Quantum Computing Inc 10-Q for FY2022 Q1
Quantum Computing Inc. (QUBT)
About this 10-Q
Quantum Computing Inc filed this 10-Q on May 23, 2022, covering the quarter ended March 31, 2022 (FY2022 Q1).
Headline figures
Quarter ended March 31, 2022, as reported in this filing, compared with the same period a year earlier where the filing states it.
- Revenue
- $31.24K
- Net loss
- $7.13M
- compared with a net loss of $3.39M a year earlier
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QUANTUM COMPUTING INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
QUANTUM COMPUTING INC.
(Formerly Innovative Beverage Group Holdings, Inc.)
Index to the Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
F-1
QUANTUM COMPUTING INC.
Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accounts Receivable | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ||||||||
| Loans receivable | ||||||||
| Fixed assets (net of depreciation) | ||||||||
| Other Assets | ||||||||
| Lease right of use | ||||||||
| Security Deposits | ||||||||
| Total assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT) | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accrued expenses | ||||||||
| Lease liability | ||||||||
| Dividends payable-preferred | ||||||||
| Loans payable | ||||||||
| Other current liabilities | ||||||||
| Convertible promissory notes | ||||||||
| Total liabilities | ||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity (deficit) | ||||||||
| Common stock, $ | ||||||||
| Preferred stock, $ | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
| APIC-Beneficial Conversion Feature in Equity | ||||||||
| APIC-Stock Based Compensation | ||||||||
| Subscription Receivable | ||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders’ equity (deficit) | ) | |||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit) | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Unaudited financial statements.
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QUANTUM COMPUTING INC.
Statement of Operations
(Unaudited)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||
| March 31, | ||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
| Total revenue | $ | $ | ||||||
| Cost of revenue | ||||||||
| Gross profit | ||||||||
| Salaries and Benefits | ||||||||
| Consulting | ||||||||
| Research & Development | ||||||||
| Stock Based Compensation | ||||||||
| Selling General & Administrative - Other | ||||||||
| Operating expenses | ||||||||
| Loss from Operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Other Income and Expense | ||||||||
| Interest Income – Money Market | ||||||||
| Misc. Income – Legal Settlements | ||||||||
| Misc. Income – Government Grants | ||||||||
| Interest Expense – Promissory Notes | ||||||||
| Interest Expense - Beneficial conversion feature | ||||||||
| Interest Expense –Warrants | ||||||||
| Interest Expense – Derivatives mark to market | ||||||||
| Interest Expense – Preferred dividends | ( | ) | ||||||
| Interest Expense – Financing expenses | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net Other income (expense) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Federal income tax expense | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Weighted average shares - basic and diluted | ||||||||
| Loss per share - basic and diluted | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Unaudited financial statements.
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QUANTUM COMPUTING INC.
Statement of Stockholders’ Deficit
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
| Common Stock | Additional Paid | Accumulated | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | in Capital | Deficit | Total | ||||||||||||||||
| BALANCES, December 31, 2020 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Issuance of shares for cash | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of shares for debt conversion | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of shares for services | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Beneficial Conversion Feature | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Subscription Receivable | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Derivatives & Warrants | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Stock Options | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock based compensation | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| BALANCES, March 31, 2021 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited financial statements.
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QUANTUM COMPUTING INC.
Statement of Stockholders’ Deficit
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
(Unaudited)
| Common Stock | Preferred Stock | Additional Paid | Accumulated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | in Capital | Deficit | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| BALANCES, December 31, 2021 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of shares for cash | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of shares for debt conversion | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of shares for services | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beneficial Conversion Feature | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subscription Receivable | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Derivatives, Warrants, & Preferred OID | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock Options | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock based compensation | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| BALANCES, March 31, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited financial statements.
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QUANTUM COMPUTING INC.
Statement of Cash Flows
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021
(Unaudited)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||
| March 31, | ||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash | ||||||||
| Accounts Receivable | ( | ) | ||||||
| Prepaid Expenses | ( | ) | ||||||
| Depreciation | ||||||||
| Accounts Payable | ( | ) | ||||||
| Accrued Expenses | ( | ) | ||||||
| Derivative Mark to Market | ||||||||
| Stock Based Compensation | ||||||||
| Warrant Expense | ||||||||
| Preferred Dividends Payable | ||||||||
| Lease Liability and other | ( | ) | ||||||
| CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
| Fixed Assets – Computer Software and Equipment | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Other Assets – Lease Right to Use | ||||||||
| Other Assets – Security Deposits | ||||||||
| Loan Receivable | ( | ) | - | |||||
| CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
| Issuance (repayment/conversion) of Convertible Promissory Notes | ||||||||
| Proceeds from loans | ||||||||
| Preferred OID | ||||||||
| Proceeds from stock issuance | ||||||||
| CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
| Net increase (decrease) in cash | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash, beginning of period | ||||||||
| Cash, end of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES | ||||||||
| Cash paid for interest | $ | $ | ||||||
| Cash paid for income taxes | $ | $ | ||||||
| NON-CASH INVESTING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
| Lease Right to Use | $ | $ | ||||||
| NON-CASH FINANCING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
| Note payable issued in exchange for a Subscription receivable | ||||||||
| Common stock issued for compensation | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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QUANTUM COMPUTING INC.
Notes to Financial Statements
March 31, 2022
(Unaudited)
Note 1 – Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:
Organization:
Quantum Computing Inc., formerly known as Innovative Beverage Group Holdings, Inc. a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) was the surviving entity as the result of a merger between Ticketcart, Inc. and Innovative Beverage Group, Inc., both Nevada corporations. Innovative Beverage Group, Inc. was the surviving entity as the result of a merger between Kat-A-Tonic Distributing, Inc., a Texas corporation and United European Holdings, Ltd., a Nevada Corporation. In 2021 the Company established three wholly owned subsidiaries, Qubitech, Inc., Qubittech Federal, Inc. and Qubittech International, Inc., all of which are Delaware corporations. At this time there are no personnel, assets or liabilities associated with any of the subsidiaries.
