D-Wave Systems Inc.

Many technology companies talk about changing the world, but few are willing to do what it takes to invest the resources necessary to take on really hard problems in the face of enormous risk.

Every so often there is a chance to make a difference, to undertake a project - in the style of the Apollo moon landings - which against all odds makes a "technology of the future" an achievement of today.

People often comment on research technologies as being blue-sky ideas; useful in 20 years' time. But we're not content with something that's always 20 years away. We want to make it happen now.