Internet companies such as Alibaba, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and Rigetti are investing billions in the development of quantum computers, and so are national research centers, because these miraculous machines promise to achieve breakthroughs in the development of new catalysts, medications, and materials. According to researchers, it will take between five and ten more years of additional development before quantum computers can solve such practical tasks. The Corporate Foresight Team at Creavis has been continually observing progress in this field as part of the Digital Futures focus topic. That’s how it can estimate how and when Evonik will be able to make use of this technology for its own purposes.