The start of the new year is a good time to review what happened in 2019. Michael Biercuk, founder and CEO of Q-CTRL, provides a good summary (together with some good PR for his company) in this article.
The most surprising aspect of 2019 for the quantum computing industry "It’s been surprising to me to see the beginnings of a contraction in investment in the sector... overall the landscape has become more challenging as the true timelines to realizing quantum advantage for economically relevant problems has become clear. In a sense, this is a good thing in that it weeds out irrational investors from the market."
https://appdevelopermagazine.com/2019-quantum-computing-industry-retrospective/
