Google backs Boston quantum startup QuEra in $230M debt round

Quantum computing, long relegated to the realm of the theoretical, feels like it is back on the agenda as a potentially viable alternative to the expensive race for even more computing power. 

On the heels of some notable advancements in quantum chips and error correction (two key hurdles for quantum computing), a startup out of Boston called QuEra said on Tuesday that it has closed financing of $230 million from the likes of Google and SoftBank. The company will use the money to power its next stage of growth by building a “useful” fully…