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Four additional companies were advanced in DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative last week, entering what the agency calls Stage C. They include Atom Computing (neutral atom), Diraq (CMOS-based spin), IBM (superconducting), and IonQ (trapped ion). Stage C comes with about $50 million in funding for each company. They join Microsoft (majorana) and PsiQuantum (photonic).

The Department of Defense also granted a $150 million conditional loan to PsiQuantum to expand its manufacturing and prototyping facilities in Militapas, California.

Read DARPA’s announcement and further coverage in Military + Aerospace Electronics.

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Fujitsu will establish a quantum R&D center in New Mexico through a three-year, nonbinding MOU with the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham took a pair of trade missions to Japan in the last year, according to coverage in the Santa Fe New Mexican, which includes other details on recent state investments.

Site Selection magazine ran an extensive breakdown of investments in the state of Illinois by quantum-related companies, including a recently announced relationship with a consortium of Japan-based companies.

Read the full article in Site Selection.

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