Washington Buys a Stake in the Quantum Race — September 12, 2026

from Quickly Quantum · host Brian Lampert

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 FoolIonQ Uses Investor Day to Detail Superion Roadmap — The Quantum InsiderNEC Halts Development of Quantum Computer Hardware — The Quantum InsiderSEALSQ Reports H1 2026 Results — GlobeNewswire (SEALSQ press release)Qubic Secures $1.5 Million Canadian Government Contract — The Quantum InsiderRenowned Expert Elevates UConn Quantum Research — UConn TodayPsiQuantum Finalizes $100M U.S. Government Award — The Quantum InsiderSource links01net.it@IonQ_Inc on X@PsiQuantum on X@QuantinuumQC on X@StockSavvyShay on Xforklog.comquantumzeitgeist.comspaceq.cathequantuminsider.comQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.More from Brian Lampert: Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing, and Space Stakes, the business of the new space race. Transcripts and every episode: quickly-quantum.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.

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