**NQI**  - [National Quantum Initiative ](https://www.quantum.gov/)
- startup vs  ibm and larger companies 
-  encouraging smaller orgs to dig from this pool 
- they often do not see funding from NQI 

#### **NQI  goals** 
- knowledge gaps 
- promotingstandarziation
- promotingmore rapid develipment
- SBIR -  tech
technology  transfer -  
-  siffius  non-notify -  going   into supplu  chain "clean" (whatevr that means)

In this group there were John (leader of QED-C), Carl Williams, Doug Finke,  Sean from ASU, rep  from Brookhaven, Los Alamos, and others.