Washington Owns $300M of Quantum Rivals; IonQ Bets $1.8B on Its Own Fab — September 9, 2026

from Quickly Quantum · host Brian Lampert

Two ways to solve the same quantum manufacturing bottleneck: Washington takes equity in three rival hardware companies via a $300M CHIPS Act deal, while IonQ bets its $1.8B SkyWater acquisition on owning the fab outright. Plus GlobalFoundries' own quantum manufacturing award and a Gordon Bell Prize finalist.D-Wave, Rigetti, Quantinuum land $300M CHIPS deal — Yahoo FinanceIonQ launches Superion product line — IonQ.comGlobalFoundries wins $375M for quantum manufacturing — Quantum ZeitgeistCleveland Clinic, RIKEN and IBM advance to Gordon Bell Prize finals — The Quantum InsiderSource linkssec.gov@QuantinuumQC on Xasktraders.comblockonomi.comnewsable.asianetnews.comthequantuminsider.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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