IonQ Completes Acquisition of Oxford Ionics in $1.075 Billion Deal
September 17, 2025
IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) completed its acquisition of Oxford Ionics, a UK-based trapped-ion quantum computing company, for a transaction value of about $1.075 billion. The deal is designed to strengthen IonQ’s quantum computing roadmap by integrating Oxford Ionics’ ion-trap-on-a-chip and patented technology stack with IonQ’s existing hardware and software.
- Buyers
- IonQ
- Targets
- Oxford Ionics
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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