiasm in the quantum computing sector.

All it took to derail a rally that had sent shares of pure-play quantum computing stocks soaring was a single comment from a tech CEO. When Nvidia's Jensen Huang suggested that a