IonQ Announces Increased Full-Year 2026 Financial Outlook Following SkyWater Acquisition

Insider Brief
- IonQ expects full-year 2026 revenue of $450 million to $460 million, including five months of contributions from its newly acquired SkyWater Technology business.
- The forecast accounts for the elimination of estimated revenue from transactions between IonQ and SkyWater under their pre-existing commercial agreement.
- IonQ said the acquisition adds manufacturing capacity and could accelerate its development of commercial-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers.
PRESS RELEASE — IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the world’s leading full-stack quantum platform and foundry, today announced that, for the full year 2026, it expects revenue to be between $450 million and $460 million. This outlook includes the contributions of SkyWater Technology beginning on July 31, 2026, the date it was acquired by IonQ, through to Dec. 31, 2026. It also reflects elimination of estimated intercompany revenues under the pre-existing commercial agreement between IonQ and Skywater.
“As we prepare to host our first joint Investor Day today, our updated full-year guidance highlights both the market traction of our quantum platform and the foundational manufacturing scale provided by SkyWater,” said Niccolo de Masi, Chairman & CEO of IonQ. De Masi continued, “We are now executing on a shared roadmap that accelerates our timeline and capabilities to achieve commercial-scale, fault tolerant quantum computing.”
“Releasing our first combined guidance as a unified organization is a pivotal step that demonstrates the immediate financial and operational strength of bringing IonQ and SkyWater together,” said Inder Singh, CFO & COO of IonQ.
Investor Day Conference Call
IonQ will host a webcast at 12:30 PM Eastern time today. The call will be available live via webcast on the Company’s website here, or directly here. An archive of the webcast will be available here shortly after the call and will remain available for one year.

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IonQ is a developer in trapped ion quantum computing founded in 2015 that actively applies its technology to the aerospace and defense sectors. The company empowers satellite-based quantum networks and quantum enabled drones to improve positioning, navigation, and timing resilience in GPS denied environments, and collaborates with industry leaders like Airbus to optimize aircraft loading.
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SkyWater is the only U.S.-owned and U.S.-based pure play semiconductor foundry and is a DOD-accredited Trusted supplier, specializing in custom technology development services and volume manufacturing for integrated circuits and micro devices.









