Quantum Stocks Surge On U.S. Funding. Were Google, Microsoft, IonQ Snubbed? - Investor's Business Daily
The U.S. Department of Commerce is deploying $2B in CHIPS Act funding across 9 quantum computing companies, with IBM appearing to be a primary beneficiary via its 300mm superconducting fab approach. Notably, mega-cap quantum players Google and Microsoft appear to have been passed over, creating a relative-value divergence between pure-play and big-tech quantum exposure.
What happened
The U.S. Department of Commerce is deploying $2B in CHIPS Act funding across 9 quantum computing companies, with IBM appearing to be a primary beneficiary via its 300mm superconducting fab approach.
The read · May 26
Long IBM as the clearest named CHIPS Act quantum winner; fade the GOOGL/MSFT quantum narrative near-term given apparent exclusion from the $2B allocation.
Wrong if
If subsequent DOC announcements reveal Google or Microsoft received parallel quantum funding through different programs, the pair trade collapses; also IBM's quantum commercialization timeline remains long-dated, limiting near-term fundamental re-rating.
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IBM is explicitly cited as a recipient tied to its 300mm superconducting fab — a capex-heavy, infrastructure-scale bet that CHIPS Act dollars are designed to accelerate. Despite being down ~1.2% today, IBM has a mixed-to-positive analyst consensus (9 Strong Buy, 7 Buy, 11 Hold) and no insider selling pressure, suggesting the dip is noise. GOOGL and MSFT being 'snubbed' removes a near-term government-funding catalyst that had been loosely priced into their quantum narratives, with GOOGL already up 1.5% today on unrelated AI momentum — creating a relative overvaluation on that leg.
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2-4 weeks, into further DOC contract details. Follow to be told when one lands.
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