Alphabet Inc. (GOOG, GOOGL ), the parent company of Google, has seen its stock surge by over 30% from its $148.80 September low, largely fueled by a significant quantum computing breakthrough despite its lack of immediate commercial applications. The company's Willow chip has demonstrated remarkable capabilities, solving in five minutes a problem that would take one of the world's fastest supercomputers an astonishing septillion years. This breakthrough offers a much-needed boost for Alphabet, which faces concerns about lagging behind competitors like OpenAI in AI development and grapples with ongoing antitrust challenges.