# Quantum Computer Wins $2M Prize but Can't Beat Classical Computers

- slug: quantum-computer-wins-2m-prize-but-cant-beat-classical-computers
- date: 2026-04-16
- category: Quantum Computing

Algorithmiq won $2M from a $50M Wellcome Leap program for simulating a cancer drug already in clinical trials. The $5M prize for proving quantum actually beats classical computing went unclaimed by every team in the program.

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