Overview
- IonQ reported fourth-quarter revenue up 429% year over year and guided to $235 million in 2026 sales versus $130 million for 2025.
- IonQ won a DARPA contract to explore military uses of quantum computing, signaling government interest in its trapped‑ion hardware known for high accuracy.
- IonQ unveiled a blueprint for a 10,000‑qubit machine, a scale some view as a bar for practical systems, though that benchmark remains debated.
- D‑Wave’s quantum annealing systems, built to solve optimization tasks by searching for the lowest‑energy solution, are already used for workforce scheduling and supply chains.
- McKinsey estimates the sector could reach up to $72 billion in annual revenue by 2035, with wider use possible as soon as 2030.