D-Wave Quantum Stock Surges After Partnering With AT&T to Boost Artificial Intelligence Operations

Aditya Raghunath4 minute read
Reviewed by: Thomas Richmond
Last updated Jul 27, 2026

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Key Stats for D-Wave Quantum Stock

  • Price change for D-Wave Quantum stock: 17%
  • $QBTS Stock Price as of Jul. 24: $16
  • 52-Week High: $47
  • $QBTS Stock Price Target: $38

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What Happened?

D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) stock rose 17% on Monday after the company announced AT&T is expanding its use of D-Wave’s quantum technology.

AT&T plans to apply D-Wave’s annealing quantum computing to tackle complex optimization problems across its network.

The initial focus is integrating this technology into tools that power AT&T’s agentic AI solutions, the same systems that helped reduce customer downtime by 12 million hours in 2025.

One early result stands out.

In a network optimization workload, D-Wave’s technology cut processing time from roughly one hour down to under 15 seconds.

That’s a dramatic speed improvement, and it’s the kind of concrete result that helps explain why investors reacted so positively today.

AT&T now plans to explore using the technology in more areas, including outage detection and response, technician routing, network build planning, and traffic management.

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D-Wave CEO Alan Baratz said AT&T’s work shows how enterprises are turning to quantum computing to solve real business problems, not just experiment with the technology.

AT&T is also evaluating D-Wave’s upcoming gate-model systems for potential use in quantum security and quantum communications, which could open the door to an even deeper partnership down the road.

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What the Market Is Telling Us About D-Wave Quantum Stock

This deal fits into AT&T’s broader push to modernize its network using quantum computing, AI, automation, advanced analytics, and software-defined infrastructure.

For D-Wave Quantum stock, having a major telecom name like AT&T publicly expand its use of the technology is a strong signal of real-world commercial traction, something investors have been watching closely as the quantum computing sector generates a lot of hype but comparatively little proof.

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D-Wave describes itself as the only dual-platform quantum computing company, offering both annealing and gate-model systems, software, and services.

That dual approach lets it pursue a broader range of customer use cases than competitors focused on just one type of quantum technology, which may be part of why AT&T is interested in exploring even more applications beyond the current agreement.

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