{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Quickly Quantum","title":"Uncle Sam as Shareholder: Smart Bet or Bubble Backstop? — September 13, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/1f69f6f6\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":833,"description":"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.\nRigetti Computing Form 8-K — U.S. SEC EDGAR\nTrump's Presidential Portfolio Goes Quantum — Cato Institute\nMartin Shkreli criticism of quantum equity stakes — Benzinga\nD-Wave, Rigetti, and Quantinuum Just Got $300 Million From Washington — The Motley Fool\nD-Wave, Rigetti, Quantinuum land $100M each in CHIPS Act funding — Quantz\nSource links\ncnbc.com\nfool.com\nforeignpolicyjournal.com\nmanufacturingdive.com\nstartupfortune.com\ntradingview.com\nQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.\nMore from Brian Lampert: Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing, and Space Stakes, the business of the new space race. Transcripts and every episode: quickly-quantum.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1qOeu8wRfJFs3z-U1wrMD-YZu-jcbB7N-VepH0eoyOg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zZTQ5/Y2VkNzY3NzhhZTcw/MzQwZTM3NGEwOWMy/YmU2Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}