M&A Deal Summary

IonQ Acquires Skyloom

On November 17, 2025, IonQ acquired communications company Skyloom

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IonQ’s 1st transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is IonQ’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is IonQ’s 1st transaction in Colorado.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-11-17
Target Skyloom
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) IonQ
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Skyloom

Broomfield, Colorado, United States
Skyloom is a telecommunications company focused on delivering space-based optical data transport services aimed at enabling high-bandwidth, low-latency communications in low Earth orbit and beyond. Skyloom was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, United States.

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Buyer

IonQ

College Park, Maryland, United States

Category Company
Founded 2015
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees407
Revenue 43M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

IonQ develops and manufactures quantum computers using trapped ion qubits, which are atoms suspended in electromagnetic fields and manipulated with lasers to perform quantum calculations. IonQ was founded in 2015 and is based in College Park, Maryland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 7
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 7
State: Colorado M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 5 of 5
Year: 2025 M&A 6 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-09-17 Vector Atomic

Pleasanton, California, United States

Vector Atomic designs and manufactures advanced quantum sensors for precision positioning, navigation, and timing applications. Vector Atomic was founded in 2018 and is based in Pleasanton, California.

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