{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Quickly Quantum","title":"Washington Buys a Stake in the Quantum Race — September 12, 2026","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":641,"description":"This week's recap: Washington took minority equity stakes in D-Wave, Rigetti, and Quantinuum as part of a $300 million CHIPS Act funding push, IonQ used its Investor Day to detail a Bitcoin-cracking roadmap, and NEC quietly stepped back from quantum hardware. Plus the smaller stories that flew under the radar — SEALSQ's revenue jump, a Canadian cryogenics contract, a marquee UConn hire, and PsiQuantum's finalized CHIPS award.\nD-Wave, Rigetti, and Quantinuum Just Got $300 Million — The Motley Fool\nIonQ Uses Investor Day to Detail Superion Roadmap — The Quantum Insider\nNEC Halts Development of Quantum Computer Hardware — The Quantum Insider\nSEALSQ Reports H1 2026 Results — GlobeNewswire (SEALSQ press release)\nQubic Secures $1.5 Million Canadian Government Contract — The Quantum Insider\nRenowned Expert Elevates UConn Quantum Research — UConn Today\nPsiQuantum Finalizes $100M U.S. Government Award — The Quantum Insider\nSource links\n01net.it\n@IonQ_Inc on X\n@PsiQuantum on X\n@QuantinuumQC on X\n@StockSavvyShay on X\nforklog.com\nquantumzeitgeist.com\nspaceq.ca\nthequantuminsider.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}