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U.S. quantum awards pair funding for D-Wave, Rigetti and Quantinuum with equity stakes
D-Wave, Rigetti and Quantinuum have finalised CHIPS awards totalling up to $300 million under a programme requiring minority government equity stakes.
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QUBIT TECHNOLOGIES / HARDWARE APPROACHESIonQ has announced Superion 256, with orders open and deliveries planned for 2027. The company reports first ions in a prototype using SkyWater-fabricated processors.MAJOR HARDWARE COMPANIES / FULL-STACK PLAYERSQuantinuum has finalised a $100m US CHIPS R&D award for domestic trapped-ion manufacturing. The agreement moves its May letter of intent into a funded manufacturing research programme.SOFTWARE / CLOUD / DEVELOPER PLATFORMSOracle is installing Quantinuum's Helios inside a US OCI AI data centre under an 11 August multi-year partnership, with an OCI quantum service to preview in the coming months.
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All briefings →04 Sept 2026 · 00:02:12Aramco already has oneQuantinuum announced a memorandum of understanding with Aramco signed in Riyadh on 31 August. Read in full, it commits to technical onboarding, knowledge exchange and benchmarking. Aramco already has a rival's quantum computer installed and running.14 Aug 2026 · 00:02:18A Quantum Computer Moves In Next DoorOracle and Quantinuum announced a multi-year partnership on 11 August to deploy Helios, the 98-qubit trapped-ion system, inside a US Oracle Cloud AI data centre, with an OCI quantum service to preview in the coming months.