# IonQ: robotics company

Canonical ID: `c934c0a0-dff8-4a2b-a63f-c5f4aadf1233`

## Key facts

- **Founders:** Chris Monroe, Jungsang Kim
- **Ticker:** [NYSE: IONQ](/public-companies.md) ([see public companies](/public-companies.md))
- **Technology:** Trapped-ion quantum computing
- **Total funding:** [$1.5B+ (including SPAC proceeds)](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **CEO:** Niccolò de Masi
- **Acquisitions:** Oxford Ionics (~$1.1B), Qubitekk, Lightsynq, Capella Space

- **Slug:** ionq
- **Founded:** 2015
- **HQ:** College Park, Maryland, USA

## Models

_No models registered._

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is IonQ?

IonQ is a [trapped-ion quantum computing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapped_ion_quantum_computer) company and the first pure-play quantum computing publicly traded company. Spun out of the University of Maryland and Duke University, IonQ manufactures quantum computers at its Bothell, WA facility and operates R&D labs in Boulder, CO. Listed on NYSE via SPAC merger in 2021.

### What does IonQ make?

IonQ has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. IonQ builds physical robots.

### Where is IonQ headquartered?

IonQ is headquartered in College Park, Maryland, USA.

### When was IonQ founded?

IonQ was founded in 2015.


## Sources (2)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IonQ
2. https://www.ionq.com/news/ionq-opens-doors-to-first-dedicated-quantum-computing-manufacturing-facility

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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