Ionq, Inc. · NYSE:IONQ
Ionq — Investor Day (September 2026)
30 slides from Ionq's investor day presentation, Sep 8, 2026
Slide 1: Investor Day 2026
Investor Day 2026 NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Sept. 8, 2026 Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 2: Chris Ballance, President, Quantum Computing
Chris Ballance PRESIDENT, QUANTUM COMPUTING Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 3: Commercialization Momentum
COMMERCIALIZATION MOMENTUM 1st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 5 th Generation Generation Generation Generation Generation HARMONY ARIA FORTE FORTE ENTERPRISE TEMPO 2019 2021 2023 2024 2025 Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 4: Quantum platform key metrics
25 33,000+ 1,200+ FULL STACK QUANTUM PLATFORM COUNTRIES WITH LIFETIME HOURS OF CLOUD UPTIME PATENTS GRANTED AND CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE PENDING WORLDWIDE RUN WORKLOADS COMPUTE SENSING NETWORKING SECURITY 100% ALL 3 2026E Y/Y ORGANIC REVENUE GROWTH 1 1. Organic revenue is a supplemental measure representi
Slide 5: Scaling the Summit to Fault Tolerance
SCALING THE SUMMIT TO FAULT TOLERANCE 3 DEMONSTRATE SCALE with the core platform, across multiple generations, to enable applications that couldn’t exist before 2 VERTICALLY INTEGRATE to accelerate innovation cycles and enable manufacturability 1 RADICALLY SIMPLIFY the platform enabling new levels o
Slide 6: Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 7: Scaling the Summit to Fault Tolerance: Radically Simplify
SCALING THE SUMMIT TO FAULT TOLERANCE 3 2 1 RADICALLY SIMPLIFY the platform enabling new levels of scale and repeatability Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 8: Radical Simplification: Electronic Qubit Control (EQC)
RADICAL SIMPLIFICATION: ELECTRONIC QUBIT CONTROL (EQC) Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 9: Radical Simplification: Electronic Qubit Control (EQC)
RADICAL SIMPLIFICATION: ELECTRONIC QUBIT CONTROL (EQC) Electronic Qubit Control Semiconductor - Based Manufacturing In House Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 10: Let's Talk Cross Talk
LET’S TALK CROSS TALK Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 11: Let's Talk Cross Talk
LET’S TALK CROSS TALK Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 12: Bringing Superion to Life
BRINGING SUPERION TO LIFE Unit Cell 99.99% 2 qubit gate fidelity Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 13: Bringing Superion to Life: Unit Cell Array
BRINGING SUPERION TO LIFE Unit Cell Array Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 14: Bringing Superion to Life: 256Q Chip
BRINGING SUPERION TO LIFE 256Q Chip Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 15: Bringing Superion to Life: 256Q Wafer
BRINGING SUPERION TO LIFE 256Q Wafer Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 16: Bringing Superion to Life: 256Q QPU
BRINGING SUPERION TO LIFE 256Q QPU Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 17: Superion 256 Prototype System
SUPERION 256 PROTOTYPE SYSTEM Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 18: The Path to Deploying IonQ Superion 256
THE PATH TO DEPLOYING IONQ SUPERION 256 Sept. 8 TODAY 99.99% Chip Design First Chip Component Trapping Dynamic Circuit Integrated Superion 256 Quantum Cloud 1st Customer Gate Fabrication Prototype Testing First ion on Execution with System Production Multiplexed IO Early Access System Build Fidelity
Slide 19: Scaling the Summit to Fault Tolerance: Vertically Integrate
SCALING THE SUMMIT TO FAULT TOLERANCE 3 2 VERTICALLY INTEGRATE to accelerate innovation cycles and enable manufacturability 1 Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 20: Vertical Integration = Rapid Iteration
VERTICAL INTEGRATION = RAPID ITERATION Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 21: Vertical Integration = Rapid Iteration
VERTICAL INTEGRATION = RAPID ITERATION 100+ LEARNING CYCLES PER 12x MORE WAFER LOTS DELIVERED 1 YEAR EXPECTED 330x REDUCTION IN 9 MONTHS 2 MONTHS COST - PER -QUBIT 2 256Q CHIP CYCLE TIMES 1. Figure based on a per six-month period with SkyWater, as compared to lots delivered in our previous ion-trap
Slide 22: Scaling the Summit to Fault Tolerance: Demonstrate Scale
SCALING THE SUMMIT TO FAULT TOLERANCE 3 DEMONSTRATE SCALE with the core platform, across multiple generations, to enable applications that couldn’t exist before 2 1 Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 23: Superion Is the Foundation: 256 Qubits
SUPERION 256 IS THE FOUNDATION OUR BLUEPRINT FOR SCALE: WALKING CAT 256 qubits The most detailed full - stack quantum computing architecture Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved. L1
Slide 24: Engineering to 200K and Beyond: 10,000 Qubits
ENGINEERING TO 200K AND BEYOND 10,000 qubits SCALING TECHNIQUE: CMOS Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved. L2
Slide 25: Engineering to 200K and Beyond: 20,000 Qubits
ENGINEERING TO 200K AND BEYOND 20,000 qubits SCALING TECHNIQUE: TILING Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved. L3
Slide 26: Engineering to 200K and Beyond: 200,000 Qubits
ENGINEERING TO 200K AND BEYOND 200,000 qubits SCALING TECHNIQUE: DIE SHRINK Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved. L4
Slide 27: Simple, Scalable, and Mass Manufacturable
SIMPLE, SCALABLE, AND MASS MANUFACTURABLE 256 qubits 10K qubits 20K qubits 200K qubits 1M+ qubits and beyond SCALING TECHNIQUE SCALING TECHNIQUE SCALING TECHNIQUE SCALING TECHNIQUE CMOS TILING DIE SHRINK 2.5D IC PACKAGING Copyright © 2026 IonQ, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 28: Full-Stack Compute Platform
FULL - STACK COMPUTE PLATFORM QUANTUM SOLUTIONS • 100x faster time to solution of MaxCut optimization versus other quantum modalities • 10,000x improvement in time to solution for signal deconvolution problem • 20x speedup of hybrid GPU/QPU computational chemistry workflow SOFTWARE, ARCHITECTURE & E
Slide 29: Setting the Benchmark for Quantum Computing
SETTING THE BENCHMARK FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING Shor’s Algorithm on 20,000 physical qubits 256 - bit elliptic curve 25.7 days TO RECOVER, USING 19,397 PHYSICAL QUBITS, WHICH IS 31x IMPROVEMENT OF ERROR - CORRECTION MODULES FULL - STACK RESOURCE BLUEPRINT Our implementation model fully accounts for every
Slide 30: Important Information
Important Information FORWARD - LOOKING STATEMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION This presentation contains forward - looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward - looki ng statements, including but not limited to statements regarding our guidance for the financia