This is what's happening on Wednesday, as quantum computing investors cheer some kind words from Microsoft's strategic missions and technologies chief, Mitra Azizirad, who last night urged quantum investors to get ready, because "we are right on the cusp of seeing quantum computers solve meaningful problems and capture new business value."

CEO Jensen Huang lit the entire quantum computing sector on fire last night after saying the technology won’t be “very useful” for at least 15 years and maybe as many as 30 years. He may as well have poured gasoline on the industry and thrown in a lit match.

Shares of Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ: RGTI) climbed 7% as NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:NVDA) announced plans to host its first Quantum (NASDAQ:QMCO) Day at the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2025, sparking enthusiasm in the quantum computing sector.