Abstract image of circuit board and CPU generated ai brain. (Getty) WASHINGTON — DARPA is dramatically expanding its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative to help the private sector build a workable quantum computer by 2033, the Pentagon’s top R&D agency announced this morning. Almost 20 new companies will join prior award recipients Microsoft and PsiQuantum, which won awards under a pilot phase of the program that began in 2023 . Today’s announcement named 15 new entrants, ranging from giants like