John Bromels, The Motley Fool
Sat, May 16, 2026 astatine 3:35 PM CDT 4 min read
Given the chaotic occurrence that quantum computing start-ups similar IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) enjoyed successful 2025, it's nary astonishment that adjacent much caller players person entered the tract successful 2026.
One of these contenders for quantum dominance is Infleqtion (NYSE: INFQ), which concisely reached a marketplace headdress of $6 cardinal successful April, contempt going nationalist lone successful February.
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But could this scrappy upstart's show truly crush the much established IonQ successful 2026? I judge it could. Here's however Infleqtion mightiness propulsion it off.
A antithetic benignant of quantum
While different quantum computing companies usage subatomic particles similar electrons oregon photons, some Infleqtion and IonQ usage full atoms instead. The benefit, according to some companies, is that for definite elemental types, each atoms of the aforesaid benignant successful the beingness are identical. This reduces manufacturing costs and the imaginable for defects.
IonQ utilizes ionized ytterbium atoms successful its quantum components, portion Infleqtion uses neutral rubidium and cesium atoms. But the large quality betwixt the companies' quantum computers is their accuracy.
Accuracy successful quantum computing is measured by "two-qubit gross fidelity." In October, IonQ became the archetypal quantum computing institution to execute two-qubit gross fidelity of 99.99%. That's highly accurate, but considering classical computers fundamentally person 100% accuracy, it's inactive little than ideal.
Infleqtion, connected the different hand, claims two-qubit gross fidelity of lone 99.73%, which is simply a satellite distant successful computing terms. So however could Infleqtion perchance outperform IonQ?
Volatility could spell accidental
Luckily for Infleqtion, it doesn't needfully request to adjacent the quantum computing accuracy spread for its banal to outperform IonQ's this year.
Infleqtion uses quantum exertion for much than conscionable computing. The institution is simply a pioneer successful quantum sensing technology, manufacturing devices that utilize neutral-atom exertion for precise measurements. Its Tiqker atomic timepiece is much precise than a modular microwave atomic clock, portion its quantum inertial sensors tin utilize gravitational fields to supply precise positioning accusation successful the lack of GPS and successful outer space. Infleqtion already counts U.S. authorities entities NASA and the U.S. Navy among its clients, truthful this could beryllium a large maturation country autarkic of its quantum computing business.

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