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Uncle Sam bets $500M that Alphabet spinoff's AI can dig up new semiconductor materials

In order to move more semiconductor manufacturing onshore, the US needs to depend less on foreign-sourced materials.

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In order to move more semiconductor manufacturing onshore, the US needs to depend less on foreign-sourced materials. Now, the government is giving an Alphabet spinoff $500 million in CHIPS Act funds to find domestic minerals, molecules, and chemicals needed for this process. SandboxAQ (that’s AI and Quantum, for those wondering), which spun off from Alphabet in 2022 under the chairmanship of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, announced the award Wednesday.

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