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IonQ Announces Intention to Acquire Lightsynq, Expediting Quantum Computing, Quantum Internet, and Offering Clear Path to Millions of Qubits
COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 07, 2025--IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a leading commercial quantum computing and networking company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Lightsynq Technologies Inc., a Boston-based startup founded by former Harvard University quantum memory experts. Lightsynq’s team and IP are expected to significantly accelerate both IonQ’s quantum networking and quantum computing roadmaps.
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