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4FIRE retweeted
We've received $7.5 million in follow-on funding from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), reflecting the strength of our partnership and the value of our full-stack approach.
The Phase 2 contract with AFRL expands upon the first-generation quantum network we previously delivered in Rome, New York, adding advanced optical, hardware, and software layers for real-world deployment.
“We are building quantum networking that runs on standard telecom infrastructure and through open air, and proving it on a live network,” said @jordan_shapiro, IonQ President, Quantum Platform.
Read the full announcement: ionq.com/news/ionq-awarded-7…
#QuantumNetworking #QuantumIsNow #PowerofPartnership
4FIRE retweeted
It’s a beautiful day to set sail with the next pieces of Neutron flight hardware to Launch Complex 3.
Earlier today we sent Neutron’s Stage 2 and Thrust Module out of the Neutron Factory and onto a barge for transport through Chesapeake Bay to Wallops Island in Virginia.
Once it arrives, the Thrust Module will go straight onto the launch mount at LC-3 for check outs and the beginning of wider systems demonstrations including integrated fluids tests and module-to-launch-mount interface checkouts. With no strongback on the launch mount by design, Neutron’s Thrust Module is the rocket’s only physical interface to the launch pad, which this upcoming test campaign enables us to test early before the entire vehicle comes together.
4FIRE retweeted
$IonQ Hoping to share a detailed report all our data is pointing towards indicating the @IonQ acquisition of @ElisityInc was not just the right move NOW, but what that means NOW with respect to short-term and long-term revenue. There’s so much more here than the market realizes.
4FIRE retweeted
$IONQ We strongly favor this acquisition and believe it will significantly accelerate IonQ's growth and substantially increase shareholder value over a short period of time. Elisity gives IonQ the one security layer it lacked and puts a quantum-safe market worth about $36–65 billion by 2030 within its reach. More than two dozen countries and blocs have deadlines approaching: U.S. agencies must file migration plans by October 22, the EU and Saudi Arabia's banks start by the end of 2026, and Swiss banks are expected to have roadmaps by mid-2027. The collar caps dilution, and we believe it is outweighed by Elisity's own recurring revenue, which IonQ says is doubling every year, and by new revenue from selling IonQ's quantum-safe products to Elisity's customers. The details of the merit and potential shareholder value are found in the data we will present in the forthcoming report. The value is substantial … and in the details forthcoming.
4FIRE retweeted
Elisity has entered into an agreement to be acquired by IonQ (@IonQ_Inc) to accelerate Zero Trust for the quantum era. The proposed combination brings together our enterprise Zero Trust platform with IonQ’s post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and quantum key distribution (QKD) capabilities.
Our customers face two overlapping priorities: containing attacks that operate at machine speed and preparing to protect sensitive information against future quantum threats. Together with IonQ, we intend to help them address both while building on the security investments they already trust.
Elisity IdentityGraph and our unified policy fabric provide identity context and policy enforcement for users, devices, workloads and AI agents. The shared roadmap would connect that foundation with cryptographic inventory and risk information to help customers prioritize post-quantum upgrades while keeping essential operations running.
“Our customers need to prioritize post-quantum cryptography initiatives while securing existing assets to keep essential operations running,” said James Winebrenner, CEO of Elisity.
Following closing, Elisity will continue serving customers under its current leadership. Our commitment to innovation, customer success and strong partner relationships remains unchanged.
Security for what’s next.
Read James’s perspective on what this means for our customers, partners and team: elisity.com/news/elisity-ann…
#ZeroTrust #QuantumCyberSecurity
4FIRE retweeted
IonQ announced it has agreed to acquire @ElisityInc to accelerate zero trust for the quantum era. The acquisition brings together IonQ’s post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and quantum key distribution (QKD) capabilities with Elisity's enterprise Zero Trust technology platform.
