Amazon, Google and Microsoft to attend White House conference, here’s why

Amazon.com Inc., Google and Microsoft Corp. are expected to join a Biden administration conference on Tuesday focused on quantum technologies as the US government works to head off hacking threats and corner a burgeoning growth industry.

The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is hosting the event that will discuss critical applications of quantum computing, which is expected to operate millions of times faster than today’s advanced supercomputers.

Boeing Co., Honeywell International Inc., International Business Machines Corp., Intel Corp. and Northrop Grumman Corp. are also expected to attend, according to an administration spokesperson.