Shares of leading firms nose-dive after Nvidia’s Jensen Huang suggests a generational wait for fully functional quantum tech. We’ve been told that the future is now, but it seems it’s not quite here yet—at least not for quantum computing.

CEO Jensen Huang lit the entire quantum computing sector on fire last night after saying the technology won't be "very useful" for at least 15 years and maybe as many as 30 years. He may as well have poured gasoline on the industry and thrown in a lit match.