IonQ to buy cybersecurity firm Elisity for up to $1.3bn in stock
News Source : The Next Web
News Summary
- IonQ is the biggest listed firm that only does quantum.
- It bought chipmaker SkyWater for $1.8bn in January.
- It is also among the firms in DARPA’s final test stage for useful quantum computers.
- It has built quantum-safe national networks in Switzerland, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
- The deal should close by the end of the year, once regulators sign off.
- It says sales and the customer base doubled in a year, and none of those customers left.
IonQ has agreed to buy Elisity in an allstock deal worth up to $1.3bn. Up to $150mn of that depends on how well Elisity does.
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