A review of IonQ’s acquired capabilities, technical milestones, customer evidence and latest reported financials, separating delivered results from future targets.
Trapped ions
October 10, 2026
A machine that may be the most accurate of its kind on Earth, and a $31 million revenue line holding up a $15.7 billion company on its Nasdaq debut.
Trapped ions
June 6, 2026
A start-up-stage science experiment nested inside a mature balance sheet: the topological qubit a contested field still doubts, paid for in pocket change.
Topological
June 5, 2026
A quantum computer built out of light, networked, peer-reviewed, and racing a physics breakthrough against a burn rate and an auditor’s going-concern note.
Photonics
May 26, 2026
The field’s oldest company, written off for a decade, turns a peer-reviewed supremacy result and a fortress balance sheet into a genuine second act.
Annealing
May 23, 2026
A $7 million business carrying an $8 billion story: a captive fab, a modular-chiplet bet, and a financing flywheel that runs on share price.
Superconducting
May 23, 2026
A corporate shell that has worn five identities raised $1.5 billion on a story, and is now spending it to buy the company it told investors it already was.
Photonics
May 23, 2026
From a single quantum computer to a full-stack platform, how IonQ spent two years buying itself more than one way to be right.
Trapped ions
May 12, 2026