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New York City's equity-backed investment in NYU's QFab represents a strategic shift toward municipal governance of quantum infrastructure, ensuring public benefit through direct board representation and IP sharing. This model distinguishes the project by treating the city as an active innovation partner rather than just a grantor, aiming to cultivate a local workforce and ecosystem for over 100 companies.

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New York City Stakes Claim in Quantum Tech With NYU

Quantum ZeitgeistOctober 15, 20265 min read

NYC is making a claim in quantum tech with $29.2 million for NYU’s QFab, giving the city a stake in—and board seats at—the new facility.

New York City will award New York University $29.2 million in exchange for board seats at a new Quantum Fabrication Facility, QFab and a stake in the technologies developed there. This first-of-its-kind agreement allows the city to influence the direction of quantum technology and ensure public benefit, backed by a total of $284 million in public and private funding. QFab is projected to support over 100 companies and reach 35,000 New Yorkers within its first decade of operation. “We want those technologies, investments and jobs to be created here in New York City,”…

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