Churchill Capital’s Infleqtion executes contract with U.S. DOE’s ARPA-E

Infleqtion announced it has executed its contract with the U.S. Department of Energy’s, DOE, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, ARPA-E, formally launching development under its $6.2 million Enhancing Neutral-atom Computers for Optimizing Delivery of Energy project. This program, which includes key collaborations with Argonne National Laboratory, the National Laboratory of the Rockies, EPRI, and ComEd, is the first quantum project for the department focusing on advancing the application of quantum-enhanced computational methods to revolutionize energy grid optimization. This announcement follows Infleqtion’s plans to go public through a merger with Churchill Capital Corp X (CCCX).