Quantum Space will go public through a $1.2 billion SPAC merger with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VI, expected to close in Q4 2026.
The deal includes a $300 million PIPE investment to accelerate production of its Ranger spacecraft platform.
Led by former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, who was appointed CEO in May 2026, the company holds contracts and proposals with the US Space Force, DARPA, and the Air Force Research Laboratory, and is eligible to compete for the $6.2 billion Andromeda programme.
Jim Bridenstine ran NASA for three years. He launched the Artemis programme, redrew the relationship between government and commercial space, and helped create the US Space Force. Now he is CEO of a startup with $80 million in Series A funding and a plan to go public at $1.2 billion, building the kind of spacecraft that can manoeuvre, refuel, and persist in orbit for up to 15 years. The question is whether the market will believe the valuation before Ranger has flown.
Quantum Space, founded in 2021 and headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, has agreed to go public through a merger with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VI, the same SPAC vehicle that previously took Intuitive Machines public, in a transaction valuing the combined company at approximately $1.2 billion.
