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D-Wave Systematically Rebuts Flatiron Claims, Reaffirming Beyond-Classical Simulation Milestones

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) has issued a detailed corporate and technical response defending its previously claimed benchmarks of “beyond-classical” quantum computational simulation supremacy. The statement addresses recent coverage surrounding the Flatiron Institute’s newly published Science manuscript on multi-dimensional tensor networks, which suggested that classical workstations could replicate physical quantum annealing state calculations. D-Wave directly refutes the premise that its 2025 milestones have been overturned or nullified, asserting that the classical framework fails to scale across the most complex problem classes, configurations, and physical measurements native to the original physical hardware demonstration.