The U.S. Commerce Department is in discussions with several quantum-computing firms to take equity stakes in exchange for federal funding, a move signaling the Trump administration is broadening interventions in what it deems as critical segments of the economy, the Wall Street Journal’s Amrith Ramkumar reports, citing people familiar with the matter. Companies including IonQ (IONQ), Rigetti Computing (RGTI), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), Quantum Computing (QUBT) and Atom Computing are in talks about the government becoming a shareholder and are discussing minimum funding awards of $10M each.
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