Founded in 1999, D-Wave Systems is the world's first quantum computing company. Its mission is to integrate new discoveries in physics, engineering, manufacturing and computer science into breakthrough approaches to computation that help solve some of the world's most complex challenges. D-Wave is a leader in the development, fabrication and integration of superconducting quantum computers. Its systems are being used by organizations and institutions including Lockheed-Martin, Google, NASA and USC. D-Wave has been granted over 110 US patents.