D-Wave media coverage report, Q3 results 2026
We read 515 news articles and 1,816 social posts about D-Wave Quantum in the fifteen days around its results. Here is what the coverage said, who carried it, and what got lost on the way.
Scano team · November 11, 2026 · Free to quote with a link to this page
In short
D-Wave gave the market good news for two weeks. The coverage told a different story: it ran mostly on investor sites, a third of it was law-firm notices, and on results day the headlines led with the loss.
- 35% of D-Wave news was lawsuit notices. 179 of 515 articles, most repeating a December 15 deadline.
- The CHIPS Act award made 16% of results stories. Revenue, the stock and the loss came first.
- None of six announcements reached major business media. Stride travelled furthest: 47 articles on 26 sites.
- One D-Wave story in three also named IonQ or Rigetti. IonQ led social conversation.
Coverage grew all fortnight
News volume rose from about 20 articles a day to 88 on November 10, results day. The rises follow D-Wave's announcements, price moves across quantum stocks, and the results themselves.
- 1Oct 27
D-Wave sets its results date. The stock is at a 52-week low.
- 2Oct 28
Partnership with LG CNS announced in Seoul.
- 3Oct 29
Customer Shionogi wins a Japanese government prize using D-Wave.
- 4Nov 2
Analyst firm B. Riley lowers its price target to $27.
- 5Nov 4
D-Wave makes its Stride software 8× faster.
- 6Nov 6
Rival IonQ reports strong results. Quantum stocks jump; D-Wave +17%.
- 7Nov 9
Previews ask if bookings will turn into revenue.
- 8Nov 10
Results: revenue +21%, a wider loss, up to $100M from the CHIPS Act. Shares fall about 8%.
Results and a lawsuit filled the news
We gave every article one main topic. Coverage of the results and law-firm notices about a class action took the same share. Products, customers and research together took one article in seven.
Lawsuit notices, every single day
Law firms published notices inviting investors to join a class action against D-Wave. On quiet days they were half of D-Wave's news. Counted with the rest, they make a company's coverage look bigger than it is.
Show the numbers
| Day | Lawsuit notices | Other news |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | 12 | 8 |
| Oct 28 | 7 | 23 |
| Oct 29 | 11 | 10 |
| Oct 30 | 11 | 14 |
| Oct 31 | 9 | 4 |
| Nov 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Nov 2 | 12 | 18 |
| Nov 3 | 16 | 26 |
| Nov 4 | 16 | 42 |
| Nov 5 | 20 | 22 |
| Nov 6 | 18 | 23 |
| Nov 7 | 3 | 12 |
| Nov 8 | 16 | 16 |
| Nov 9 | 18 | 32 |
| Nov 10 | 7 | 81 |
One report, mostly bad headlines
77 stories covered the results by 3:30 p.m. More headlines opened with bad news than with good news, and the strategic win of the quarter was rarely mentioned.
investing.comD-Wave shares slide 8% as Q3 bookings fall 19% despite a revenue beat
startupfortune.comD-Wave Quantum (QBTS) Lands $100 Million CHIPS Act Deal As Bookings Jump
finance.yahoo.comHow far D-Wave's own news travelled
We followed six announcements from the day they came out. The Stride software update went furthest. The award in Italy reached two sites.
Show the numbers
| Announcement | Articles | Websites | Social posts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stride software update | 47 | 26 | 43 |
| LG CNS partnership | 37 | 20 | 28 |
| Shionogi prize | 19 | 8 | 16 |
| Lung-cancer research | 15 | 7 | 22 |
| CHIPS Act award | 12 | 11 | 19 |
| Award in Italy | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Covered as a stock, not a company
Seven articles in ten ran on investor websites that write about price moves and analyst calls. Quantum and technology press, where product and customer stories belong, carried one in twenty-five.
D-Wave and its rivals
D-Wave had the most news articles only because of the lawsuit notices. Without them IonQ had more, and IonQ led social conversation outright.
IBM Quantum and Google Quantum AI are counted by those exact names, so their real numbers are higher.
Show the numbers
| Company | News | Lawsuit notices | Social posts |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-Wave | 515 | 179 | 1,590 |
| IonQ | 457 | 11 | 1,988 |
| Quantinuum | 224 | 0 | 299 |
| Rigetti | 166 | 2 | 366 |
| IBM Quantum | 91 | 0 | 197 |
| PsiQuantum | 15 | 1 | 96 |
| Google Quantum AI | 8 | 0 | 58 |
What comms teams can take from this
Six lessons that follow from the numbers above, for any company whose news is read mostly by investors.
- Put the best number first
The CHIPS Act award reached 16% of results stories. Reporters repeat what comes first in a release.
- Count lawsuit notices separately
They can be a third of a company's news. Report coverage with and without them.
- Take customer stories to major media
The LG CNS and Shionogi stories stayed on investor and trade sites.
- Give the CEO a voice
Alan Baratz was named in 14 of 515 articles.
- Explain what makes you different
One story in three grouped D-Wave with IonQ and Rigetti. The most-liked post explained the difference.
- Write lines traders can repeat
Market-news accounts reached twelve times more people than the company's own post.
How we counted
News from October 27 to November 10, 2026, to 3:26 p.m. New York time. Social media from November 3 to 10.
An article naming D-Wave, DWave, QBTS, Advantage2 or Alan Baratz in its headline or first lines, or at least twice. Physics papers on "d-wave" materials and stock-quote pages are left out.
News websites, press wires and newsrooms collected by Scano, checked against Google News. Social: X, StockTwits, YouTube, Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram, Reddit, LinkedIn, Threads, TikTok.
Sorted with fixed word lists, so every result can be checked. Social counts leave out posts that list five or more tickers.
IBM Quantum and Google Quantum AI counted by those exact names.
TV, radio, audio podcasts and text behind paywalls.
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