DEAR0002072
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
COLDQUANTA, INC. DBA INFLEQTION
NEW AWARD
CONTROL NUMBER: 3387-2557
VISION OPEN 2024 (DE-FOA-0003387)
PROJECT TITLE: ENHANCING NEUTRAL-ATOM COMPUTERS FOR OPTIMIZING DELIVERY OF ENERGY (ENCODE)
DESCRIPTION: “THE ENERGY GRID AND INTERMODAL ENERGY SUPERHIGHWAY ARE BECOMING EVER MORE COMPLEX THANKS TO RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, WHICH – UNLIKE TRADITIONAL SOURCES – ARE DECENTRALIZED AND VARIABLE, DEMANDING ADVANCED GRID MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS TO ENSURE STABILITY, EFFICIENCY, AND SECURITY. RISING GLOBAL ENERGY DEMANDS, ESPECIALLY AS THEY ARE INCREASINGLY MET BY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, NECESSITATE EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS TO EVER MORE COMPLEX OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS, LIKE “UNIT COMMITMENT”. UNIT COMMITMENT IS A MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION OF THE PROBLEM OF MAXIMIZING COST-EFFICIENCY IN COORDINATION OF GENERATOR SOURCES TO MEET FLUCTUATING ENERGY DEMANDS. IMPROVING UNIT COMMITMENT SOLVERS GENERATES TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THE ENERGY SECTOR MEASURED IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS PER YEAR. ENCODE LEVERAGES QUANTUM COMPUTING, A NOVEL COMPUTING MODALITY THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY MORE POWERFUL THAN TRADITIONAL “CLASSICAL” COMPUTING (CPU, GPU, TPU) APPROACHES IN THAT IT UNLOCKS A CLASSICALLY INACCESSIBLE CLASS OF ALGORITHMS. THE ENCODE PROGRAM AIMS THAT NOVEL COMPUTATIONAL POWER AT IMPROVING ENERGY SECTOR EFFICIENCY AND INTELLIGENT POWER UTILIZATION THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROPRIATE QUANTUM ALGORITHMS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF A UNIQUELY SCALABLE QUANTUM COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY THAT USES INDIVIDUAL ATOMS AS COMPUTATIONAL QUANTUM BITS.”
NEW AWARD
CONTROL NUMBER: 3387-2557
VISION OPEN 2024 (DE-FOA-0003387)
PROJECT TITLE: ENHANCING NEUTRAL-ATOM COMPUTERS FOR OPTIMIZING DELIVERY OF ENERGY (ENCODE)
DESCRIPTION: “THE ENERGY GRID AND INTERMODAL ENERGY SUPERHIGHWAY ARE BECOMING EVER MORE COMPLEX THANKS TO RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, WHICH – UNLIKE TRADITIONAL SOURCES – ARE DECENTRALIZED AND VARIABLE, DEMANDING ADVANCED GRID MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS TO ENSURE STABILITY, EFFICIENCY, AND SECURITY. RISING GLOBAL ENERGY DEMANDS, ESPECIALLY AS THEY ARE INCREASINGLY MET BY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, NECESSITATE EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS TO EVER MORE COMPLEX OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS, LIKE “UNIT COMMITMENT”. UNIT COMMITMENT IS A MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION OF THE PROBLEM OF MAXIMIZING COST-EFFICIENCY IN COORDINATION OF GENERATOR SOURCES TO MEET FLUCTUATING ENERGY DEMANDS. IMPROVING UNIT COMMITMENT SOLVERS GENERATES TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THE ENERGY SECTOR MEASURED IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS PER YEAR. ENCODE LEVERAGES QUANTUM COMPUTING, A NOVEL COMPUTING MODALITY THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY MORE POWERFUL THAN TRADITIONAL “CLASSICAL” COMPUTING (CPU, GPU, TPU) APPROACHES IN THAT IT UNLOCKS A CLASSICALLY INACCESSIBLE CLASS OF ALGORITHMS. THE ENCODE PROGRAM AIMS THAT NOVEL COMPUTATIONAL POWER AT IMPROVING ENERGY SECTOR EFFICIENCY AND INTELLIGENT POWER UTILIZATION THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROPRIATE QUANTUM ALGORITHMS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF A UNIQUELY SCALABLE QUANTUM COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY THAT USES INDIVIDUAL ATOMS AS COMPUTATIONAL QUANTUM BITS.”
Awardee
Funding Goals
VISION OPEN 2024 (DE-FOA-0003387)
PROGRAM TITLE: VISION OPEN 2024
DESCRIPTION: “THIS FOA MARKS THE SIXTH OPEN SOLICITATION IN THE HISTORY OF ARPA-E. SINCE THE AGENCY’S INCEPTION IN 2009, THE THREE-YEAR PERIODIC CYCLE OF ARPA-E OPEN PROGRAMS HAVE SERVED AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE TRANSFORMATIVE ENERGY BREAKTHROUGHS IN CRITICAL AREAS THAT FALL OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF ITS TECHNOLOGY-FOCUSED PROGRAMS. THE ENERGY TRANSITION TOWARDS NET-ZERO BY 2050 DEMANDS AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF INNOVATION. VISION OPEN 2024 CHALLENGES THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGIES TO ENABLE A FUTURE ENERGY LANDSCAPE THAT IS DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT.
THE VISION OPEN 2024 INCLUDES THREE GOALS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO ACHIEVE A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND CARBON TRANSITION WITH:
1. GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG)-FREE ABUNDANT PRIMARY ENERGY;
2. AN INTERMODAL ENERGY SUPERHIGHWAY THAT TRANSPORTS DIVERSIFIED FORMS OF PRIMARY ENERGY; AND
3. A CARBON TRANSITION THAT SUSTAINABLY MEETS DEMAND FOR POLYMERS AND OTHER MATERIALS.
THESE GOALS WILL ENABLE A NOVEL AND ROBUST GLOBAL ENERGY SYSTEM THAT RESPONSIBLY MEETS THE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. ACHIEVING THESE THREE GOALS BY 2050 WILL NECESSITATE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF DISRUPTIVE AND AMBITIOUS TECHNOLOGIES AT AN UNPARALLELED SPEED AND SCALE.”
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Boulder,
Colorado
United States
Geographic Scope
City-Wide
Related Opportunity
Coldquanta was awarded
Optimizing Energy Delivery with ENCODE Quantum Computing Technology
Cooperative Agreement DEAR0002072
worth $5,265,189
from Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy in January 2026 with work to be completed primarily in Boulder Colorado United States.
The grant
has a duration of 3 years and
was awarded through assistance program 81.135 Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Vision OPEN 2024.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 1/13/26
Period of Performance
1/9/26
Start Date
1/8/29
End Date
Funding Split
$5.3M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$5.3M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEAR0002072
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Small Business
Awarding Office
897030 ADVANCED RSRCH PROJ AGENCY ARPA-E
Funding Office
897002 ADVANCED RSRCH PROJ AGENCY ARPA-E
Awardee UEI
CRWKJZGN3D89
Awardee CAGE
4SHF0
Performance District
CO-02
Senators
Michael Bennet
John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper
Modified: 1/13/26