Quantum Computing
IonQ
30-Second Executive Brief
Executive Assessment
IonQ functions as a regional institution within Quantum Computing, backed by 63% sourcing coverage, with accelerating strategic relevance.
- Maintains 3 mapped relationships across the graph
- 63% sourcing coverage across sourced relationships
- Tracked as regional institution within the Quantum Computing category
Executive Snapshot
- Strategic Role
- Regional Institution
- Sourcing Coverage
- 63%
- Ecosystem Influence
- Moderate
- Strategic Momentum
- Accelerating
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Computed live from this entity's own relationships and evidence: how many relationships carry at least one linked citation, weighted with citation recency and source type — independent of Strategic Importance, and not a prediction. Not a hand-typed number; recalculated on every read.
Coverage
- Mapped Relationships
- 3
- Technology Domains
- 3
Strategic Implications
- Central node connecting multiple strategic ecosystems
- Directly influences technology and capital flows
- Material relevance to downstream dependency mapping
Top Opportunities
Top Risks
Critical Dependencies
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.
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”
SEC 8-K exhibit (0001193125-26-335040) · Aug 5, 2026
Mentions AstraZeneca
“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 (0001193125-26-335040) · Aug 5, 2026
Mentions Anduril Industries
“Signed Memorandum of Understanding with Anduril to Advance Quantum Technologies for Defense and National Security Applications and Develop Joint Proposals for Mission Critical Government and Commercial Bids”
SEC 8-K exhibit (0001193125-26-335040) · Aug 5, 2026
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
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR) — IonQ, Inc. FY2025 Annual Report (Form 10-K), filed with the SECgovernment
- Finviz / industry coverage — IonQ partners with Cambridge University to launch Quantum Innovation Centrenews
- 24/7 Wall St. / Investing.com — IonQ Q1 2026 revenue surges 755% to $64.7M; books first Tempo 256-qubit sale to Cambridgemarket-data
- Quantum Computing Report / industry coverage — IonQ named beneficiary of UK's $2.5B quantum computing scale-up pledgeresearch
Latest Activity
- FilingIonQ filed an 8-K (items 7.01,9.01)8-K
- FilingIonQ filed an 8-K (items 5.02,8.01,9.01)8-K
- FilingIonQ filed an 8-K (items 3.02,9.01)8-K
- FilingIonQ filed an 8-K (items 2.02,9.01)8-K
- FilingIonQ filed an 8-K (items 8.01,9.01)8-K
- FilingIonQ filed an 8-K (items 8.01,9.01)8-K
Insider Filing Activity
Counts filing frequency only — transaction direction/size wasn't parseable from the sampled filings · sourced from SEC EDGAR · as of Sep 7, 2026
Acquisition & Investment Fit
AI-reasoned, generated only from entities already in InsightNodes's own graph — a hypothetical strategic-fit exercise, not real M&A intelligence or a signal that any deal is planned or in progress.
Relationship Map
The relationships surrounding IonQ — ownership, dependencies, regulation, technology and market context. Click any node to make it the new center, 2 levels deep.
Connection type
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The Story So Far (last 6 months)
Auto-generated from this entity's dated milestones, relationship updates, and sourced evidence — not AI-written, just sorted.
Market Intelligence
UnverifiedCredibly-reported claims — analyst notes, sourcing citing “people familiar with the matter,” deals where the companies involved declined to comment — that haven't been officially confirmed. Kept structurally separate from the sourced evidence above; treat as a lead worth researching further, not an established fact.
A 755% revenue surge alongside a 31% stock decline is a sector-wide sentiment reset, not a company-specific fundamentals problem
27% confidenceIonQ's roughly 31% stock decline over a month, despite record 755% year-over-year Q1 2026 revenue growth and its first 256-qubit commercial system sale, appears driven by a sector-wide quantum computing selloff also affecting Rigetti and D-Wave in the same period, rather than IonQ-specific fundamentals, making its $470 million in remaining performance obligations a more informative signal than near-term share price.
This is InsightNodes' own interpretive read: IonQ's stock falling roughly 31% in a month despite record 755% year-over-year revenue growth and its first 256-qubit commercial system sale is best explained by a broader risk-off rotation hitting speculative quantum computing stocks across the board (Rigetti and D-Wave fell similarly in the same window), rather than any IonQ-specific fundamental deterioration -- this divergence between operating results and stock price is the kind of gap that, if it persists, would make IonQ's actual commercial execution (the $470 million remaining performance obligations, the Cambridge and Archer Materials deals) a better indicator of the company's trajectory than its near-term share price.
InsightNodes analysis of the IonQ stock-fundamentals divergence · Aug 14, 2026
IonQ's Timeline
A sourced, dated history of IonQ's key moments — founding to present.
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.
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.