The federal government handed IBM $1 billion last week to help the build the first pure play quantum wafer foundry in the US.
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IBM shares rose 5% on Tuesday, thanks largely to a pair of executive orders signed that helped funnel it toward a quantum-fueled future.
IBM leads a slate of companies poised to benefit from $2 billion in US government grants to support quantum computing development.