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BIG TECH$1.8B deal
IonQ Completes Its Acquisition of SkyWater Technology
IonQ closed its $1.8 billion acquisition of chip foundry SkyWater Technology, calling itself the only vertically integrated, full-stack quantum computing platform company as a result.
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IonQ Lands $28M DARPA Deal for Atomic Clocks
AI$28M contract
IonQ Lands $28M DARPA Deal for Atomic Clocks
IonQ secured a $28 million DARPA contract extension to scale production of its Evergreen-05 optical atomic clocks, expanding beyond quantum computing into defense-grade timing hardware.
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FUNDING
AI Infrastructure's Real Exit Ramp Is M&A, Not IPOs
FUNDING
AI Infrastructure's Real Exit Ramp Is M&A, Not IPOs
Three separate deals in the past week -- Nscale buying Anyscale, Okta buying Permiso, and IonQ closing on SkyWater -- show strategic acquisitions, not public listings, are becoming AI infrastructure's dominant exit path this cycle.
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IonQ Completes $1.8B Acquisition of SkyWater Technology
BIG TECH$1.8B acquisition
IonQ Completes $1.8B Acquisition of SkyWater Technology
IonQ closed its $1.8 billion cash-and-stock purchase of SkyWater Technology on Friday, creating what it calls the only vertically integrated, full-stack quantum computing company with its own domestic chip foundry.