That's why Baratz is speaking out against Huang's timeline. As the CEO of D-Wave, he believes there's a lot of misunderstanding regarding the quantum computing space. And he wants to set the record straight.

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

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

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:

Traditionally, CEOs have the fashion sense of an accountant shopping in the dark. It’s what you have to do when you want to minimise the number of decisions you have