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The government has taken stakes in startups like Kraken, Wayve and Oxford Quantum Circuits in recent weeks, in a bid to prevent them from moving out of the country to look for funding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The U.K. government has in recent weeks taken stakes in startups like Kraken—the technology arm of utility Octopus Energy—, self-driving car firm Wayve and quantum-computing company Oxford Quantum Circuits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The acquisition of Quantum Circuits in January realized the return to gate technology that D-Wave first announced in 2021.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Circuits dismissed the Supreme Court’s emergency orders as “not dispositive.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

“My parents gave me a bunch of science books over the break. Plus a Snap Circuits kit.”

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein