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Oct 23, 2025 12:00 PM

Trump's Team Has Ties To Quantum Stocks—Let's Go Down The Rabbit Hole

President Donald Trump's administration is accelerating its push into the quantum frontier with reports that the federal government is in talks to take equity stakes in several leading quantum computing firms. 

RGTI stock jumped on the news. See the real-time price action here. 

The Trump administration is in discussions with companies including IonQ, Inc. (NYSE:IONQ), Rigetti Computing, Inc. (NASDAQ:RGTI) and D-Wave Quantum, Inc. (NYSE:QBTS), according to the Wall Street Journal, exploring funding in exchange for partial government ownership.​

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