History
Quantum
Computing Inc. (“QCI” or the “Company”), was incorporated in the State of Nevada on July 25, 2001 as Ticketcart,
Inc. Ticketcart’s original business plan involved in the sale of ink-jet cartridges online. Ticketcart offered remanufactured and
compatible cartridges for Hewlett-Packard, Epson, Lexmark, and Canon inkjet printers. On July 25, 2007, Ticketcart, Inc. acquired Innovative
Beverage Group, Inc. and changed its name to Innovative Beverage Group Holdings, Inc. (“IBGH”) to better reflect its business
operations at the time which was beverage distribution and product development. In 2013, IBGH ceased operations. On May 22, 2017, one
of IBGH’s shareholders, William Alessi (the “Plaintiff”), filed suit against the Company alleging “(1) fraud;
and (2) breach of fiduciary duties of care, loyalty and good faith to the Corporation’s shareholders.” Mr. Alessi’s
complaint alleged that the officers and directors of IBGH had abandoned it and allowed the Company’s assets to be wasted, causing
injury to the Company and its shareholders. Mr. Alessi sought damages of $
On
August 28, 2017, the North Carolina Court, Superior Court Division (the “North Carolina Court”), entered a default judgment
for Plaintiff and appointed an exclusive Receiver (the “Receiver”) over the Company. The default judgment provided that Innovative
Beverage Group Holdings, Inc. was (i) to issue to the Plaintiff
On
January 22, 2018, while the Company was in receivership, the Company (acting through the court-appointed receiver in her capacity as
CEO and sole Director of the Company) sold
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QUANTUM COMPUTING INC.
Notes to Financial Statements
March 31, 2022
(Unaudited)
Nature of Business
The Company is a developer of quantum computing software offering ready-to-run software for complex optimization computations. The Company was founded in 2018 by leaders in supercomputing, mathematics, and massively parallel programming to solve the enormous challenge with quantum computing in terms of the high cost and lengthy times required for quantum software development. While much of the market focuses on Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) hardware, QCI’s experts realized that the quantum marketplace and vendors were limiting access to quantum computers due to the complexity of programming them. At the present time, only a very limited number of highly specialized quantum experts are able to use software development toolkits (“SDKs”) to create these critical programs and applications. The Company’s software solution, Qatalyst, enables subject matter experts (SMEs) to run existing software on quantum processing units without the need for specialized programming with SDKs.
Significant Accounting Policies:
Basis of Presentation:
The accompanying audited Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2021, and the unaudited interim financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for interim financial information, the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Our significant accounting policies are summarized in Note 1 to our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited, financial statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2022, and the cash flows and results of operations for the three months then ended. Such adjustments consisted only of normal recurring items. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results for subsequent periods.
The Company’s fiscal year end is December 31.
Use of Estimates:
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (U.S.GAAP”). Because a precise determination of assets and liabilities, and correspondingly revenues and expenses, depends on future events, the preparation of financial statements for any period necessarily involves the use of estimates and assumption an example being assumptions in valuation of stock options. Actual amounts may differ from these estimates. These financial statements have, in management’s opinion, been properly prepared within reasonable limits of materiality and within the framework of the accounting policies summarized below.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company maintains its cash, in deposit accounts with high quality financial institutions which, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes it is not exposed to any significant credit risk on cash.
Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
The Company records accounts receivable at their net realizable value. Periodically the Company evaluates its accounts receivable to establish an allowance for doubtful accounts, when deemed necessary, based on the history of past write-offs, collections and current credit conditions. As of March 31, 2022 accounts receivable were considered fully collectible and thus management has not recorded an allowance for doubtful accounts.
Revenue
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Revenue from time and materials based contracts is recognized as the direct hours worked during the period times the contractual hourly rate, plus direct materials and other direct costs as appropriate, plus negotiated materials handling burdens, if any. Revenue from units-based contracts is recognized as the number of units delivered or performed during the period times the contractual unit price. Revenue from fixed price contracts is recognized as work is performed with estimated profits recorded on a percentage of completion basis. The Company has no cost-plus type contracts at this time.
Operating Leases - ASC 842
On January 1, 2019, we adopted FASB Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, Topic 842, Leases (“ASC 842”) which requires the recognition of the right-of-use assets and relating operating and finance lease liabilities on the balance sheet. As permitted by ASC 842, we elected the adoption date of January 1, 2019, which is the date of initial application. As a result, the consolidated balance sheet prior to January 1, 2019 was not restated, continues to be reported under ASC Topic 840, Leases (“ASC 840”), which did not require the recognition of operating lease liabilities on the balance sheet, and is therefore not comparative. Under ASC 842, all leases are required to be recorded on the balance sheet and are classified as either operating leases or finance leases. The lease classification affects the expense recognition in the income statement. Operating lease charges are recorded entirely in operating expenses. Finance lease charges are split, where amortization of the right-of-use asset is recorded in operating expenses and an implied interest component is recorded in interest expense. The expense recognition for operating leases and finance leases under ASC 842 is substantially consistent with ASC 840. As a result, there is no significant difference in our results of operations presented in our consolidated income statement and consolidated statement of comprehensive income for each period presented.
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QUANTUM COMPUTING INC.
Notes to Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
We lease substantially all our office space used to conduct our business. For contracts entered into on or after the effective date, at the inception of a contract we assess whether the contract is, or contains, a lease. Our assessment is based on (1) whether the contract involves the use of a distinct identified asset, (2) whether we obtain the right to substantially all the economic benefit from the use of the asset throughout the period, and (3) whether we have the right to direct the use of the asset. At inception of a lease, we allocate the consideration in the contract to each lease component based on its relative stand-alone price to determine the lease payments. Leases entered into prior to January 1, 2019 are accounted for under ASC 840 and were not reassessed.
