Quantum technologies are becoming a new field of geopolitical and economic competition. What seemed like an academic experiment just a few years ago is now attracting the attention of governments, the defence sector and large capital funds. The United States sees this area as a key strategic priority - and the administration's latest plan, which envisages possible capital injections into selected quantum companies, could change the entire landscape of the technology business.

The upcoming move would mark a fundamental shift in the way the government supports high technology. Instead of subsidies or grants, it would be a direct ownership participationa model that would allow the government not only to invest but also to strategically steer the direction of key industries. This approach would set a precedent - the state as a shareholder in the companies that will form the technological backbone of the next decade.

This could be a historic turning point for the quantum computing sector…