Article from Barron's with more details and comments from CEO of Zapata
Today, quantum computers can still be beaten in most applications by traditional computers. But quantum power is growing. “The first Wright brother flight went 600 meters,” Christopher Savoie, founder and CEO of quantum computing firm Zapata Computing, said. He was explaining how to think of the current generation of quantum-computing technology. The Wright brothers flight happened in 1903 and by 1918 there were air forces around the globe.