IonQ Completes Elisity Acquisition
IonQ completed its all-stock acquisition of Elisity, Inc. on November 4, 2026. At closing, IonQ issued $1.15 billion of common-stock consideration, and Elisity's sellers may receive up to an additional $150 million based on revenue milestones through January 2028. The transaction adds Zero Trust security technology to IonQ's post-quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution capabilities.
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IonQ completed the acquisition of Elisity on November 4, 2026 through an all-stock transaction.
IonQ issued $1.15 billion of common-stock consideration at closing.
The acquisition combines Zero Trust security technology with IonQ's post-quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution capabilities.
Elisity's sellers may earn up to an additional $150 million based on revenue milestones through January 2028.
Elisity will continue under its current leadership, with customers supported by the same teams and platform as their existing deployments and identity policies carry forward.
Elisity has more than 100 established enterprise deployments.
The release did not disclose target sales, the number of IonQ shares issued, the exchange ratio, or quantified financial-results and guidance impacts.
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