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Quantum Leap Alert: IBM’s Billions, Gov Budget, IonQ Breakthrough
Quantum Computing Newsletter 🤖
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May 04, 2025
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White House Steadies Quantum Funding
White House FY-26 “Skinny Budget” keeps funding steads (source)
No cuts, no big bump—AI & Quantum research lines stay flat while other tech programs face trims.
Focus on “critical‑tech competitiveness” across NSF, DOE, DoD; lawmakers can now plan with a clear (if modest) runway.
Cautionary fiscal tone hints that major new quantum centers will need private or state co‑investment this cycle.
Takeaway: Washington isn’t pumping extra fuel into the quantum rocket, but it’s keeping the engines lit—expect stability rather than stimulus from federal dollars in 2025‑26.
IBM Pledges $150bln for Manufacturing
IBM pledges 150bln of continued efforts in quantum & AI manufacturing (Source)
$30 B earmarked for R&D — a hefty slice goes straight into quantum‑computing and mainframe labs over the next five years.
Made‑in‑America hardware push will keep IBM’s world‑leading quantum fleet on U.S. soil, tightening supply‑chain control and job growth.
Signals renewed tech‑sovereignty race as rivals (e.g., Nvidia, Apple) roll out parallel “build at home” megaplans.
Takeaway: IBM just planted a $150‑billion flag that quantum isn’t academic—it’s becoming an industrial‑scale manufacturing business anchored in the U.S.
IONQ Shows Progress
IonQ shows Hybrid Quantum Wins for AI & Materials. (Source)
Quantum‑fine‑tuned LLM beats classical baseline in sentiment‑analysis accuracy while projecting sizable energy savings.
Quantum GAN augments sparse steel‑microstructure data, upping image‑quality scores in 70 % of cases.
Built on Forte‑class (#AQ 36) hardware plus a new Ansys‑powered simulator—evidence that NISQ‑era payoffs are emerging.
Takeaway: IonQ just handed the market concrete proof that small‑scale quantum processors can lift real AI workloads today, not someday.
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Quantum Sales Executive - IBM
Director of Product Marketing - Quantinuum
Research Scientist - MIT Lincoln Lab
Open Rank (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor) in Quantum Computing and Simulation - University of Miami
Senior Manager, Environment and Power - IonQ
Semiconductor Quantum Computing Expert - Johns Hopkins
Hardware Engineer, Microwave Design, Quantum AI - Google
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