Leases are classified as either finance leases or operating leases. A lease is classified as a finance lease if any one of the following criteria are met: (1) the lease transfers ownership of the asset by the end of the lease term, (2) the lease contains an option to purchase the asset that is reasonably certain to be exercised, (3) the lease term is for a major part of the remaining useful life of the asset or (4) the present value of the lease payments equals or exceeds substantially all of the fair value of the asset. A lease is classified as an operating lease if it does not meet any one of these criteria. Substantially all our operating leases are comprised of office space leases and as of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2021 we had no finance leases.
For all leases at the lease commencement date, a right-of-use asset and a lease liability are recognized. The right-of-use asset represents the right to use the leased asset for the lease term. The lease liability represents the present value of the lease payments under the lease. The Company is currently leasing space in three locations, Leesburg, VA, Minneapolis, MN and Vancouver, BC, and we have recognized right-of-use assets and lease liabilities accordingly.
The right-of-use asset is initially measured at cost, which primarily comprises the initial amount of the lease liability, plus any initial direct costs incurred, consisting mainly of brokerage commissions, less any lease incentives received. All right-of-use assets are reviewed for impairment. The lease liability is initially measured at the present value of the lease payments, discounted using the interest rate implicit in the lease, or if that rate cannot be readily determined, our secured incremental borrowing rate for the same term as the underlying lease. For our real estate and other operating leases, we use our secured incremental borrowing rate. For our finance leases, we use the rate implicit in the lease or our secured incremental borrowing rate if the implicit lease rate cannot be determined.
Lease payments included in the measurement of the lease liability comprise the following: the fixed noncancelable lease payments, payments for optional renewal periods where it is reasonably certain the renewal period will be exercised, and payments for early termination options unless it is reasonably certain the lease will not be terminated early.
Lease expense for operating leases consists of the lease payments plus any initial direct costs, primarily brokerage commissions, and is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost or contributed value. Depreciation of furniture, software and equipment is calculated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives, and leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of their estimated useful lives or the lease term. The cost and related accumulated depreciation of equipment retired or sold are removed from the accounts and any differences between the undepreciated amount and the proceeds from the sale are recorded as a gain or loss on sale of equipment.
Net Loss Per Share:
Net loss per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares and common shares equivalents outstanding during the period.
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QUANTUM COMPUTING INC.
Notes to Financial Statements
March 31, 2022
(Unaudited)
Note 2 – Federal Income Taxes:
The Company has made no provision for income taxes because there have been no operations to date causing income for financial statements or tax purposes.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Number 109 (“SFAS 109”). “Accounting for Income Taxes”, which requires a change from the deferred method to the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences of “temporary differences” by applying enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of existing assets and liabilities.
| March 31, | ||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
| Net operating loss carry-forwards | $ | $ | ||||||
| Valuation allowance | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net deferred tax assets | $ | $ | ||||||
At
March 31, 2022, the Company had net operating loss carry forwards of approximately $
The Company experienced a change in control during the 2018, 2019, and 2020 calendar years and therefore no more than an insignificant portion of this net operating allowance will ever be used against future taxable income. FASB Codification ASC 740 requires changes in recognition and measurement for uncertain tax positions. The Company has analyzed its tax positions and concluded that it is not aware of any uncertain tax positions. If this conclusion changes, the Company will assess the impact of any such changes on its financial position and the results of operations.
Note 3 – Financial Accounting Developments:
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Except for the changes discussed below, Quantum has consistently applied the accounting policies to all periods presented in these unaudited financial statements. The Company has evaluated all recently implemented accounting standards and concluded that none currently apply to the Company. From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) or other standard setting bodies that the Company adopts as of the specified effective date. Unless otherwise discussed, the Company does not believe that the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective will have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations upon adoption.
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QUANTUM COMPUTING INC.
Notes to Financial Statements
March 31, 2022
(Unaudited)
Note 4 – Property and Equipment
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| Classification | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
| Hardware & Equipment | $ | $ | ||||||
| Software | ||||||||
| Total cost of property and equipment | ||||||||
| Accumulated depreciation | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Property and equipment, net | $ | $ | ||||||
The
Company made Property and Equipment acquisitions of $
Note 5 –Loans
Paycheck Protection Program Loan
In early 2020, an outbreak of the novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged globally. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak to be a global pandemic, which continues to spread throughout the United States. Subsequently, federal, state and local authorities issued mandates for social distancing and working from home to delay the spread of the coronavirus, resulting in an overall decline in economic activity for several years. Some of the mandates have been lifted, but the ultimate impact of COVID-19 on the Company is not reasonably estimable at this time and the Company has not recorded any reserves relating to potential COVID-19 financial impacts.
On March 27, 2020, the United States enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (the “SBA”) as a response to the economic uncertainty resulting from COVID-19. Congress amended the CARES Act on December 27, 2020. The CARES Act established the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) to loan money to small businesses to enable them to continue to meet payroll obligations in the face of business interruptions and loss of revenue due to COVID-19 related restrictions.
On
May 6, 2020, Quantum Computing Inc. (the “Company”) executed an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”) with BB&T/Truist
Bank N.A. to evidence a loan to the Company in the amount of $
In accordance with the requirements of the CARES Act, the Company used the proceeds from the PPP Loan exclusively for qualified expenses under the PPP, including payroll costs, mortgage interest, rent and utility costs. The Company applied for forgiveness of the entire PPP Loan balance, and in June 2021 the SBA informed the Company that the full balance of the PPP Loan had been forgiven, along with accrued interest. Upon notification from the SBA that the PPP Loan balance had been forgiven, the Company reclassified the PPP Loan balance to other income.
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QUANTUM COMPUTING INC.
Notes to Financial Statements
March 31, 2022
(Unaudited)
Note Purchase Agreement Loan
On
February 18, 2022, the Company entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the “Note Purchase Agreement”) with QPhoton, Inc.
