Recommendation

Congress should establish a program to accelerate commercialization in the quantum industry.

Details

Congress should establish a program with $200 million in funding to encourage companies and developers to come up with quantum solutions for health care, mobility, and energy challenges in the public sector. For example, firms may come up with innovative ideas that include using quantum to optimize traffic flow and the transportation of goods. By challenging industry to develop innovative solutions for public sector needs from the demand side, the government is offering up U.S. cities as successful first customers, thereby increasing market demand for nascent near-term quantum computing technologies and enabling companies to create competitive advantage in the market.

Keep reading:

▪ Hodan Omaar, “Why the United States Needs to Support Near-Term Quantum Computing Applications” (ITIF Center for Data Innovation, April 2021) https://itif.org/publications/2021/04/27/why-united-states-needs-support-near-term-quantum-computing-applications/.