Companies / IonQ
IonQ
The first pure-play quantum company to list publicly; trapped-ion systems available through all major clouds.
Profile
| Modality | Trapped ions — Electromagnetically trapped charged atoms controlled with lasers |
| Status | public · IONQ |
| Founded | to verify: not published until checked against primary sources |
| Headquarters | to verify: not published until checked against primary sources |
Public milestones
No milestones are listed yet. Milestone claims are only published here with an evidence tag (peer-reviewed / preprint / vendor / disputed) and a primary source: entries are added as they are verified, never generated.
The modality it bets on
Strengths: High-fidelity operations; Long coherence; Strong connectivity. Challenges: Slower gates; Optical complexity; Scaling ion control.
Investor lens: a company profile is not a recommendation. The diligence questions that matter (differentiation, full-stack dependencies, manufacturing path, benchmark transparency) are on Evaluating claims.
Peers on the same modality
Quantinuum · Alpine Quantum Technologies · Universal Quantum