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Quantum Computing Sector Explodes: US Government's $2 Billion "National Team" Investment Reshapes the Competitive Landscape

On May 21, the US Department of Commerce announced that under the CHIPS Act framework, it will allocate a total of $2 billion in grants to 9 quantum computing companies in exchange for government equity. This national strategic-level targeted investment directly ignited sector sentiment. Rigetti Computing (RGTI) surged over 50% cumulatively this week, and the entire quantum computing sector entered a highly active state.

Leading Giants: Direct Policy Beneficiaries, Strongest Fundamentals

The biggest winner in this round of funding is IBM (IBM), receiving $1 billion in federal grants and raising another $1 billion itself to build the Anderson quantum wafer foundry, officially establishing its position as the national strategic core leader in quantum computing. It followed the main trend higher today. GlobalFoundries (GFS) received $375 million in grants to establish a multi-modal domestic quantum foundry. Together with IBM, they are the two leading quantum hardware manufacturing infrastructure giants prioritized for government support, showing active intraday performance. Although Alphabet (GOOGL), Google's parent company, was not included in the list of direct beneficiaries this time, its Willow quantum chip has achieved the milestone of error correction below the threshold. It stands alongside IBM at the technological forefront, and its quantum commercialization timeline is highly watched by the market. Driven by the main trend sentiment, its share price continues to attract capital. IonQ (IONQ), as the purest listed quantum computing leader on Nasdaq, has set a global record for two-qubit gate fidelity with its trapped-ion approach and has Amazon's strategic shareholding endorsement, making it the preferred target for institutional allocation in the quantum sector.

Mid-Tier Targets: Funding Catalyst Combined with Performance Validation

D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) received approximately $100 million in federal investment. On the day the news was announced, its stock price surged over 14% in a single day. Its FY2025 revenue grew 179% year-over-year, making it a mid-term target with performance support amid this round of policy catalysis. RGTI received about $100 million in grants to expand its superconducting quantum computing architecture. Catalyzed by the news, it rose over 12% that day, and its cumulative gain this week ranks among the top in the sector. According to reports from media like Motley Fool, its scarcity as a pure-play superconducting hardware vendor is being repriced by the market. Infleqtion (INFQ), pursuing the neutral atom route, has received about $100 million in federal investment. Its existing customers cover the US Army, Navy, Air Force, and NASA, with revenue continuing to grow. It strengthened today along with the sector. Microsoft (MSFT) is taking an independent route in topological qubit R&D, aiming to launch a quantum product before 2029. Its hybrid quantum-classical computing layout is comprehensive, and its market cap provides a safety margin, making it suitable for conservative investors as a peripheral allocation in the quantum sector. NVIDIA (NVDA) launched the NVQLink quantum-GPU interface and the Ising open-source AI model to serve quantum workloads. It is the "pickaxe seller" infrastructure cornerstone of the quantum ecosystem. As policy enthusiasm continues to heat up, its intraday activity has significantly increased.

Tail-End Small Caps: Highest Elasticity, Also Highest Risk

Quantum Computing Inc. (QUBT), pursuing the photonic quantum route, saw its Q1 2026 revenue skyrocket from $39k to $3.69 million year-over-year. It is a core component of the QPUX leveraged ETF, exhibiting extremely strong short-term elasticity. Xanadu Quantum (XNDU) just listed in March 2026, as the world's first pure-play photonic quantum computing listed company. Its free float is extremely small with novel themes, leading to significant intraday volatility under policy catalysis today. Arqit Quantum (ARQQ) focuses on quantum encryption security, possessing concept-driven elasticity under the narrative that quantum computing threatens traditional cryptographic systems. BTQ Technologies (BTQ) specializes in post-quantum cryptography, and HQ Horizon Quantum (HQ) focuses on quantum software compilation optimization. Both are newly listed small-cap targets with extremely small free floats. Under policy catalysis, violent price swings are likely, but liquidity risks require close attention.

ETF Tools: Efficient Vehicles for Layered Quantum Theme Allocation

Defiance Quantum ETF (QTUM) is the most mainstream broad-based ETF in the sector, with AUM exceeding $4 billion and a Morningstar 5-star rating. It gained 50% in 2024 and 37% in 2025, holding over 80 targets, suitable for conservative allocation. WisdomTree Quantum ETF (WQTM) was jointly developed with Classiq, with a top 10 holding concentration of 44%. It directly holds heavy positions in targets like Rigetti and D-Wave that received federal investment, offering better elasticity than QTUM. Defiance 2X Quantum Leveraged ETF (QPUX) provides daily 2x long leverage on four pure-play stocks: IONQ, RGTI, QBTS, and QUBT. All its components rose over 30% this week, making it the best amplifier for short-term speculation on the quantum theme. Defiance 2X Rigetti Leveraged ETF (RGTX) tracks RGTI's single stock for daily 2x returns, suitable for aggressive traders betting on short-term single-stock catalysts.

