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IQM's Goetz urges EU chip fab push and DARPA style buying ahead of Quantum Act

IQM CEO Jan Goetz said Europe holds about 44 percent of global quantum patents and USD 10 billion in public funding, but only 12 percent of private quantum capital. He urged a European chip fab push and DARPA style buying ahead of the EU Quantum Act.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted IQM Quantum Computers company blog, 3 November 2026

What the source does not establish. The figures and five point programme are Goetz's own framing and do not establish that the Commission will adopt any of his proposals.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Opinion urges an EU chip fab push and DARPA style buying ahead of the Quantum Act; moves none until enacted. European Sovereignty Index

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