Enterprises face two overlapping priorities: containing attacks that operate at machine speed and preparing to protect sensitive information against future quantum threats. A recent GAO report (files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-27…) found that none of the 24 federal agencies it audited had fully addressed selected post-quantum cryptography practices, while Juniper Research (juniperresearch.com/press/po…) projects that only 27% of global enterprises will be quantum-ready by 2035. Together, these trends underscore the need to prepare now for the quantum era.
IonQ will add an expanded cybersecurity platform that uncovers and protects against both present LLM and emerging quantum threats.
“With Elisity and its team as part of IonQ, we will be well positioned to help customers protect critical infrastructure and enterprise networks throughout the transition to the quantum era. Elisity will bring proven enterprise policy enforcement scale and deployment experience to our quantum security strategy and will give IonQ a strong growth platform to serve customers,” said IonQ’s Chairman and CEO @NiccoloDeMasi.
Read our news here: ionq.com/news/ionq-to-acquir…
#QuantumIsNow #QuantumCyberSecurity
4FIRE retweeted
We’ve reduced average collection-to-delivery time by nearly 65% through improvements across the entire data path, including close collaboration with @KSAT_Kongsberg.
Fresher SAR data. Faster decisions.
Read how we did it: hubs.la/Q04zxx3X0
4FIRE retweeted
This contains a shocking list of problems in quantum information, many-body physics and quantum computing, the field that are dear to my heart. There are too many, but let me pick the following.
1. Proof of area law in 2D.
2. Spin-one Haldane gap
3. Parity is not in QAC^0
4. Constant-error Aaronson-Kuperberg conjecture
5. Unitary VOAs generating conformal nets.
Things are changing fast. I cannot even imagine what will happen over the next few months, let alone a year.
We’re releasing a broad range of new mathematical results produced by an internal frontier model.
We’ve been consulting with the independent Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence at the Institute for Advanced Study, and we have drawn on their advice and public recommendations to inform how we release these results.
github.com/openai/math
4FIRE retweeted
$IONQ Embassy adds the partnership detail
On LinkedIn today, UAE Embassy Washington: Omran Sharaf met Niccolo de Masi and toured five of IonQ's quantum computers in College Park.
In their words: "The visit builds on a growing UAE-IonQ relationship anchored by Abu Dhabi's Technology Innovation Institute (TII), whose Quantum Research Center has partnered with IonQ since 2023. The partnership — renewed and expanded in January 2025 — gives TII researchers access to IonQ Forte, one of IonQ's most powerful commercially available quantum systems, to advance research in areas ranging from materials science to financial optimization. As the UAE strengthens its role as a global leader in advanced technology innovation, the visit underscores the shared #UAEUSA commitment in leading the next era of computing."
#IonQ #Quantum #UAE
4FIRE retweeted
$IONQ IonQ's CEO met the UAE minister in Washington.
Arabian Business has the detail: Omran Sharaf met Niccolo de Masi, IonQ's Chairman and CEO, during 3 days of talks that also took in the State Department, Commerce and the White House science office.
The talks follow the $1.4tn UAE-US technology investment framework agreed in March 2025. Since July, the UAE also holds A:5 export-control status, which it calls recognition as one of America's trusted partners for advanced technology.
Sharaf puts AI on the same footing as 5 decades of UAE-US trust in defence, intelligence and nuclear energy.
IonQ and the Gulf since July:
→ 21 July: Amro Imam hired as field engineer for the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar
→ 31 August, Riyadh: a Quantum for Finance workshop with C4IR Saudi Arabia
→ 29-30 September, Dubai: 2 IonQ keynotes on the UAE Cyber Security Council's stage
→ Last week, Washington: Sharaf and de Masi
→ Saudi Arabia's tech ministry posts its visit to QuantumBasel, IonQ's Innovation Center in Europe
🔗 arabianbusiness.com/business…
#IonQ #Quantum #UAE
HE @OmranSharaf, 🇦🇪 Asst. Foreign Minister, led a UAE delegation to DC this week alongside @cscgovae's HE Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti. The delegation met with senior 🇺🇸officials across @StateDept, @CommerceGov & @WHOSTP47 to advance UAE-US cooperation on space, cyber & emerging tech.
4FIRE retweeted
$IONQ NSA just launched a hub for quantum-resistant cryptography
NSA announced it on Oct 1, in line with Executive Order 14412. The order has the State Department engage foreign governments in key countries and encourage them to move to NIST-standardized algorithms. It also requires NSA to report to the President on how far national security systems have migrated.
As mandated by the Committee on National Security Systems Policy 15:
→ From 2027, new commercial national security systems must be able to support quantum-resistant algorithms
→ By 2030, legacy systems that cannot support them are phased out
Morgan Stern, Effort Lead for Quantum Resistance at NSA: "The quantum threat is an existential threat to the digital ecosystem, but we have the tools today to combat it."
Cameron Chehreh, IonQ's vice president of field engineering and federal go-to-market, wrote on Sept 11 that the work now is "implementation: helping agencies, enterprises, and allied partners prepare for the quantum era".
nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Rel…
#IonQ #Quantum #PQC
4FIRE retweeted
Our Executive Briefing Center is open!
It was great to host academic, government, enterprise, and additional partner tours at our headquarters in College Park, Maryland, this week, including delegations from Finland, Japan, Korea, the UK and across the U.S.
Here’s a sneak peek at what visitors are seeing. Thank you again @FIU, SDT Inc., and everyone else who joined us this week.
Thanks for sharing the excitement, tour guides: Rick Muller, Matthew Keesan, Andrew Piper, and Hiram Gonzalez.
See you soon!
#IonQ #IonQSuperion #QuantumIsNow #QWC2026 #QuantumWorldCongress #IonQEBC
4FIRE retweeted
“Countries want to grow ecosystems with @IonQ_Inc. So do states. So do universities.” @NiccoloDeMasi #QuantumWorldCongress
4FIRE retweeted
“We want to work with everyone who is here.” - @NiccoloDeMasi emphasizing @IonQ_Inc’s role building a trusted quantum ecosystem for all. #QuantumWorldCongress
4FIRE retweeted
It’s official: @IridiumComm shareholders have voted and approved the acquisition by Rocket Lab ✅
By joining forces, we’ll be creating a vertically-integrated space powerhouse that designs, builds, launches, and operates its own constellations to bring critical communications capability to millions of users worldwide.
Full details and next steps: bit.ly/3T53qq1
4FIRE retweeted
Quantum value will compound where capital and talent compound. @NiccoloDeMasi @IonQ_Inc #QuantumWorldCongress
4FIRE retweeted
FIU chooses IonQ’s Superion 256. I explore its growing customer base and 2027 revenue scenarios for 10, 20, or 30 systems—not company guidance.
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$IONQ #QuantumComputing
4FIRE retweeted
$IONQ $QNT System Deployments for those keeping count:
IonQ:
1. NVIDIA Accelerated Quantum Research Center (Superion)
2. University of Cambridge (Superion)
3. Florida International University (Superion)
4. QuantumBasel (Superion & Tempo)
5. Horizon Quantum (Superion)
6. KISTI (Tempo)
7. EPB Quantum Center (Forte)
8. UChicago (System not Identified)
9. Air Force Research Lab (System not Identified)
10. UK NQCC (Quartet)
11. Cyberagentur (MinION)
12. SDT Inc. (Superion)
Quantinuum:
1. Riken (H1 & H2)
2. Singapore NQO (Helios)
3. Oracle (Helios)
4FIRE retweeted
Terrific panel at tonight’s @IonQ_Inc event, featuring leaders from @FIU, @nvidia, @ORNL and @EPB_Chattanooga.
Inspiring intro from @NiccoloDeMasi and @RepGlennIvey.
Quantum is now! #QWC26