Federal Trade Commission cleared quantum computing firm IonQ's $1.8 billion acquisition of chipmaker SkyWater Technology after the agency's leaders disagreed over whether to impose conditions, they said on Friday.
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IQM Quantum Computers is breaking into the U.S. market at a time when federal support for quantum technology has been growing.
D-Wave is selected to receive $1.6 million from the National Science Foundation. It’s the company’s latest federal funding injection.
Strategic federal moves to take direct equity stakes in public quantum developers cement high-performance computing as an urgent national security priority.
The Trump administration backs quantum computing yet again following an unprecedented funding package in May.
D-Wave noted a second funding award from the government in May, as the quantum computing company continues to build on its R&D efforts.
The federal government plans to provide hundreds of millions of dollars to a number of quantum firms to support domestic foundry and technology development.
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Commerce injected massive momentum into the quantum computing sector, announcing over $2.0 billion in federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act across nine quantum computing companies. D-Wave (QBTS) secured a $100 million letter of intent to accelerate domestic system fabrication, granting the federal government an equity stake. The stock surged immediately on the news, reflecting renewed investor confidence in sovereign backing for quantum infrastructu
Record Q1 revenue, raised 2026 guidance, and the pending SkyWater acquisition give IonQ company-specific markers to watch as federal funding headlines draw attention back to quantum computing.
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