Amazon Sees Commercial Quantum Computing Arriving Within a Decade Source：Reuters June 18, 2026 -- Today’s top stories: Amazon Sees Commercial Quantum Computing Arriving Within a Decade, UK-EU Summit Signals New Chapter After Brexit, and London Adopts Singapore-Inspired Housing Strategy. Views Amazon Sees Commercial Quantum Computing Arriving Within a Decade By CommonWealth Magazineweb only Amazon AI exec predicts first 'commercially useful' quantum computers in 5-7 years Amazon's top artificial intelligence executive, Peter Desantis, has predicted that the first "commercially useful" quantum computer will be available in the next 5 to 7 years. Desantis, who is leading a new Amazon organization focused on AI models, chips and quantum computing, said the technology will then grow in a similar way to the advancement of semiconductor capabilities. He added that the technology will then grow in a similar way to the advancement of semiconductor capabilities. Quantum computing proponents claim the technology will be able to solve problems that current computers can't. In classical computing, information is stored in bits; each bit is either a one or zero. Quantum computing uses quantum bits, or Qubits, which can be zero, one, or something in between. Last year, Amazon unveiled Ocelot, its quantum computing chip designed to tackle the problem of error correction, a key challenge in the realm of quantum computing. Quantum computing is becoming an increasingly competitive field with Tech giants like Microsoft, Google, and IBM developing the technology, as well as a slew of other startups. Reference Sources UK-EU summit set for July 22 UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that the second UK-EU summit will take place in Brussels on 22 July. The announcement comes as Starmer faces pressure to reconsider rejoining the EU. The Prime Minister has reaffirmed his government's commitment to not re-enter the bloc, but said there had been