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Uncle Sam as Shareholder: Smart Bet or Bubble Backstop? — September 13, 2026
Episode 67
Published 3 weeks, 3 days ago
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A Sunday think piece: Washington has quietly become a shareholder in nine quantum computing companies through CHIPS Act equity deals. We dig into Rigetti's SEC filing, the Intel precedent, and the fight between the 'entrepreneurial state' case for taxpayer equity and free-market warnings about politicized investment.
- Rigetti Computing Form 8-K — U.S. SEC EDGAR
- Trump's Presidential Portfolio Goes Quantum — Cato Institute
- Martin Shkreli criticism of quantum equity stakes — Benzinga
- D-Wave, Rigetti, and Quantinuum Just Got $300 Million From Washington — The Motley Fool
- D-Wave, Rigetti, Quantinuum land $100M each in CHIPS Act funding — Quantz
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