IonQ completes its latest acquisition
This one is named Lightsynq Technologies Inc., a Boston-based start-up specializing in photonic interconnects and quantum memory.
The day after IonQ held its Quantum Immersion Day: TN Edition in Knoxville on Monday, the company formally announced its latest acquisition: Lightsynq Technologies Inc. The Boston-based start-up specializes in photonic interconnects and quantum memory.
According to the announcement, this strategic acquisition accelerates IonQ’s fault-tolerant quantum computing roadmap and advances progress toward the development of the quantum internet.
“With this acquisition, we’re not just acquiring talent and technology, we’re accelerating our development timeline to fault-tolerant quantum computers and long-distance networking capabilities,” said Niccolo de Masi, Chief Executive Officer of IonQ. “This deal accelerates the shift from experimental bulk optics to scalable optical chips, moving us closer to commercializing our next generation of advanced quantum technologies and the quantum internet.”
Founded by Harvard quantum networking experts and former AWS research leads Dr. Mihir Bhaskar, Dr. Bart Machielse, and Dr. David Levonian, Lightsynq has developed universal photonic interconnect solutions designed to link multiple quantum processing units (QPUs) with high bandwidth to scale quantum systems.
This acquisition augments IonQ’s growing leadership in the quantum networking space, including its recent acquisitions of quantum networking companies Qubitekk and ID Quantique, and the development of a quantum computing and networking innovation center with EPB in Chattanooga.
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