IonQ, Inc.
IonQ develops trapped-ion quantum computing systems and also works on quantum networking, sensing, and security.
- Technology
- trapped-ion quantum computing systems
- Headquarters
- College Park, United States
- Founded
- 2015
- Ownership
- Public company
- Funding
- IonQ's homepage states it was awarded $7.5 million in follow-on funding from AFRL to advance full-stack quantum networking.
- Products and platforms
- IonQ Superion, IonQ Tempo, IonQ Forte Enterprise, IonQ Forte
- Key people
- Niccolo de Masi, Chairman & CEO
Inder M. Singh, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Christopher Ballance, President, Quantum Computing
Christopher Monroe, Chief Scientific Advisor; co-founder - Website
- ionq.com
IonQ, Inc. is a quantum technology company founded in 2015 by Dr. Chris Monroe and Dr. Jungsang Kim. According to its company page, it emerged from academic research and trapped-ion breakthroughs licensed from the University of Maryland and Duke University. The company says it is headquartered in College Park, Maryland and focuses on quantum computing, networking, and sensing.
Its website describes a full-stack platform centered on trapped-ion quantum computing systems, cloud access, and enterprise solutions. IonQ also highlights work in quantum networking, quantum security including quantum key distribution, quantum sensing, and quantum space infrastructure. Named compute products on the company page include IonQ Superion, IonQ Tempo, IonQ Forte Enterprise, and IonQ Forte.
IonQ also names a range of customers and partners, including Amazon Braket, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Hyundai, Airbus, AFRL, and AstraZeneca. A homepage announcement states that IonQ was awarded $7.5 million in follow-on funding from AFRL to advance full-stack quantum networking.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the sources below, retrieved by DesignQuantum.
- IonQ: Trapped Ion Quantum Computing Company ionq.com
- IonQ | About ionq.com
Last verified: October 28, 2026