US government's military think tank, DARPA, teamed up with top labs, including MIT's Lincoln lab, NASA, and Los Alamos National Laboratory, to explore quantum computing's potential in finance. While quantum computers are expected to process complex non-linear differential equations faster, potentially improving financial prediction models, the team couldn't confirm a clear advantage. DARPA's research suggests quantum computers may benefit certain chemistry, quantum materials, and materials science applications, but their use in non-linear differential equations remains uncertain. Despite this, independent advancements in quantum computing continue at companies like Rigetti, Microsoft, Google, and IBM.