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IonQ

Quantum computers
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Trapped-ion quantum computing systems sold through cloud platforms (AWS Braket, Azure Quantum, GCP) and as on-premise installations. A publicly traded (NYSE, 2021) pure-play trapped-ion vendor with cloud and on-premise sales channels. Since 2024 IonQ has been rolling up the adjacent networking and photonics stack — acquiring Qubitekk (2024, entanglement-distribution testbeds), ID Quantique (May 2025, QKD + SNSPDs), Lightsynq (2025, photonic interconnects), and Oxford Ionics (2025, ion-trap chip fabrication) — positioning itself as a vertically integrated quantum-computing + quantum-networking company rather than ions-only.

HQ
College Park, Maryland, USA
Founded
2015
Status
public
Last verified
Wed May 13 2026 08:00:00 GMT+0800 (Singapore Standard Time)

Timeline

202120222023202420252026202720282029today
2021-10
NYSE listing via SPAC merger
2023-09
IonQ Forte initial release, barium hyperfine qubit demonstrations
2024-09
Forte Enterprise launched commercially — 36 algorithmic qubits target
2025-12
Tempo commercial launch — 64 algorithmic qubits, networked-cell trapped-ion architecture (Ba+)
2028
Modular networked-ion systems, early error correction
Founded 2015 shipped milestone public roadmap

Current flagship

Tempo — trapped-ion networked-cell (Ba+, 64 algorithmic qubits)

Milestones

  1. 2025-12
    Tempo commercial launch — 64 algorithmic qubits, networked-cell trapped-ion architecture (Ba+)
    Quantum computers press source ↗
  2. 2024-09
    Forte Enterprise launched commercially — 36 algorithmic qubits target
    Quantum computers press source ↗
  3. 2023-09
    IonQ Forte initial release, barium hyperfine qubit demonstrations
    Quantum computers press source ↗
  4. 2021-10
    NYSE listing via SPAC merger
    Quantum computers filing source ↗

Roadmap

  • 2028 Modular networked-ion systems, early error correction source ↗

Capability details

Quantum computing

Qubit type
trapped-ion
Physical qubits
64
Logical qubits
0
1Q gate fidelity
0.99962
2Q gate fidelity
0.9943
T₁
—
T₂
—
EC code
—
Connectivity
all-to-all
12 unverified fields
  • modalities.qc.coherence_t1_ms
  • modalities.qc.coherence_t2_ms
  • modalities.qc.ec_code
  • modalities.qc.gate_set
  • modalities.qc.physical_qubits_current — 64 reflects IonQ's headline algorithmic-qubits number for Tempo (their preferred metric); the underlying physical-ion count is higher and not separately disclosed
  • shareholders — institutional stakes sourced from Q3 2025 13F aggregators (holdingschannel); not yet cross-checked against the 2026 DEF 14A proxy
  • shareholders.5.stake_percent — IDQ-seller share count known (4,215,740) but exact percent depends on share count at issuance
  • key_personnel.2.since
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People

  • Niccolo de Masi — Chairman & CEO (since 2025-02) ↗
  • Inder M. Singh — COO & CFO (since 2025-09) ↗
  • Chris Ballance — President, Quantum Computing (since 2025) ↗
  • Jordan Shapiro — President & GM, Quantum Platform (since 2025) ↗
  • Christopher Monroe — Chief Scientific Advisor & Co-founder (since 2015) ↗
  • Jungsang Kim — Co-founder (since 2015) ↗
  • Marco Pistoia — CEO, IonQ Italy & SVP Special Projects (since 2025) ↗
  • Robert Cardillo — Executive Chairman, IonQ Federal (since 2025) ↗
  • Paul Dacier — Chief Legal Officer (since 2025) ↗

References