You may not have ever experienced the joy of reading a research report. Yeah, not everybody is in the joyful research report reading camp. The well written research report camp was probably my favorite camp. Still to this day, I really want these research reports that keep getting sent out to be great. Before the cycle of information went into overdrive and we really are just getting flooded with information, getting one of these reports was great. It was one of those get a fresh cup of coffee and enjoy the process of sitting down and reading types of activities. Times have changed. We live in a time now where instead of industry expertise somebody with the right set of prompts for Gemini or ChatGPT can spit out a terrible facsimile of a research report pretty quickly. Honestly, somebody who is pretty good at prompting and willing to make the model create the report section by section might be able to get a readable report at this point. That is sort of how I feel about the “Quantum computing readiness 2025” report which they really just wanted to title “Quantum is coming” and send out to potential consulting customers.
You probably could have called this report the bureaucrats guide to quantum preparedness. They focus on governance, workflow alignment, risk management, procurement models, and executive sponsorship models. Those are all great bureaucratic formations that gate, shape, and position leaders to decide whether quantum can be absorbed into real operations at large organizations. In practical terms, right now researchers can buy time on quantum computers using IBM services or AWS Bracket. The tip of the spear at any organization could right now be looking for the breakout ROI use cases based on industry and what is possible.
IBM’s 2025 Quantum Readiness report argues that enterprises are shifting from exploratory pilots to targeted adoption as quantum advantage becomes more tightly coupled to classical optimization workloads such as logistics, materials modeling, and risk analytics [1]. The survey data indicates that organizations with strong cloud modernization and AI integration strategies are more likely to report quantum readiness, which reflects an emerging view that quantum computing will function as an accelerator within existing hybrid stacks rather than as a standalone capability. The report highlights growing interest in error-mitigated workflows, domain specific solvers, and partnerships with hardware providers as the practical route to early value capture. These trends suggest that quantum readiness in 2025 is increasingly defined by architectural preparation and workload alignment.
They shared 5 realities:
Organizational readiness is just as critical as tech maturity
Portfolio approaches hedge agents use case uncertainty
Quantum and AI amply each other’s impacts
Talent gaps will expand with quantum sophistication
Responsible computing must be built in, not bolted on
Somebody who is pretty good at prompts for Gemini or ChatGPT could request some deep research and get a similar report. My value-added take here would be that the future is going to be something akin to what NVIDIA is foreshadowing with NVQLink that will help bridge quantum-classical systems. Alphabet will probably have something similar with Willow and the TPU as well, but NVIDIA has an alliance setup and I never doubt that Jensen Huang will deliver on a technology that helps keep their key products relevant.
I’m going to just bottom line this one for you. Data centers where you have GPU or TPU workloads are going to end up with integrations to quantum computers. Workloads that are better on a quantum system will go that way and organizations that would benefit from the usage or quantum algorithms are going to have success. It’s going to be the usable quantum algorithms that sprint ahead when the gates are opened. Not every problem benefits from quantum computing, but a special set of algorithms truly does benefit and that is where the biggest return on investment will end up being. Like all things in business patterns of success will be repeated until the process is commoditized.
Footnotes:
[1] IBM Institute for Business Value. (2025). Quantum computing readiness 2025. IBM. https://www.ibm.com/thought-leadership/institute-business-value/en-us/report/2025-quantum-computing-readiness full report here https://www.ibm.com/downloads/documents/us-en/1443d5dfcbcf4360
[2] NVIDIA. (2025). NVQLink for quantum-classical systems. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/solutions/quantum-computing/nvqlink/
