IonQ
US information technology company
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| June 2025 | IonQ agreed to acquire British quantum computing startup Oxford Ionics for approximately $1.1 billion. |
| February 2024 | IonQ opened a dedicated research and development facility in Bothell, Washington, claiming it as the first quantum computing factory in the United States. |
| October 2021 | IonQ became publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange via a special-purpose acquisition company. |
| 2019 | IonQ partnered with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud to make its quantum computers publicly available. |
| May 2019 | Peter Chapman, former Amazon Prime executive, was named the new CEO of IonQ. |
| 2017 | IonQ raised a $20 million series B funding round, led by GV (formerly Google Ventures) and New Enterprise Associates, marking GV's first investment in quantum computing technology. The company began hiring with the intent to bring an offering to market by late 2018. |
| 2016 | David Moehring, previously from IARPA, was brought on as the company's chief executive. |
| 2015 | IonQ was co-founded by Christopher Monroe and Jungsang Kim at Duke University, with investment from New Enterprise Associates of $2 million to commercialize their quantum computing technology. |
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