Quantum computing investment surges to $12.6B amid climate tech interest

Investment in quantum startups jumped sixfold to $12.6 billion in 2025, driven partly by climate investors betting the technology can solve complex chemistry and materials-science problems central to decarbonization.

First covered Jul 24, 2026 · 7:14 AM PT · 1 article

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5h Heatmap News Is Quantum Computing Climate Tech? — Physicists have spent decades trying to apply the laws of quantum mechanics to the physical world in the form of quantum computers, devices that promise to…

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Discussion

Bluesky: @kbrigham.bsky.social Katie Brigham · 4h ago · 0 ♥ climate tech VCs are pouring $$ into quantum computing startups. but is quantum really climate tech? i asked around to see why climate VCs are betting on qubits — and if the case holds up...

Appeared in: 2026-07-24 (#8)

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