Dario Gil, Under Secretary for Science at the US Department of Energy, looks on as the US president signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 22: Google President and Chief Investment Officer Ruth Porat attends an event with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed two orders on quantum computing. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 22: IBM CEO Arvind Krishna attends an event with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed two orders on quantum computing. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 22: Nobel Prize winner quantum physicist John Martinis attends an event with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed two orders on quantum computing. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 22: U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios (L), Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (3rd-R), Energy Secretary Chris Wright, and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought (R), appears during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed two orders on quantum computing. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 22: Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought attends an event with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed two orders on quantum computing. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 22: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (L) and Nobel Prize winner quantum physicist John Martinis (R), attend an event with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed two orders on quantum computing. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 22: Inflection CEO Matthew Kinsella attends an event with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed two orders on quantum computing. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)