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IonQ Inc: Striding Fastest and Farthest in Quantum Computing

IonQ, Inc. (NYSE: IONQ), announced its acquisition of the operating assets of Entangled Networks Ltd., a Toronto-based company focused on enabling computation across multiple distributed quantum processors. As part of the transaction, the Entangled Networks team will join IonQ to launch IonQ Canada, strengthening IonQ’s already growing international presence. Entangled Networks, previously funded by investors like OurCrowd, marks IonQ’s first corporate acquisition, demonstrating ongoing market and industry leadership.

IonQ, Inc. (NYSE: IONQ)

Market Cap: $839.83M; Current Share Price: $4.20IonQ Inc: Striding Fastest and Farthest in Quantum Computing
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The Company
IonQ, Inc. sells access to several quantum computers of various qubit capacities and is in the process of researching and developing technologies for quantum computers with increasing computational capabilities. They make access to quantum computers available via three major cloud platforms, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Braket, Microsoft’s Azure Quantum and Google’s Cloud Marketplace, and also to select customers via their own cloud service. This cloud-based approach enables the broad availability of quantum computing as a service (QCaaS).

Industry Leading Hardware
IonQ’s current generation quantum computer, IonQ Forte, is the latest in a line of cutting-edge systems, including IonQ Aria, a system that boasts industry-leading 25 algorithmic qubits.

IonQ Inc: Striding Fastest and Farthest in Quantum Computing

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The Company is especially empowered by unique technological advantages. IonQ’s technology involves the use of individual atomic ion cubits in an ion trap – these are superior to competing cubit platforms, creating the ability for IonQ to move farther, faster than the competition.

In March 2022, the Company was named to TIME’s annual TIME100 Most Influential Companies list, given the technical breakthroughs it achieved in 2021. During this time period, IonQ introduced IonQ Aria, the world’s most powerful quantum computer, based on standard application-oriented industry benchmarks; discovered a new family of quantum gates that can accelerate quantum algorithms and can only be conducted on IonQ and Duke University systems; became the first company to use barium ions as qubits to further enable advanced quantum computing architectures; and secured a public-private manufacturing partnership with Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL) to produce barium qubits.

IonQ is also the only company with its quantum systems available through the cloud on Amazon Braket, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, as well as through direct API access.

Hence, since its inception in 2015, IonQ has established itself not only as a leader in quantum computing but also inscribed a proven track record of innovation and deployment.

Prestigious Partnerships and Customer Contracts
Significant milestones achieved by the Company in the previous year were as follows:

  • In December 2022, IonQ announced the availability of IonQ Forte for Hyundai and Airbus, where the system will see use in Hyundai’s chemistry research and machine learning work, as well as in Airbus’ cargo loading optimization project
  • In December 2022, IonQ announced that it will work with Hyundai Motor Company to develop on IonQ’s quantum computers machine vision algorithms capable of conducting object detection on three-dimensional data from autonomous vehicles.
  • In November 2022, IonQ announced it is working with Dell Technologies to accelerate innovation and deliver cutting edge business use cases using hybrid classical-quantum computing systems.
  • In September 2022, IonQ secured a $13.4 million contract to supply the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) with access to its trapped ion systems for quantum computing hardware research and for the development of quantum algorithms and applications.
  • In August 2022, the Company collaborated with Airbus to explore the potential application and benefits of quantum computing for aerospace services and passenger experiences.
  • In June 2022, IonQ and GE Research, the central innovation hub for the General Electric Company, were able to effectively train quantum circuits to learn correlations among three and four indexes.
  • In February 2022, IonQ and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory announced that their innovative public-private partnership has generated a sustainable and robust source of barium qubits for IonQ’s next generation quantum computers.
  • As mentioned earlier, the Company has also entered into cloud partnerships with AWS’s Amazon Braket, Microsoft’s Azure Quantum, and Google’s Cloud Marketplace to make access to quantum computing hardware available to a broader community of quantum programmers.

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    It seems that IonQ’s partnerships would be effective in helping the Company accomplish pertinent goals such as generate more revenue, develop relationships with current and future customers, obtain equipment and facilities, attain expertise in relevant markets and obtain sales and marketing support.

    Growing International Presence
    In July 2022, IonQ created its first European and Israeli entities in support of growing regional investments in quantum computing. The German and Israeli-based entities, IonQ GmbH and IonQ Israel LTD, are expected to provide IonQ’s industry-leading quantum systems to various European companies, states, and governments.

    Peter Chapman, President and CEO, IonQ, had commented,

    “With our new German and Israeli presence, we believe IonQ is well positioned to support global commercial partners as they take advantage of our world-class, trapped-ion systems for a multitude of industries. By incorporating in Germany and Israel, we are taking steps to truly embed ourselves within the European and Israeli tech ecosystem, democratizing access to quantum and creating new pathways to pursue curiosity. We are being clear – IonQ has a long-term commitment to the regions.”

    Most recently, on Jan 10th, 2023, the Company announced that the Entangled Networks team joined IonQ to work on next generation networked quantum computer architectures and full-stack quantum compilers. Entangled Networks is also expected to serve as beachhead for IonQ in Toronto, thereby helping to strengthen its growing international presence.

    Increasing Market Opportunities
    Quantum computing is expected to change all industries, from farming to banking to logistics. Quantum computing has vast potential, with experts predicting a total addressable market of ~$65 billion by 2030.

    In particular, quantum computers would be beneficial in the following use cases

  • Quantum Simulations in Chemistry: thousands of problems could benefit from quantum algorithms across the pharmaceutical, chemical, energy and materials industries.
  • Quantum Algorithms for Monte Carlo Simulations: such simulations are used pervasively in finance, banking, logistics, economics, engineering and applied sciences.
  • Quantum Algorithms for Optimization: Quantum algorithms are naturally suited for problems in which an exponential number of possibilities must be considered before an optimized output can be identified, so it is indispensable for many industries.
  • Quantum Machine Learning: Quantum computers can “learn” things that are beyond the capabilities of classical computers, so quantum computing is likely to offer new machine-learning modalities, greatly improving existing classical machine learning when used in tandem with it.
  • It is to be noted that United States government investment in quantum information science R&D nearly doubled from 2019 to 2022, going from a reported $449 million to a requested $877 million.

    As far as IonQ is concerned, it is the only public pure-play quantum opportunity. The Company is working on error reduction in the first phase of quantum computing. It will enter phase two by perfecting error correction.

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    IonQ’s importance in the growing quantum computing industry is apparent by the fact that the Company has many big-name investors and partners who either have a need for a quantum computer or believe that quantum computing is the future of the computer industry.

    In fact, even IonQ’s competition has partnered with the Company – investors and partners in IonQ include Alphabet IncAmazon.com IncMicrosoft Corp – these are the companies who are aware of where IonQ stands in the quantum ecosystem.

    Impressive Investor Base
    As of December 31, 2021, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $399 million and available-for-sale securities of $203.5 million, with $123.4 million classified as short-term investments and $80.1 million classified as long-term investments. It is expected that the Company’s cash, cash equivalents and investments as of December 31, 2021 would be sufficient to meet working capital and capital expenditure needs for the next 12 months.

    More recently, as of September 30, 2022, cash, cash equivalents and investments were $555.8 million. The strong cash position of the Company is not surprising, given its impressive investor base.

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    As early as 2017, the Company was able to complete a $20 million series B round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and GV (formerly Google Ventures), with participation from new strategic investors.

    As recently as February 2022, IonQ was among the top 5 holdings of Amazon com Inc – with 2,816,253 shares, it consisted of 0.28% of Amazon’s total portfolio.

    However, despite all these positive indications, it is worth mentioning that the Company is still in the early stages of commercial growth. Since inception, IonQ has incurred significant losses – recently, these amounted to $106.2 million and $15.4 million for FY21 and FY20, respectively. As of December 31, 2021, the accumulated deficit stood at $145.8 million. This trend is expected to continue for the next few years as the Company prioritizes reaching the technical milestones necessary to achieve an increasingly higher number of stable qubits and higher levels of fidelity than that which presently exists, as these are prerequisites for quantum computing to reach broad quantum advantage.

    Having said that, it is important to keep in mind that the Company has already started exhibiting exponential revenue growth. IonQ recognized revenue of $2.8 million for Q3 FY22, above the midpoint of the previously provided range, compared to $233 thousand in the prior year period. For FY21, the Company clocked revenues of $2.1 million, compared to zero revenue the previous year.

    For FY22, IonQ has provided a revenue outlook range of $10.2 million to $10.7 million, and bookings range of $23 million to $27 million. Thus, it can be said that IonQ seems to be one of the fastest growing companies in the field of quantum computing, poised to scale unimaginable heights in the future.

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    Stock Information

    Company Name: IonQ Inc
    Stock Symbol: IONQ
    Market: NYSE

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