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Infleqtion Selected to Receive $3.9M in Federal Funding for Technology to Harness Quantum Computing for Next Generation Innovation in Chemistry and Materials Science
LOUISVILLE, Colo., March 11, 2026--Infleqtion (NYSE: INFQ), a global leader in quantum computing and quantum sensing powered by neutral-atom technology, announced it has been selected to receive $3.9M in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s ARPA-E. The funding is part of the Quantum Computing for Computational Chemistry (QC3) program, which seeks to develop and apply quantum algorithms to accelerate simulations of chemistry and materials science to advance commercial energy applications
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