U.S. government to invest about $2 billion in nine quantum technology companies including IBM, acquiring stakes in each

The U.S. Commerce Department announced a roughly $2 billion deal to take minority stakes in nine quantum-related companies under CHIPS Act R&D funds.

The recipients include IBM, GlobalFoundries, and seven quantum computing firms such as Atom Computing, D-Wave, Infleqtion, PsiQuantum, Quantinuum, Rigetti, and Diraq.

IBM also said it will launch Anderon, a new foundry focused exclusively on quantum chips.

The move is the largest direct U.S. government investment in quantum to date and could strengthen domestic R&D and manufacturing capacity.