Shares of Churchill Capital Corp X (NASDAQ: CCCX) extended their rally Monday after J.P. Morgan highlighted quantum computing as one of the next major growth arenas beyond AI. The endorsement added fuel to last week’s momentum, when Infleqtion—the quantum firm merging with Churchill—announced a partnership with Silicon Light Machines to supercharge its neutral-atom systems.
The collaboration centers on integrating Silicon Light Machines’ Displacement Phase Modulator, a photonics component that improves the precision and speed of laser-based atom control. That upgrade directly enhances Infleqtion’s ability to scale qubit counts and execute faster, more reliable quantum operations.
Why It Matters:
Infleqtion’s platform uses laser “tweezers” to manipulate thousands of trapped atoms—a design seen as one of the most promising paths toward fault-tolerant quantum computing. With the new photonics tech and a major bank now calling the sector a strategic frontier, investors are re-rating the space.
The Signal:
Quantum is shifting from speculative science to industrial execution.
Perhaps the only thing hotter than the AI trade is the quantum trade, and $CCCX is a relatively obscure SPAC but the word is getting out quickly.
