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February 21, 2025

What does Microsoft’s quantum ‘breakthrough’ mean for the sector?

The Big Tech company said the development means it could build a practical large-scale quantum computer in years rather than decades

Microsoft this week unveiled a quantum computing “breakthrough”, promising a large-scale rollout of the technology just around the corner. 

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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