Risk Warning: The commercialization process of quantum computing is highly uncertain. Small-cap targets experience severe volatility. Leveraged ETFs suffer from daily compounding decay. This article does not constitute any investment advice.

Three structural shifts have repriced Alibaba over the past 12 months: (1) Cloud Intelligence Group re-emerging as a +30% growth engine, (2) Qwen establishing itself as a credible top-3 Chinese founda...

$Alibaba(BABA.US)$BABA-W(09988.HK)Looks like Alibaba’s ATH unit just dropped a quiet bombshell in the AI video space — and the market‘s starting to take notice.

HappyHorse 1.0 topped the Artificial Analysis leaderboard in both text-to-video and image-to-video (no audio) categories, beating ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 by a pretty significant margin (106 points higher).

More importantly, this is the first public release from ATH‘s Innovation Incubation Unit, which launched last month. The API is set to open April 30, and given the company’s history with open-source models, there‘s speculation this one might follow a similar path.

The tech stack here is quite something: a unified 40-layer Transformer with ~15B parameters, native audio-video sync support for seven languages, and 1080p output.

This signals two parallel teams inside Alibaba — one doing foundational research at Tongyi Lab, another focused on applied innovation. They’re moving fast. And with 2026 being a ” key year for AI acceleration,“ it looks like the company is serious about building a full-stack presence here.

Alibaba and Unitree are cooking something 🤖

Unitree's new humanoid R1 showed up at Alibaba's Xixi campus yesterday, sitting at a computer typing "Invitation" on screen. Employees say it's prepping for a new project called "Shumaitong" — clearly a mashup of Unitree + AliExpress.

The announcement is reportedly coming mid-April at a Shenzhen brand event. Alibaba sources confirmed details next week. Unitree actually opened an AliExpress store back in March 2025, so this looks like upgrading from basic onboarding to serious strategic partnership.

The news sent China's humanoid robot stocks flying today — Wanxiang Qianchao hit limit-up, Wuzhou Xinchun up 9%+, robot ETFs up 2-3%.

$BABA-W(09988.HK) also up 2.8% today to 127.68. Though Jefferies just cut target from $212 to $185 (MaaS as key growth driver next 5 years) and UBS trimmed to HK$166 from HK$185 — both still Buy-rated.

AliExpress has been pushing "brand globalization + overseas fulfillment" for Chinese brands. Bringing Unitree in feels like adding some serious hardware cred while lowering the barrier for Chinese robotics to go global.

More details next week. Anyone holding $Alibaba(BABA.US) or robot-related names? 👀

Alibaba & Unitree partnership next week. Loading up on BABA before the pop!

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☁️ Team Cloud here! Alibaba's cloud segment growing 35% is no joke — especially with AI demand exploding in China. The 380B CapEx plan shows they're serious about competing with Tencent and Baidu in the AI space. E-commerce might be slowing, but cloud margins are way better long term. Already holding some, might add more if price dips after earnings.

Alibaba AI glasses today? Might grab some BABA calls for the hype🤔

If even Nvidia's earnings can't ease AI bubble concerns, Broadcom's report might drop 10%+.

While if Nvidia holds above 180 tonight, it may trade in the 170–190 range. A green close suggests selling pressure is over—time to wait for the upside.

Those targeting 230+ this year can start building positions now. If Nvidia’s results are in question, the entire tech sector is in trouble.

Today is the last trading day of the month—hope everyone finishes strong🙏🙏

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Q4 numbers were insane - 70% revenue growth, 127% Rule of 40, U.S. commercial up 82% . But stock down 27% YTD and insiders sold $65M+ at $132-136 right before the drop . Market is schizo on this name. $Palantir Tech(PLTR.US)

$Western Digital(WDC.US) finally dumping the last of its Sandisk stake, $3.09B deal to swap debt for equity. Evercore says this accelerates deleveraging, could add 4-6% to EPS . Stock at $280, market yawns. I say balance sheet repair + AI HDD story = re-rate coming. 💰

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$AMD(AMD.US) Q4 $102.7B rev, +34% yoy, beat. DC revenue +39%, AI GPU +35% . First Shanghai just raised TP to $300, 42.7x 2026 PE . Stock down 3% yesterday on zero news. Classic profit taking. I added. 📈

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$Alibaba.US Using the Olympics to showcase Qwen models and Taobao Vision. Smart soft power move for a tech giant