(“QPhoton”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to purchase from QPhoton two unsecured promissory notes (each, a “Note”),
each in the principal amount of $
The Note Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties by QPhoton and the Company, as well as a “most favored nations” provision for the benefit of the Company. The Notes issued under the Note Purchase Agreement, including the Note issued on February 18, 2022 April 1, 2022, provide that the indebtedness evidenced by the applicable Note bears simple interest at the rate of 6% per annum (or 15% per annum during the occurrence of an event of default, as defined in the Notes), and becomes due and payable in full on the earlier of (i) March 1, 2023, subject to extension by one year at the option of QPhoton, (ii) a change of control (as defined in the Notes) of QPhoton or (iii) an event of default.
Note 6 – Capital Stock:
Series A Convertible Preferred Offering
From
November 10, 2021 through November 17, 2021, the Company conducted a private placement offering (the “Private Placement”)
pursuant to securities purchase agreements (the “Purchase Agreements”) with 7 accredited investors (the “Investors”),
whereby the Investors purchased from the Company an aggregate of
The
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any share of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant shall be determined by dividing
(x) the Conversion Amount of such share of Series A Preferred Stock by (y) the Conversion Price (the “Conversion Rate”).
Conversion Amount means, with respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock, as of the applicable date of determination, the sum
of (1) the Stated Value thereof plus (2) any accrued dividends. “Conversion Price” means, with respect to each share of Series
A Preferred Stock, as of any Optional Conversion Date, Mandatory Conversion Date or other date of determination, $
The
Warrants are two-year warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $
In connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Investors entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to file a registration statement to register the shares of the Company’s Common Stock underlying the Series A Preferred Stock and Warrants within 180 days. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Investors received certain rights, including but not limited to piggyback registration rights, providing that the holder be given notice of any proposed registration of securities by the Company, and requiring that the Company register all or any portion of the registrable securities that the holders request to be registered, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement.
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QUANTUM COMPUTING INC.
Notes to Financial Statements
March 31, 2022
(Unaudited)
Note 7 – Related Party Transactions
There were no related party transactions during the period ended March 31, 2022.
Note 8 – Employee Benefits:
The
Company offers a health and welfare benefit plan to current full time employees that provides medical, dental, vision, life and disability
benefits.
Note 9 – Subsequent Events:
On
April 1, 2022, pursuant to the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement, the Company purchased the second Note from QPhoton and loaned the
principal amount of $
On April 27, 2022 the Company filed a Resale Form S-3 as required by the Registration Rights Agreement with the Preferred Investors, pursuant to which the Company agreed to file a registration statement to register the shares of the Company’s Common Stock underlying the Series A Preferred Stock and Warrants within 180 days from the Closing of the Preferred investment round.
On May 19, 2022, Quantum Computing Inc. (the “Company”), Project Alpha Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub I”), Project Alpha Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Merger Sub II” and, together with Merger Sub I, the “Merger Subs”), QPhoton, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“QPhoton”), and Yuping Huang, the principal stockholder of QPhoton (“Mr. Huang”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire QPhoton through a series of merger transactions (collectively with the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Transactions”).
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement,
immediately following the closing of the Transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Closing”), Merger Sub I
will merge with and into QPhoton, with QPhoton surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, immediately after which
the surviving corporation would merge with and into Merger Sub II, with Merger Sub II surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary
of the Company (the “Surviving Company”).
The Company has agreed, following the Closing and QPhoton’s delivery of its required financial statements, to prepare and file with the SEC a proxy statement with respect to a meeting of the stockholders of the Company to be held to seek approval and adoption of (i) the issuance of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Series B Preferred Stock and the Warrants, (ii) the election of three people to the Board of Directors of the Company designated by Mr. Huang (or, if Mr. Huang holds less than a specified number of shares of Common Stock, other key QPhoton stockholders and certain transferees thereof) as contemplated by that certain stockholders agreement to be entered into by the Company, the key QPhoton stockholders and the key Company stockholders and (iii) any other proposals the Company and QPhoton deem necessary or appropriate to effectuate the Transactions (the “Stockholder Approval”).
The Company has agreed to use reasonable best efforts to take all actions necessary to obtain a final non-appealable order from the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware pursuant to Section 205 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) validating and declaring effective in all material respects certain specified corporate acts previously taken by the Company and its predecessor that may have been the subject of a failure of authorization (as defined in Section 204 of the DGCL) and certain subsequent corporate acts (the “Section 205 Order”).
If the Company does not obtain
the Section 205 Order with respect to matters that require validation under Section 205 of the DGCL within 100 days of the signing of
the Merger Agreement, QPhoton may elect to terminate the Merger Agreement; provided, that the Company may, in its sole discretion, extend
such date for termination by one or more consecutive one month periods by loaning QPhoton, for each month of extension, $
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QUANTUM COMPUTING INC.
Notes to Financial Statements
March 31, 2022
(Unaudited)
The obligations of the parties to consummate the Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to the Closing of a number of conditions, including but not limited to, the following:
| (a) | The QPhoton stockholder approval will have been obtained; |
| (b) | The Certificate of Designation will have been filed and accepted by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; |
| (c) | The required financial statements will have been prepared by the Company and QPhoton; |
| (d) | Mr. Huang will have been appointed as an officer and director of the Company; and |
| (e) | The Company will have received the Section 205 Order (or the matters to be addressed thereby will have been otherwise validly ratified or corrected). |
The Merger Agreement may be terminated and the Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing, for a number of reasons, including but not limited to, the following:
| (a) | By mutual written consent of the Company and QPhoton; |
| (b) | By either the Company or QPhoton, if (i) the Closing shall not have occurred by December 31, 2022 (the “Outside Date”); provided that the Merger Agreement may not be terminated by or on behalf of any party that either directly or indirectly through its affiliates is in breach or violation of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation contained in the Merger Agreement and such breach or violation will have been the principal cause of the failure to consummate the Transactions on or prior to the Outside Date; |
| (c) | By the Company if QPhoton has failed to (i) deliver the QPhoton Stockholder Approval within 48 hours after the date of the Merger Agreement, (ii) deliver support agreements from certain of its stockholders within 48 hours after the date of the Merger Agreement or (iii) delivered the Required Financial Statements on or prior to June 30, 2022; and |
| (d) | By QPhoton if the Company has failed to deliver the Section 205 Order within 100 days of the date of the Merger Agreement, subject to extension as provided in the Merger Agreement; |
If the Merger Agreement is terminated, it will become void, and there will be no liability or obligation under the Merger Agreement on the part of any party thereto, except as set forth in the Merger Agreement or in the case of termination subsequent to a willful material breach of the Merger Agreement by a party thereto.
