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D-Wave Quantum Inc.: Q4 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q4 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 26 February 2026: press release. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Full-year revenue rose 179%: Revenue for 2025 was $24.6 million, compared with $8.8 million in 2024. Source
  • Full-year net loss rose on warrant charges: Net loss was $355.1 million, or $1.11 per share, compared with $143.9 million, or $0.75 per share, in 2024. Source
  • Full-year bookings fell 22%: Bookings for 2025 were $18.7 million; the 2024 figure included an eight-figure booking for the first quantum computer system sale. Source
  • Fourth-quarter bookings rose 471%: Fourth-quarter bookings were $13.4 million, compared with $2.4 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. Source
  • Early 2026 bookings above $32.8 million: Management said year-to-date 2026 bookings through February 25 exceed $32.8 million, with over $30 million in January alone. Source
  • Quantum Circuits acquisition completed: Quantum Circuits was acquired in January 2026, and its bookings closed just before completion are included in year-to-date 2026 bookings. Source
  • Full-year operating expenses rose 46%: Operating expenses were $120.7 million; management attributes the increase to accelerated product development and go-to-market initiatives. Source
  • Cash and securities reached $884.5 million: Cash and marketable securities were a record $884.5 million, up 397% from year-end 2024 and 6% from the third-quarter balance of $836.2 million. Source

“Our 2025 results mark one of the most successful and transformative years in D-Wave’s history, with meaningful growth across every key business metric”

Dr. Alan Baratz, CEO of D-Wave

What changed from last quarter

  • New: Acquisition of Quantum Circuits was completed, adding error-corrected superconducting gate-model systems to the company's offerings. Source
  • New: A new business unit was formed to drive adoption of D-Wave products and services within the U.S. government. Source
  • New: Boca Raton, Florida was selected as the location of the new corporate headquarters and a key U.S. research and development facility. Source
  • New: A collaboration with Davidson Technologies and Anduril Industries was announced for quantum-classical hybrid applications in U.S. air and missile defense planning. Source

Full-year results and growth

  • Full-year revenue rose 179%: Revenue for 2025 was $24.6 million, compared with $8.8 million in 2024. Source
  • Fourth-quarter revenue rose 19%: Fourth-quarter revenue was $2.8 million, compared with $2.3 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024. Source
  • Full-year net loss rose on warrant charges: Net loss was $355.1 million, or $1.11 per share, compared with $143.9 million, or $0.75 per share, in 2024. Source
  • Adjusted EBITDA loss widened: Adjusted EBITDA loss was $71.8 million for 2025, compared with $56.0 million for 2024. Source
  • Fourth-quarter net loss narrowed: Fourth-quarter net loss was $42.3 million, or $0.12 per share, compared with $86.1 million, or $0.37 per share, a year earlier. Source

Bookings and demand

  • Full-year bookings fell 22%: Bookings for 2025 were $18.7 million; the 2024 figure included an eight-figure booking for the first quantum computer system sale. Source
  • Fourth-quarter bookings rose 471%: Fourth-quarter bookings were $13.4 million, compared with $2.4 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. Source
  • Early 2026 bookings above $32.8 million: Management said year-to-date 2026 bookings through February 25 exceed $32.8 million, with over $30 million in January alone. Source
  • Fortune 100 QCaaS license after year-end: A $10 million, two-year enterprise QCaaS license with a Fortune 100 company was announced after the fourth quarter closed. Source

“We are entering 2026 with exceptional momentum: generating over $30 million in Bookings in January alone,”

Dr. Alan Baratz, CEO of D-Wave

Customers and engagements

  • New and renewing customer engagements: Engagements were signed with LG CNS, Sharp Corporation and CINECA, among others, for commercial and research applications. Source
  • Air and missile defense proof-of-concept: In the proof-of-concept, the Stride hybrid solver delivered at least 10x faster time-to-solution and a 9% to 12% improvement in threat mitigation. Source
  • Qubits 2026 attendance rose 63%: Qubits 2026 in Boca Raton was the company's largest Qubits event, with in-person attendance up 63% from Qubits 2025. Source

