Intel to buy quantum software firm Classiq for about $2.3bn
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A $2.3B software buy for Classiq says the quantum stack is being treated as a full compute paradigm, not a research sidecar. If you’re betting on accelerated compute, start tracking where your algorithms and workloads could map to quantum toolchains over a 5–10 year horizon.
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