IonQ vs Rigetti Computing vs D-Wave Quantum Stocks on October 23, 2025
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 fundingfastcompany.comreuters.com. D-Wave, IonQ and Rigetti were named in those talksfastcompany.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 companyts2.tech. Rigetti even issued a statement to Fast Company arguing that “Government investment has long been vital to maintaining America’s technological leadership…The same holds true for quantum computing today,” warning that if the U.S. doesn’t lead on quantum, others willfastcompany.com.