Technology and product milestones

  • Quantum Circuits acquisition completed: Quantum Circuits was acquired in January 2026, and its bookings closed just before completion are included in year-to-date 2026 bookings. Source
  • Dual-rail qubits with erasure detection: Erasure detection identifies 90% of errors, with gate fidelities above 99.9% and an observed erasure rate of 0.5%, per management. Source
  • Cryogenic control of gate-model qubits: The multiplexed control technology uses 200 control wires to address tens of thousands of qubits and couplers, according to management. Source
  • Annealing controls and hybrid solver updates: Multicolor annealing, fast-reverse anneal and machine-learning model support in the Stride solver were announced for the Advantage2 system. Source
  • Supremacy result unchallenged since 2024: Management said the Advantage2 result on a useful real-world problem has not been successfully challenged since its March 2024 publication. Source

“2026 is shaping up to be a defining year for D-Wave.”

Dr. Alan Baratz, CEO of D-Wave

Operating expenses

  • Full-year operating expenses rose 46%: Operating expenses were $120.7 million; management attributes the increase to accelerated product development and go-to-market initiatives. Source
  • Personnel costs led the increase: Salaries and related personnel costs rose $17.0 million for the year, with 74% of that increase in sales, marketing and research and development staff. Source
  • Fourth-quarter operating expenses rose 69%: Fourth-quarter operating expenses were $36.6 million, with personnel, third-party professional services and stock compensation cited as the main drivers. Source
  • Non-GAAP adjusted expenses rose 49%: Non-GAAP adjusted operating expenses were $92.9 million for the year, excluding depreciation, stock-based compensation and certain one-time items. Source

Gross margin

  • Full-year GAAP gross margin 82.6%: Gross profit was $20.3 million, mainly due to a higher-margin quantum computer system sale during the year. Source
  • Full-year non-GAAP gross margin 86.0%: Non-GAAP gross margin was 86.0% for the year, excluding non-cash stock-based compensation and depreciation and amortization. Source
  • Fourth-quarter non-GAAP margin declined: Fourth-quarter non-GAAP gross margin was 71.8%, while GAAP gross margin was 64.8%, up 1.0% from the prior-year quarter. Source

Cash and financing

  • Cash and securities reached $884.5 million: Cash and marketable securities were a record $884.5 million, up 397% from year-end 2024 and 6% from the third-quarter balance of $836.2 million. Source
  • Warrant exercises raised $63.7 million: Warrant exercises brought in $63.7 million of cash during the fourth quarter. Source
  • At-the-market offerings raised $536.7 million: Common stock sold in at-the-market offerings, net of issuance costs, was $536,741 thousand in 2025, against $169,906 thousand in 2024. Source
  • Operating cash outflow rose: Net cash used in operating activities was $71,982 thousand for 2025, against $42,643 thousand for 2024. Source

Strategy and leadership

  • Italy research facility capacity deal: A €10 million booking covers 50% capacity of an Advantage2 annealing system for a quantum computing and research facility in Lombardy, Italy. Source
  • Government unit led by Jack Sears Jr.: Jack Sears Jr. leads the new government unit and brings more than 25 years of experience in organizational growth for defense and aerospace companies. Source
  • CISO hired in prior quarter: Stan Black was hired as chief information security officer, expanding the executive leadership team.

Coming up, as management said on 26 February 2026

  • Florida Atlantic system deployment: Deployment of the $20 million system purchased by Florida Atlantic University is expected by the end of 2026. Source
  • Headquarters move from Palo Alto: The transfer of headquarters from Palo Alto, California to Boca Raton is expected by the end of 2026. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Customers Sourceover 135 individual customers, including over 70 commercial enterprises
Large customers Sourceover two dozen Forbes Global 2000 companies

Risks management discussed

  • Financial: Net loss moves with the remeasurement of the warrant liability, which management ties to the warrant price and the company's common stock price. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Met: Qubits 2026 was announced for January 27-28, 2026, and the release says it was hosted on those dates. Source
  • Met: The prior release expected this work to enable the first scalable gate-model system with cryogenic control; the current release reports the demonstration. Source

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.