GoKawiilCommerce Department invests $300M in D-Wave, Rigetti and Quantinuum, takes equity stakes
The US Commerce Department is distributing $300 million in CHIPS Act funding equally among D-Wave Quantum, Rigetti Computing, and Quantinuum, giving each $100 million while also acquiring minority ownership stakes in the companies. The money targets hardware manufacturing challenges like cryogenics, semiconductor fabrication, ion traps, and photonics rather than quantum software development.
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This signals that federal policymakers see quantum computing's biggest bottleneck as physical manufacturing capacity and supply chains, not algorithms. By taking equity stakes rather than issuing pure grants, the government is adopting a more direct financial interest in the sector's success, mirroring strategies used to secure domestic semiconductor production.
- Each of the three companies receives $100 million under CHIPS Act funding.
- Funds target hardware challenges: cryogenics, semiconductors, ion traps, photonics.
- Commerce Department takes minority equity stakes, giving it financial upside.
Source: techspot.com — Skye Jacobs, 2026-09-09
Published there as: “The US government is betting $300 million that quantum computing's real problem is manufacturing, not software”
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