The quantum sector faces a perfect storm of depressed tech markets, lengthening timelines to revenue and unwinding hype. The sector’s long-term potential remains unbound, but startups, investors and governments face a period of challenge. With challenge comes opportunity.
The quantum race is truly underway as regions and nations vie to join the $1 billion club. 2020 will see geopolitical considerations increasingly hard to ignore as major national programmes chart their way forward. 2019 was a year of consolidation for national quantum programmes. Everyone wanted to boast about how much they are spending. Europe…