US government takes $2 billion equity stake in nine quantum computing firms
Beneficiaries include startup backed by firm with links to the Trump family.
- U.S. to Award Quantum-Computing Firms $2 Billion and Take Equity Stakes Wall Street Journal —
- US awards IBM and other firms $2 billion to give America the edge in quantum computing CNN —
- Quantum computing stocks surge as U.S. is awarding $2 billion in grants and taking equity stakes Quartz —
- US is taking equity stakes in IBM and other quantum computing companies Engadget —
- U.S. Invests $2 Billion and Takes Stake in Quantum Firms The New York Times —