** Quantum Computing Inc's QUBT.O shares edge up 0.3% to $7.40 on Fri after co's Q4 loss widened and rev decreased
** QUBT shares traded as low as $6.33 and as high as $7.57 on the session
** Hoboken, New Jersey-based photonics and quantum optics tech provider posted loss of $52.1 mln compared to loss of $6.8 mln a year ago, and rev declined 17% to $62,000
** Operating expenses in qtr increased to $8.9 mln from $6.6 mln from comp period last year, primarily due to higher employee compensation and increased cost for production equipment at its chip foundry in Tempe, Arizona
** CEO William McGann said co on track to launch its photonic chip foundry in early 2025, adding it has multiple purchase orders secured
** In Dec, co sold $50 mln of shares at $5 in combined direct offering and private placement to advance its technologies and help build out the Arizona foundry
** QUBT shares up about 10-fold over the past six months, but well off their 52-week intraday high of $27.15 hit on Dec 18
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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