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SoftBank's Vision Fund eyes quantum computing
Published Mon, Jun 26, 2017 · 09:50 PM
London
SOFTBANK Group Corp's Vision Fund is scouting for possible investments in quantum computing, an experimental science being researched by companies such as Google and IBM to succeed current computer processor technology.
Shu Nyatta, who helps invest money for the fund, said the group wanted to find and back the company whose quantum computing hardware or software that runs atop it would become the "de facto industry standard".
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