The Trump administration is in talks with several quantum-computing firms about giving the Commerce Department equity stakes in exchange for federal funding, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

The Journal, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter, said the companies include IonQ , Rigetti Computing and D-Wave Quantum . Other firms, such as Quantum Computing Inc . and Atom Computing, are considering similar arrangements, it added.

IonQ shares jumped 11% Thursday. D-Wave climbed 20%. Rigetti added 13%. Quantum Computing was up 10%. Arqit Quantum added 11%.

The news aligns with recent efforts by Washington to take stakes in major companies within industries seen as vital to U.S. national security, especially those rec

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