The arrival of artificial intelligence into the mainstream is a boon for the cloud computing industry. AI needs enormous amounts of data and computing power to execute tasks, both of which are readily ...

IonQ is a pure-play quantum computing stock, as that's the company's only focus. Alphabet is responsible for key breakthroughs that have brought quantum computing much closer to real-world use.

Investing in start-up quantum computing stocks involves high risk. Alphabet's Willow chip is on par with or exceeding the performance of many quantum computing companies. In December, Alphabet ...