IonQ vs Rigetti Computing vs D-Wave Quantum Stocks on October 23, 2025
Quantum Stocks Soar: U.S. Government Interest Triggers Rally in IonQ, Rigetti, D-Wave Government Talks & Media Reports This week’s frenzy began with a WSJ report that President Trump’s administration was discussing taking ownership stakes in certain quantum computing startups in return for federal R&D funding fastcompany.com reuters.com. D-Wave, IonQ and Rigetti (the so-called “Quantum Four”) were named in those talks fastcompany.com. Tech blogs and TS2.tech quickly summarized the news: “Trading platforms instantly flagged quantum tickers as top gainers,” noting the Commerce Dept. would inject at least $10M per company ts2.tech. Rigetti even issued a statement to Fast Company arguing that