Gartner Names IonQ a Market Shaper in Quantum Computing

Insider Brief

• IonQ has been named a Market Shaper in Gartner’s inaugural Emerging Market Quadrant for Quantum Computing, which assesses vendors in the emerging quantum computing market.
• Gartner describes Market Shapers as vendors with experience delivering and supporting systems in commercial environments, while IonQ says the recognition reflects its full-stack platform and progress toward fault-tolerant quantum computing.
• The announcement follows several IonQ milestones, including advancement to Stage C of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative, $7.5 million in follow-on funding from the Air Force Research Laboratory, and planned Superion 256 deployments.

PRESS RELEASE — IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the world’s leading full-stack quantum platform and foundry, today announced it has been positioned as a Market Shaper in the inaugural Gartner® Emerging Market Quadrant™ for Quantum Computing. IonQ appears in the Market Shapers quadrant of the graphic above.

In the report, Gartner states: “Market Shapers have proven their ability to reliably deliver and support cutting-edge systems in commercial environments, making them generally less risky bets for technology buyers seeking transformation.” Gartner also states: “These vendors are low-risk, high-impact leaders of the emerging quantum market.”