US mobilizing funding for Quantum AI to match China in multi-billion race | NextBigFuture.com

The White House released a National Strategic Overview for Quantum Information Science that outlines its plan for advancing the field. The Department of Energy and National Science Foundation also announced grant awards totaling $218 million and $31 million. The Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research is awarding $81 million to develop computing hardware and software, including two new quantum computing testbeds at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories that will operate similarly to DOE’s other national user facilities. The Offices of Basic Energy Sciences and High Energy Physics are awarding $106 million and $31 million, respectively, to advance