Washington Buys a Stake in the Quantum Race — September 12, 2026
This week's recap: Washington took minority equity stakes in D-Wave, Rigetti, and Quantinuum as part of a $300 million CHIPS Act funding push, IonQ used its Investor Day to detail a Bitcoin-cracking roadmap, and NEC quietly stepped back from quantum hardware. Plus the smaller stories that flew under the radar — SEALSQ's revenue jump, a Canadian cryogenics contract, a marquee UConn hire, and PsiQuantum's finalized CHIPS award.
D-Wave, Rigetti, and Quantinuum Just Got $300 Million — The Motley Fool
IonQ Uses Investor Day to Detail Superion Roadmap — The Quantum Insider
NEC Halts Development of…
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