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Companies that demonstrate a first-generation machine at an evaluation planned for September 2028 would split a $100 million pool. Only $2.5 million of the planned total is fiscal 2026 money.
For D-Wave, Rigetti, and Quantinuum, Commerce makes 44% to 56% of each $100 million available at the start and releases the remainder as the companies meet project milestones over up to five years.
Sweden's government set five goals for quantum technology to 2036 without naming any sums of money. It intends to carry out its measures through agency assignments, among other means. It also pointed organizations to NCSC's post-quantum migration recommendations.
Owners of designated critical systems should file migration plans with CSA by March 31, 2027. CSA describes the handbook that contains the dates as informational and not mandatory, and says detailed guidance is still in development.
Michael Kratsios cited a 2028 Energy Department goal and NIST's plan to finish its own post-quantum transition by the end of 2027. Most of the agency programs he cited had been announced in the seven weeks before the summit.
Xuhui's incubation zone launched with 26 companies, and Zhangjiang Quantum Bay with three platforms and four first tenants, state media reported. The same reports said both districts' dedicated quantum support policies were still in preparation.
In a FINMA survey of 60 Swiss banks, insurers, asset managers, and market infrastructures, 72% had neither planned nor implemented quantum-safe measures. FINMA's guidance has no legal force, but FINMA said existing risk-management rules already cover quantum risk.
The Quantum Flagship had announced the academy's launch in May. The academy aims to train at least 600 people in master's- and doctoral-level programs by the project's end and to deliver training to 5,000 learners.
Under Trump's executive order, OMB must require agencies to move high value assets and high impact systems to post-quantum key establishment by 2030. Contractors would face that date through a procurement rule due in proposed form by December 19.
Trump ordered work toward a quantum computer for a Department of Energy facility, an updated National Quantum Strategy within 180 days, and at least three quantum sensor projects to field by September 30, 2028.
