Shares in the five most prominent quantum computing companies are rising today despite a larger market pullback. The stock price jump in the companies controlling the nascent technology comes after three of the companies secured hundreds of millions in funding from the U.S. government.
The U.S. government is taking minority stakes in three quantum computing companies in exchange for CHIPS and Science Act funding. Investors are cheering the move.
Rigetti Computing, D-Wave Quantum, and Quantinuum are set to receive $100 million each from the U.S. Commerce Department.
The U.S. government is taking minority equity stakes in D-Wave Quantum, Rigetti Computing, and Quantinuum with a combined $300 million CHIPS Act deal that funds the three companies to scale quantum-computing research.
Rigetti has signed a definitive agreement with the U.S. Dept. of Commerce for an award of $100 million to accelerate superconducting quantum computing R&D
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BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rigetti Computing, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGTI) ("Rigetti"), a pioneer in full-stack quantum computing, today announced a new operating structure designed to scale deployment of on-premises quantum systems, strengthen end-to-end operational execution, and further focus its engineering resources on quantum processor development.
