IonQ raises full-year revenue guidance following SkyWater Technology acquisition

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  September 09, 2026 at 15:30  |  19:56  |  CNBC
Speakers
Niccolo de Masi — Chairman & CEO, IonQ
Morgan Brennan — Co-Anchor, Closing Bell: Overtime / Host, Manifest Space podcast (CNBC)

Summary

IonQ CEO Niccolo de Masi discusses the company's investor day news, including raised full-year guidance, the SkyWater Technology acquisition, and the new Superion quantum platform. He argues IonQ is building a vertically integrated quantum ecosystem with manufacturing scale, accelerating roadmap timelines, and growing security demand as Q-day approaches. Quantum computing is framed as complementary to GPU/AI data centers, supporting a bullish view on IonQ.

  • IonQ raises full-year revenue guidance and cites an unbroken record of beating guidance.
  • SkyWater acquisition creates vertical integration and adds US quantum foundry capacity.
  • Superion platform offers upgradeable quantum computers using semiconductor-based ion traps and CMOS.
  • IonQ reports a quantum networking speed record and sees quantum data centers ahead.
  • CEO says Q-day is nearing and quantum cybersecurity demand is entering the CISO planning horizon.
  • Quantum computers are positioned as complements to GPU/AI, enabling hybrid data centers.
  • Investments and acquisitions are expected to keep accelerating IonQ's fault-tolerance roadmap.
Ideas
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IonQ raised guidance, sees continued beats
IonQ's paper shows how a 20,000-qubit IonQ machine could run an elliptic curve encryption retrieval, supporting de Masi's view that Q-day is inside the CISO planning horizon; quantum key distribution hardware and post-quantum cryptography software create defense-in-depth demand for IonQ's security business as classical and quantum threats rise.
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