There are no other events of a subsequent nature that in management’s opinion are reportable.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,
This quarterly report on Form 10-Q and other reports filed Quantum Computing, Inc. (the “Company” “we”, “our”, and “us”) from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) contain or may contain forward-looking statements and information that are based upon beliefs of, and information currently available to, the Company’s management as well as estimates and assumptions made by Company’s management. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of the date hereof. When used in the filings, the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “future,” “intend,” “plan,” or the negative of these terms and similar expressions as they relate to the Company or the Company’s management identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current view of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors, including the risks contained in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, relating to the Company’s industry, the Company’s operations and results of operations, and any businesses that the Company may acquire. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, or planned.
Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, the Company does not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.
Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). These accounting principles require us to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions. We believe that the estimates, judgments and assumptions upon which we rely are reasonable based upon information available to us at the time that these estimates, judgments and assumptions are made. These estimates, judgments and assumptions can affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the periods presented. Our financial statements would be affected to the extent there are material differences between these estimates and actual results. In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by GAAP and does not require management’s judgment in its application. There are also areas in which management’s judgment in selecting any available alternative would not produce a materially different result. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report.
Overview
The Company is focused on providing software tools and applications for quantum computers. We believe there is significant business opportunity in the quantum computing industry, and that the quantum computing has the potential to disrupt several global industries. Independent of when quantum computing delivers compelling performance advantage over classical computing, the software tools and applications necessary for accelerating real-world problems must be developed to deliver on quantum computing’s full promise.
Quantum computing is a fundamentally new paradigm compared with conventional silicon-based computing, requiring a new and highly technical set of skills to create the software that will drive quantum results. Organizations seeking to gain advantage from the promise of quantum technology must acquire and develop skills in quantum mechanics, mathematics and physics, and a deep knowledge of the ever-changing quantum hardware. The pool of people with those skills today is limited and in high demand.
In order to address the steep learning curve and highly particular skillset associated with quantum computing, the Company is developing “quantum ready” software applications and solutions for commercial and government entities looking to leverage the expected future performance of quantum computing. We are focused on being an enabler – creating software that provides the advantages of advanced computing hardware for forward-thinking clients.
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By reducing the barriers to adoption for commercial and government entities in using quantum computing technologies to solve their most complex problems, we believe our products will accelerate quantum technology adoption similar to the adoption curve that has been witnessed with artificial intelligence. To this end, we are leveraging our collective expertise in finance, computing, mathematics and physics to develop a suite of applications that may enable global industries to utilize quantum computers, quantum annealers and digital simulators to improve their processes, profitability, and security.
The Company’s flagship software solution, Qatalyst, is the industry’s only quantum application accelerator. It ensures that today’s SMEs can continue to create and solve the complex computations demanded by organizations to optimize supply chains, logistics, emergency responses, clinical trials, and more. Qatalyst software masks the complexity of quantum programming via the Q API (Qatalyst Application Programming Interface), a powerful API comprised of six function calls for complex computations. Instead of spending months or years developing new applications and workflows requiring complex and extremely low-level coding, users or applications can submit a problem to Qatalyst after licensing the software, via the Q API. In practice, users have utilized Qatalyst’s simple API and familiar constructs to solve their first complex problem within a week, as compared to the 6-12 months or more associated with writing a single quantum software program using vendor toolkits.
The Company is focused on solving real-world problems with Qatalyst, including supply chain and logistics optimization and crisis management, as well as community detection opportunities such as drug discovery and fraud detection.
The Company is actively partnering with quantum computing leaders in both hardware and software. As an Amazon AWS partner, the Company uses the AWS Braket service to connect to multiple quantum computers, including Rigetti, DWave, and IonQ. The same problem can be submitted to any of these QPUs or classical processing units (CPUs) with no need for API call changes. Users seamlessly can submit the same problem to diverse quantum computers (QPUs) to determine which QPU will provide the best answers to their complex problem.
The Company believes that the development of real-world use cases, not just science projects, is critical to the forward momentum of quantum computing as a practical technology. To that end, the Company has created an internally funded program called QikStart. It will provide access to Qatalyst and cloud-based resources, experts, and funding to explore quantum applications to push the boundaries of quantum computing for delivering practical business results, right now.
Strategy
While the majority of the quantum computing market is focused on quantum computing hardware, the Company realized the traditional software development toolkit (“SDK”) approach to creating quantum computing software is poorly suited for non-quantum experts, given the completely new programming paradigm.
