Oct 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's

administration is in talks with several quantum-computing

companies to take equity stakes in exchange for federal funding,

the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people

familiar with the matter.

Companies including IonQ ( IONQ ), Rigetti Computing ( RGTI )

and D-Wave Quantum ( QBTS ) are discussing the

government becoming a shareholder as part of the agreements, the

report said, adding that the discussions include minimum funding

awards from Washington of $10 million each.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report.