Policy interventions are intended to modify behavior toward — it is hoped — positive ends. It helps, of course, to predict the downstream effects of these actions. And yes, that involves knowing the subject matter. Successful policy interventions are measured by the benefit of the intervention outweighing the cost. Easier said than done.
In previous installments in this series, we have outlined the impetus for policies that will ignite American quantum manufacturing. We have detailed how gaps in today’s supply chains would be an impediment to such a goal. As noted throughout this series, we’re definitely not spectators — we have skin in the game. One of us is an active quantum scientist and technologist, and investor at deep technology fund DCVC with portfolio companies in this space. We both regularly engage with companies across dual-use and defense tech, compute, materials and manufacturing, and space.
In this third installment of the series, we tackle some of the policy and investment tools that are currently available, their shortcomings, and offer alternatives. Deep tech is the foundation of wealth for America, and quantum technologies could make reindustrialization over the next few years a reality. We are optimistic that quantum technologies and manufacturing would become an American jobs story, with the right policy levers.
