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United States of America: Department of Commerce signs USD 500 million CHIPS award with SandboxAQ

Announcement

17 Jun 2026

In June 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce signed a definitive agreement awarding SandboxAQ USD 500 million under the CHIPS and Science Act to support an AI-driven platform for discovering new semiconductor materials.

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1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

17 Jun 2026

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Announced: 17 Jun 2026
Equity stake In force

Recent update from 19 Jun 2026:

On 17 June 2026, the United States Department of Commerce signed a definitive agreement with SandboxAQ for a USD 500 million award under the CHIPS and Science Act. As part of the award, the Departm...

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Subsidies to the Semiconductor Supply Chain

This Thread tracks the domestic subsidies affecting the semiconductor supply chain, including related materials, components, machinery, software, and specialised services. Focusing solely on interventions classified as subsidies by Global Trade Alert, it covers policy interventions adopted since 2017. Note that to identify relevant policy actions, the Global Trade Alert team focused on a mixed ap...

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