This represents a significant barrier to entry for companies looking to leverage novel quantum computing capabilities for their business needs. Utilizing quantum computers for real-world problems requires an abstract blend of a wide range of computing and non-computing expertise, including:
| ● | Subject Matter Expertise (SME): As with any problem, the first step is for a business expert to rigorously define and describe what information and/or results the business requires. |
| ● | Programming Excellence: In the classical computing world, a programmer will take the problem defined by a SME (subject matter expert) and implement it using standardized applications to run on the computer. In quantum computing, programmers are required to explicitly program it for the quantum computer they have access to, requiring a deep understanding of sophisticated areas of expertise as described below. |
| ● | Mathematics: The problems that are attractive for being solved using quantum computers require significant mathematical expertise to a) optimize the data and problem for quantum computers, b) create the quantum-specific algorithms and formulas required to solve the problem, c) iterate upon the results in a way that optimizes the performance, cost and quality of result. Mathematics is at the core of the many steps involved in quantum computing for optimizing, compressing and applying algorithms to the data for obtaining truly optimal results. |
| ● | Quantum Mechanics: Quantum computing demands deep knowledge of the principles driving the computing itself. Unlike classical computers which utilize 0 or 1 bits, quantum computers utilize qubits, which leverage concepts of quantum mechanics such as probabilistic computation, superposition, and entanglement. Experts much understand these concepts to create the algorithms necessary to solve problems on a quantum computer. They must know how to “map” problems and their associated data into problems that are optimized in the specific way required for a quantum computer to accept and process the problem. |
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| ● | Quantum Hardware Knowledge: QPUs (Quantum Processing Units) require that programmers manage the configuration, actions, and overall operations of all the underlying circuits utilized in solving the problem. For example, the programming to configure and access QPUs is low level and extremely complicated. This coding is proprietary to each vendor’s QPU idiosyncratic requirements, not to mention, unique to the specific count and version of QPUs in the system, right now. When the system is expended or a QPU upgraded, all the code has to be rewritten. |
As one would expect given the dramatic differences in quantum computer hardware architectures currently under development, quantum software requires a dramatic shift from classic software. A user would have to literally have to create every single circuit, gate, algorithm, action and process in low level software. Moreover, the collective requirements imposed upon companies looking to utilize quantum computers can require a training period of a year or longer, even for a highly qualified subject matter expert. Consequently, the time, difficult and expense of hiring such a diverse and deeply knowledgeable team to create quantum applications and workflows limits any organization’s ability to move forward quickly with the power of quantum computing.
The Company’s strategic goals are as follows:
| 1) | Deliver production-ready software that de-risks the shift to quantum computing. |
| 2) | Empower SMEs and programmers to access the power of quantum computing without the prerequisite quantum expertise. |
| 3) | Eliminate the vendor lock-in created by the low-level coding required for individual QPUs by allowing users to freely select the best QPU for their specific problem with no low-level coding or programming changes. |
| 4) | Deliver the best performance results (speed, quality and diversity) at the lowest cost for our users. |
| 5) | Provide software and the required hardware in the cloud to make it simple and cost effective for organizations to begin leveraging quantum computing. |
Products and Products in Development
Qatalyst
Qatalyst (formerly Mukai) is our answer to the current state of the quantum computing industry. As the industry’s first publicly available Quantum Application Accelerator, Qatalyst enables developers to create and execute quantum-ready applications on conventional computers, while being ready to run on quantum computers where those systems achieve performance advantage. Qatalyst performs the complex problem transformations necessary to be executed on a variety of quantum platforms today, and users can call upon the same Qatalyst APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) to achieve optimization performance advantages on conventional computers using our cloud-based solution.
Qatalyst dramatically reduces the time-to-quality results and the associated costs for both conventional and quantum computers. Unlike more common toolsets that require deep level quantum expertise to build new quantum problems and workflows, Qatalyst is not a tool kit, but a complete platform. It accelerates performance and results on classic and quantum computers, with no additional quantum programming or quantum computing expertise required. This is why it is unique in its approach to the quantum computing industry. Instead of invoking a team of quantum specialists to transform an optimization problem, an SME or programmer submits their current problem via a software API to the Qatalyst cloud-based platform. Qatalyst manages the workflow, optimizations, and results, without any further intervention by the user. Qatalyst provides a unique advantage to reduce applications development risks and costs by eliminating the need for scarce high-end quantum programmers.
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Qatalyst is integrated with the Amazon Cloud BRAKET API, offering access to multiple Quantum Processing Units (“QPUs”) including DWave, Rigetti, and IonQ. Qatalyst also integrates directly with IBM’s QPUs.
By using Qatalyst, application developers can run their applications on any or all of the available QPUs by merely selecting which QPU they prefer to run on based on the desired performance results of the application. We believe this provides a substantial advantage over any other toolkit or platform in the market today. These advantages are significant not just for application developers but for any company that is considering using or exploring quantum computing technology for business applications.
Qatalyst also eliminates the need for the low-level hardware programming expertise required by toolkits. This programming is time consuming and must be updated constantly as QPUs evolve and change, resulting in significant development costs. Qatalyst automatically optimizes the same problem submitted by a SME for multiple Quantum and Conventional Processors. The SME or programmer selects one, or many, processing resources and the problem is submitted by Qatalyst. This is an enormous advantage over any tool set in the market today. These advantages are significant not just for application developers but for any company that is considering using or exploring quantum computing technology for business applications.
The Company’s innovative Qatalyst software masks the complexity of quantum programming via the Q API, a powerful six call API that users can learn in a day. Instead of spending months or years developing new applications and workflows requiring complex and extremely low-level coding, users, workflows or applications can immediately submit a problem to Qatalyst within a day, using the same familiar constructs they use right now, via the Q API. Users have utilized Qatalyst’s simple API and familiar constructs to solve their first complex problem within a week, as compared to the 6-12 months associated with quantum software toolkits.
