Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Thursday [1]walked back comments he made in January, when he cast doubt on whether useful quantum computers would hit the market in the next 15 years. From a report:

> At Nvidia's "Quantum Day" event, part of the company's annual GTC Conference, Huang admitted that his comments came out wrong. "This is the first event in history where a company CEO invites all of the guests to explain why he was wrong," Huang said.

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> In January, Huang sent quantum computing stocks reeling when he said 15 years was " [2]on the early side " in considering how long it would be before the technology would be useful. He said at the time that 20 years was a timeframe that "a whole bunch of us would believe." In his opening comments on Thursday, Huang drew comparisons between pre-revenue quantum companies and Nvidia's early days. He said it took over 20 years for Nvidia to build out its software and hardware business.

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> He also expressed surprise that his comments were able to move markets, and joked he didn't know that certain quantum computing companies were publicly traded. "How could a quantum computer company be public?" Huang said.



[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/20/nvidia-ceo-huang-says-was-wrong-about-timeline-for-quantum-computing.html

[2] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/01/08/1328234/nvidias-huang-says-very-useful-quantum-computers-likely-decades-away