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The US backs its first pure-play quantum chip foundry

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The Department of Commerce backed Anderon, America's first pure-play quantum chip foundry, with $1 billion in CHIPS incentives matched by $1 billion from IBM, the largest single award in a $2 billion package across nine companies.

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Reporting date: 2026-05-26 (not necessarily the event date)

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The US backs its first pure-play quantum chip foundry
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Reporting date: 2026-05-26
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-05-26-a-pure-play-quantum-foundry
Claim: The Department of Commerce backed Anderon, America's first pure-play quantum chip foundry, with $1 billion in CHIPS incentives matched by $1 billion from IBM, the largest single award in a $2 billion package across nine companies.
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