Qatalyst Features
Today, SMEs can leverage the power of Qatalyst to solve high-value discrete optimization problems present in banking & finance, insurance underwriting, life sciences (bio/pharma), oil & gas, logistics & supply chain and cybersecurity. Currently, Qatalyst offers the following features:
| ● | Quantum-ready engines tuned for complex computations. These engines automatically optimize, submit, and iterate to return excellent, diverse results for supply chain and other constrained optimization problems. |
| ● | Transparent abstraction from quantum hardware variance. Qatalyst eliminates the need to write low-level, assembly-type code to support different vendors’ quantum hardware architectures, such as D-Wave, Rigetti, IBM and ION-Q. The same problem can run seamlessly across all quantum types and architectures. |
| ● | Qatalyst Core: an engine that utilizes sophisticated mathematics, quantum transformation and iterative processing to find highly optimal answers across both classic and quantum computers. For example, LaGrange multipliers, which work to compress and simplify the problem prior to constraint optimization. The Core applies these advanced mathematical techniques, based on the type of problem and processing required. |
| ● | Q Graph: a powerful transformation engine that empowers SMEs to submit and analyze graph models as part of their complex optimizations. Q Graph accepts familiar graph models and functions including Clique Cover, Community Detection and Partitioning. |
| ● | Qontrol: a portal that provides administrative management tools for user administration, request control, statuses and alerts. Qontrol also enables system administrators and users to import Qatalyst results into popular analysis applications such as Excel or Tableau. |
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Results of Operations
Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 vs. March 31, 2021
Revenues
| For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 | For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Amount | Mix | Amount | Mix | Change | |||||||||||||||
| Products | 0 | 0 | % | 0 | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||||||||||
| Services | 31,240 | 100 | % | 0 | 0 | % | 100 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 31,240 | 100 | % | $ | 0 | 100.0 | % | 100 | % | ||||||||||
Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2022 were $31,240 as compared with $0 for the comparable prior year period. There is no revenue comparison for the comparable prior year period because the Company had not yet sold any products or services. Revenue in the current reporting period is derived from professional services provided to multiple commercial customers under multi-month contracts.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $11,568 as compared with $0 for the comparable prior year period, a change of $11,568. There is no cost of revenues comparison for the comparable prior year period because the Company had not yet sold any products or services. Cost of revenues for the current reporting period consists primarily of salary expense.
Gross Margin
Gross margin for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $19,672 or 63% as compared with 0% for the comparable prior year period. There is no gross margin comparison for the comparable prior year period because the Company had not yet sold any products or services.
Operating Expenses
Operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2022 were $6,728,603 as compared with $3,393,129 for the comparable prior year period, an increase of $3,335,473 or 98%. The increase in operating expenses is due in large part to the $738,458 increase in legal expense related to investment transaction expenses, $870,716 increase in salary expense due to changes in the number and composition of staff, $1,102,633 increase in stock-based compensation related in large part to hiring additional staff, $399,142 increase in research and development expenses related primarily to hiring additional technical staff, and $67,411 increase in consultant and professional services expense compared with the comparable prior year period.
Net Income (Loss)
Our net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $7,133,692 as compared with a net loss of $3,391,746 for the comparable prior year period, an increase of $3,741,946 or 110%. The increase in net loss is primarily due to the increase in operating expenses, noted above, as well as $435,625 in interest expense related to the accrual of dividends and amortization of Original Issue Discount for the Series A Convertible Preferred and Warrants recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared with interest expense of $0 during the comparable prior year period.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Since commencing operations as Quantum Computing in February 2018, the Company has raised $27,759,904 through private placement of equity and $5,133,000 through private placements of Convertible Promissory Notes for a total of $32,892,904 in new investment. The Company has no lines of credit, and no long-term debt obligations outstanding. As of March 31, 2022, the Company had cash and equivalents of $11,513,369 on hand.
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The following table summarizes total current assets, liabilities and working capital at March 31, 2022, compared to December 31, 2021:
| March 31, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | Increase/(Decrease) | ||||||||||
| Current Assets | $ | 13,249,630 | $ | 17,221,654 | $ | (3,972,024 | ) | |||||
| Current Liabilities | $ | 1,036,926 | $ | 1,082,298 | $ | (45,372 | ) | |||||
| Working Capital (Deficit) | $ | 12,212,704 | $ | 16,139,357 | $ | (3,926,653 | ) | |||||
At March 31, 2022, we had working capital of $12,212,704 as compared to working capital of $16,139,357 at December 31, 2021, a decrease of $3,926,653. The decrease in working capital is primarily attributable to the use of cash to pay for operating expenses and capital investments, including the Note Purchase Agreement with QPhoton.
Net Cash
Net cash used in operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $4,193,833 and $1,506,431, respectively. The net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, was $7,133,692 and $3,391,746, respectively.
Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 were $1243,955 and $4,043. The increase in investment in the current period is due primarily toa $1,250,000 investment related to the Note Purchase Agreement with QPhoton, and $3,383 invested in computer equipment.
Net cash provided by financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $212,500 compared with $80,000 during the same period of 2021. Cash flows provided in financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2022 were attributable to the amortization of the original issue discount for the Series A Convertible Preferred stock. The cash flow provided by financing activities during the period ended March 31, 2021 was primarily attributable to issuance of common stock for the exercise of options and the exercise of warrants.
Previously, we have funded our operations primarily through the sale of our equity (or equity linked) and debt securities. During the first three months of 2022, we have funded our operations primarily through the use of cash on hand. As of April 30, 2022, we had cash on hand of approximately $8,538,480. We have approximately $38,384 in monthly lease and other mandatory payments, not including payroll, employee benefits and ordinary expenses which are due monthly.
On a long-term basis, our liquidity is dependent on continuation and expansion of operations and receipt of revenues. Demand for the products and services will be dependent on, among other things, market acceptance of our products and services, the technology market in general, and general economic conditions, which are cyclical in nature. In as much as a major portion of our activities will be the receipt of revenues from the sales of our products, our business operations may be adversely affected by our competitors and prolonged recession periods.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Certain of our accounting policies require the application of significant judgment by our management, and such judgments are reflected in the amounts reported in our condensed consolidated financial statements. In applying these policies, our management uses judgment to determine the appropriate assumptions to be used in the determination of estimates. Those estimates are based on our historical experience, terms of existing contracts, our observance of market trends, information provided by our strategic partners and information available from other outside sources, as appropriate. Actual results may differ significantly from the estimates contained in our condensed consolidated financial statements.
We have identified the accounting policies below as critical to our business operations and the understanding of our results of operations.
