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Washington Owns $300M of Quantum Rivals; IonQ Bets $1.8B on Its Own Fab — September 9, 2026
Episode 63
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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 Finance
- IonQ launches Superion product line — IonQ.com
- GlobalFoundries wins $375M for quantum manufacturing — Quantum Zeitgeist
- Cleveland Clinic, RIKEN and IBM advance to Gordon Bell Prize finals — The Quantum Insider
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