Trump administration in talks to take stakes in quantum-computing firms: WSJ

US President Donald Trump’s administration is in talks with several quantum-computing companies to take equity stakes in exchange for federal funding, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Companies including IonQ, Rigetti Computing and D-Wave Quantum are discussing the government becoming a shareholder as part of the agreements, the report said, adding that the discussions include minimum funding awards from Washington of $10 million each.

Other companies such as Quantum Computing and Atom Computing…