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Revenue
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Revenue from time and materials based contracts is recognized as the direct hours worked during the period times the contractual hourly rate, plus direct materials and other direct costs as appropriate, plus negotiated materials handling burdens, if any. Revenue from units-based contracts is recognized as the number of units delivered or performed during the period times the contractual unit price. Revenue from fixed price contracts is recognized as work is performed with estimated profits recorded on a percentage of completion basis. The Company has no cost reimbursement (“cost-plus”) type contracts at this time.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
During the three months ended March 31, 2022 and for fiscal 2021, we did not engage in any material off-balance sheet activities or have any relationships or arrangements with unconsolidated entities established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. Further, we have not guaranteed any obligations of unconsolidated entities nor do we have any commitment or intent to provide additional funding to any such entities.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We do not hold any derivative instruments and do not engage in any hedging activities.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognized that disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of disclosure controls and procedures are met. Additionally, in designing disclosure controls and procedures, our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible disclosure controls and procedures. The design of any disclosure controls and procedures also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Principal Executive Officer and our Principal Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act. Based on the controls evaluation, our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer concluded that as of the date of their evaluation, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to provide reasonable assurance that (a) the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and (b) such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and President and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Specifically, the Company does not have sufficient accounting staff to enable proper segregation of duties. The Company has commenced hiring additional administrative and accounting staff to address this deficiency in the near term.
(b) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and Rule 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
We are not currently involved in any litigation that we believe could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. There is no action, suit, or proceeding by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the executive officers of our Company or our subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting our Company, our common stock, our subsidiary or of our companies or our subsidiary’s officers or directors in their capacities as such, in which an adverse decision could have a material adverse effect.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
We believe there are no changes that constitute material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on March 18, 2021, other than the following:
We face continued risks related to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) which could significantly disrupt our research and development, operations, sales, and financial results.
COVID-19, which was declared a global health pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020, has driven the implementation and continuation of significant government-imposed measures to prevent or reduce its spread, including travel restrictions, “shelter in place” orders, and business closures. Although to date, the Company has not been adversely affected by COVID-19, the measures taken by the governments of countries affected could adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operations.
The U.S. has recently seen decreases in total new COVID-19 infections; however, it is unknown whether such decreases will continue, new strains of the virus will cause numbers to increase, currently projected vaccine efficacy numbers will hold, or new strains of the virus will become dominate in the future, and/or whether jurisdictions in which we operate, will issue new or expanded stay-at-home orders, or how those orders, or others, may affect our operations. Any such actions by jurisdictions in which we operate that place restrictions on the ability of our employees to perform their jobs may impact our ability to develop and design our products and services in a timely manner or meet required milestones or customer commitments.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None
Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities
There has been no default in the payment of principal, interest, sinking or purchase fund installment, or any other material default, with respect to any indebtedness of the Company.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
On February 9, 2022, the Company and QPhoton entered into a letter agreement (the “Exclusivity Agreement”), pursuant to which QPhoton agreed to negotiate exclusively with the Company regarding a potential sale of QPhoton or its assets (or similar transaction) for an initial period of 14 days, which period was automatically extended by 45 days upon the execution of the Note Purchase Agreement pursuant to the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement. The exclusivity period was automatically extended for an additional thirty days upon the Company’s purchase of the second Note.
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There is no additional other information required to be disclosed under this item which has not been previously reported.
Item 6. Exhibits
| Incorporated by | ||||||||||
| Exhibit | Reference | Filed or Furnished | ||||||||
| Number | Exhibit Description | Form | Exhibit | Filing Date | Herewith | |||||
| 10.1** | Form Director Agreement | 8-K | 10.1 | 01/03/2022 | ||||||
| 10.2** | Employment Agreement, dated January 3, 2022, by and between Quantum Computing, Inc. and William McGann | 8-K | 10.2 | 01/03/2022 | ||||||
| 10.3 | Note Purchase Agreement, dated February 18, 2022, between Quantum Computing, Inc. and QPhoton, Inc. | 8-K | 10.1 | 02/23/2022 | ||||||
| 10.4 | Unsecured promissory note dated February 18, 2022. | 8-K | 10.2 | 02/23/2022 | ||||||
| 31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. | X | ||||||||
| 31.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. | X | ||||||||
| 32.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350. | X | ||||||||
| 32.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350. | X | ||||||||
| 101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document | X | ||||||||
| 101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Linkbase Document. | X | ||||||||
| 101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document. | X | ||||||||
| 101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. | X | ||||||||
| 101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document. | X | ||||||||
| 101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document. | X | ||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). | |||||||||
| ** | Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report on Form 10-Q to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| QUANTUM COMPUTING INC. | ||
| Dated: May 23, 2022 | By: | /s/ Robert Liscouski |
| Robert Liscouski | ||
| Principal Executive Officer | ||
| By: | /s/ Christopher Roberts | |
| Christopher Roberts | ||
| Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | ||
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EXHIBIT 31.1
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Robert Liscouski, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Form 10-Q of Quantum Computing Inc. for the period ended March 31, 2022;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
| a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly for the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared; |
| b) | designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
| c) | evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; |
| d) | disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; |
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the registrant’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.
Date: May 23, 2022
| By: | /s/ Robert Liscouski | |
| Robert Liscouski | ||
| Chief Executive Officer |
EXHIBIT 31.2
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Christopher Roberts, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Form 10-Q of Quantum Computing Inc. for the period ended March 31, 2022;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
| a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly for the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared; |
| b) | designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
| c) | evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; |
| d) | disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; |
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the registrant’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.
Date: May 23, 2022
| By: | /s/ Christopher Roberts | |
| Christopher Roberts | ||
| Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with this Quarterly Report of Quantum Computing Inc. (the “Company”), on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, I, Robert Liscouski, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify to the best of my knowledge, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Sec. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
| (1) | Such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022, fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
| (2) | The information contained in such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022, fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
May 23, 2022
| By: | /s/ Robert Liscouski | |
| Robert Liscouski | ||
| Chief Executive Officer |
EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with this Quarterly Report of Quantum Computing Inc. (the “Company”), on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, I, Christopher Roberts, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify to the best of my knowledge, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Sec. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
| (1) | Such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022, fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
| (2) | The information contained in such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022, fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
May 23, 2022
| By: | /s/ Christopher Roberts | |
| Christopher Roberts | ||
| Chief Financial Officer |