Quantinuum has finalized a $100 million CHIPS Act R&D award to accelerate the manufacturing of trapped-ion quantum hardware. This funding will strengthen domestic semiconductor manufacturing, advance integrated optics, and scale fault-tolerant quantum computers by transitioning trapped-ion processing units to volume-manufacturable semiconductor platforms. Collaborating with GlobalFoundries and Monarch Quantum, Quantinuum aims to reduce complexity, improve gate reproducibility, and establish a resilient domestic supply chain for quantum hardware.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantinuum (Nasdaq: QNT), a leading quantum computing company, today announced it has finalized an agreement with the U.S. Department of…

Quantinuum finalized a $100 million U.S. funding award for trapped-ion quantum computing, supporting ion traps, lasers and photonics.