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The Trump administration is pouring cold water on a report that it's "currently" in talks to take equity stakes in quantum computing companies like IonQ , Rigetti Computing, and D-Wave Quantum , but shares in each of the companies were still comfortably higher Thursday.

"The Commerce Department is not currently negotiating equity stakes with quantum computing companies," the spokesperson said in a statement.

The short statement still has room for investor optimism on the quantum names and the potential for a deal of some sort.

"Currently" could imply talks will be held later, and "equity" could suggest a different structure in any kind of deal. Warrants would give the gove

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