Overview
- President Trump signed Executive Order 14413 on June 29, 2026, directing a whole-of-government effort to accelerate quantum computing, expand the workforce, and secure domestic supply chains.
- The Department of Energy’s Quantum Genesis initiative has set a public target of delivering a 'scientifically useful' quantum machine by 2028 and will run technology competitions and build a national quantum supercomputing facility.
- The administration has paired the DoE plan with reported Commerce investments of about $2 billion into quantum companies to spur industry participation and public–private partnerships.
- Researchers and industry leaders warn the 2028 timetable is ambitious because major engineering challenges remain, including error correction, qubit stability, scaling to many logical qubits, and extreme cryogenic requirements.
- Officials say the effort is driven by national security and economic competition — including reports that China holds a large share of quantum patents — and it targets near-term scientific uses such as molecular simulation, materials discovery, and complex optimization.