D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ: QBTS) announced on November 12, 2026, that it has been recognized as a Market Shaper in the Gartner Emerging Market Quadrant for Quantum Computing – Established Vendors. According to the filing, D-Wave is one of six quantum computing vendors placed in the upper right quadrant of the report.
The Gartner report defines Market Shapers as companies building solutions capable of fundamentally replacing classical computing bottlenecks rather than simply augmenting existing workflows. These vendors are described as moving past pure research experiments to deliver scalable fault-tolerant architectures, high-fidelity logical qubits, long-term roadmaps, and enterprise quantum software stacks.
D-Wave’s CEO, Dr. Alan Baratz, commented on the recognition, stating that the designation reflects both the transformative potential of the company’s technology and its ability to deliver. He noted that D-Wave is building the systems, software, and partnerships to turn scientific breakthroughs into an accelerated path to practical, scalable quantum computers.
The company is described as the only dual-platform quantum computing company providing both annealing and gate-model systems, software, and services. D-Wave offers enterprise-grade systems on-premises and via its Leap quantum cloud service, which boasts 99.9% availability and uptime. The filing indicates that more than 100 organizations across commercial, government, and research sectors trust D-Wave to address complex computational challenges.
