Can quantum computing change the world? This start-up is betting on it.

Imagine a computer that could sift through millions of financial transactions in real time to detect fraud or look for signs of insider trading, and do it exponentially faster than the most powerful computers in the world today. A Washington start-up is betting that such a machine can be built in the not-too-distant future, using the mysterious principles of quantum computing.

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