On June 22, 2026, the administration issued two Executive Orders: Executive Order 14413, Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation (Quantum Innovation Executive Order) and Executive Order 14412, Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks (Post-Quantum Cryptography Executive Order). Together, the Executive Orders reinforce the federal government’s long-term commitment to quantum information science and technology (QIST) while continuing to frame quantum as both an economic and national security priority. Although they impose relatively few immediate legal obligations on most companies, the Executive Orders provide important signals about where federal investment, procurement, and strategic partnerships are likely to emerge over the coming years. For founders, investors, and strategic partners, the practical question is less what the Executive Orders require today than how they should influence fundraising, commercialization, and collaboration strategies going forward. Quantum Innovation Executive Order The Quantum Innovation Executive Order emphasizes commercialization and deployment of QIST, support for quantum-enabling technologies, workforce development, domestic supply chains, and partnerships among government, academia, and U.S. industry.1 One of the Order’s principal initiatives is the creation of the Quantum Computer for Application Development and Discovery Science (QC-ADDS) effort, a multi-agency initiative intended to develop a utility-scale quantum computer. Rather than selecting a preferred hardware architecture, the Order directs agencies to identify the technical specifications needed for such a system and to develop a plan encouraging technical contributions from private-sector quantum companies. This modality-neutral approach is consistent with the administration’s broader investment strategy. Through the CHIPS Act, the administration recently announced approximately $2 billion in quantum investments, including approximately $100 million in planned funding to each of Atom Computing, D-Wave, Infleqtion, PsiQuantum, Quantinuum, and Rigetti, spanning neutral atom, silicon-spin, superconducting, photonic, and trapped-ion quantum computing architectures.2 Importantly, the Executive Order extends well beyond quantum processors themselves. It specifically identifies quantum networking, quantum sensing, quantum-enabling