Quantum Computing is widely perceived as “the next bit thing” in technology, offering incredible gains in power. For example, in October 2025, Google’s Willow chip (105 qubits) performed a computation in under five minutes that would take today’s fastest supercomputers roughly 10 septillion years.
As of May 2026, Quantum Computing has officially crossed the threshold of verifiable quantum advantage, moving from theoretical laboratory experiments to measurable superiority over classical supercomputers for specific tasks. The hard work at this stage is designing highly specific new algorithms for the highly specific tasks Quantum Computers can perform.
In education, it is speculated that Quantum Computing will enable hyper-personalization, where the billions of data points reflecting a learner’s cognitive load, attention span and emotional state can be resolved in real-time to enable deeply nuanced guidance. There also intriguing possibilities from security and credentialling through to advanced STEM simulations.
Opportunity Statement
Market-building for Quantum Computing has barely begun across global industries – the opportunity horizon in teaching and learning is wide open. What are educators going to do with Qubits?
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