“"We strongly believe that our partners will achieve the first examples of quantum advantage this year, leveraging IBM hardware... We continue to make progress in quantum and remain on track to deliver the first large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029."”
Chairman, President and CEO, IBM
In July–August 2026 IBM and partners including Algorithmiq published demonstrations they described as verified quantum advantage on Heron hardware, but whether these count as genuine advantage remains contested — IBM's own quantum lead has framed quantum advantage as a scientific debate rather than a binary milestone.