Trump administration denies report it’s seeking stakes in quantum computing firms amid China tech race

The Trump administration is not in talks to take equity stakes in U.S. quantum computing firms, the Commerce Department confirmed to FOX Business Thursday, pushing back on a Wall Street Journal report that suggested the government was exploring investments in companies, including IonQ, Rigetti Computing and D-Wave Quantum."The Commerce Department is not currently negotiating equity stakes with quantum computing companies," a Commerce spokesperson told FOX Business.The statement came after the Journal cited unnamed sources claiming the administration had considered taking stakes in select quant