Quantum Computing

IonQ

Medium58% confidenceProfile verified Jul 22, 2026

A publicly traded trapped-ion quantum computing company pursuing both quantum computing and quantum networking, which reported record Q1 2026 revenue of $64.7 million (up 755% year-over-year) and booked its first 256-qubit Tempo system sale to the University of Cambridge, signaling a shift from R&D-grade testing toward commercial-scale systems. The stock has nonetheless fallen roughly 31% over the past month amid a broader quantum-computing sector selloff, trading around $39.52 in mid-July 2026.

Leading Indicators

Hiring and patent filing trends — the underlying numbers Momentum is computed from. Insider filing activity is tracked separately under Sources below.

Steadyinsider filing activity unchanged since last check

Additional Intelligence Signals

Patent citation lineage, earnings-call mentions, and federal contract disclosures — automatically collected, not yet visible anywhere else on the site.

Earnings-call mentions

Mentions Amazon Web Services

IonQ's newest generation of quantum computers, the IonQ Tempo, is the latest in a line of cutting-edge systems that have been helping customers and partners including Amazon Web Services, and AstraZeneca achieve 20x performance results and accelerate innovation in drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, logistics, cybersecurity, and defense.

SEC 8-K exhibit (0001193125-26-208923) · May 6, 2026

Mentions NVIDIA

Signed Memorandum of Understanding with KISTI to Explore the Advancement of Hybrid Quantum-HPC Technologies Incorporating NVIDIA Accelerated Computing, Representing a Powerful Convergence of Quantum, AI, and Classical Supercomputing

SEC 8-K exhibit (0001193125-26-208923) · May 6, 2026

Sources

Every claim traced to a primary source — evidence, recent activity, and insider filing behavior, all in one place.

Evidence

4 sources · 1 government/SEC filing · 65% avg. source confidence

Insider Filing Activity

12Form 4 filings, trailing 90 days0 since last week's snapshot

Counts filing frequency only — transaction direction/size wasn't parseable from the sampled filings · sourced from SEC EDGAR · as of Jul 28, 2026

Correlated Activity

Both IonQ and Quantinuum which it depends on — are showing accelerating Activity at the same time (1 recorded change for Quantinuum in the last 90 days).

Timing correlation only — not evidence of a causal link

Both IonQ and Rigetti Computing which it depends on — are showing accelerating Activity at the same time (1 recorded change for Rigetti Computing in the last 90 days).

Timing correlation only — not evidence of a causal link

Dependency Map

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Succession

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The Story So Far (last 6 months)

Feb 2026: IonQ, Inc. FY2025 Annual Report (Form 10-K), filed with the SECJun 2026: IonQ partners with Cambridge University to launch Quantum Innovation CentreJun 2026: IonQ named beneficiary of UK's $2.5B quantum computing scale-up pledgeJul 2026: Signs Archer Materials sovereign-quantum deal for Australia; remaining performance obligations reach $470MJul 2026: IonQ Q1 2026 revenue surges 755% to $64.7M; books first Tempo 256-qubit sale to Cambridge

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IonQ's Timeline

A sourced, dated history of IonQ's key moments — founding to present.

  1. 2026-Q1 · Revenue surges 755%; first Tempo 256-qubit system sale

    IonQ reported record Q1 2026 revenue of $64.7 million, up 755% year-over-year, and booked its first 256-qubit Tempo system sale to the University of Cambridge, even as the stock fell 9.3% on the earnings release.

  2. Jul 2026 · Signs Archer Materials sovereign-quantum deal for Australia; remaining performance obligations reach $470M

    IonQ signed a three-year, $1.5 million Quantum Compute Agreement with Archer Materials to explore deploying a sovereign quantum computer in Australia via access to IonQ's Forte-class and future Tempo-class cloud systems, and separately provided quantum hardware access to Singapore's QAI Ventures accelerator cohort; the company's remaining performance obligations climbed to $470 million.