M&A Deal Summary

IonQ Acquires Vector Atomic

On September 17, 2025, IonQ acquired technology hardware company Vector Atomic

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IonQ’s 2nd transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is IonQ’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is IonQ’s 3rd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-09-17
Target Vector Atomic
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) IonQ
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

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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Buyer(S) 1

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 6 of 7
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 7
State: California M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 4 of 5
Year: 2025 M&A 5 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-07-15 Capella Space

San Francisco, California, United States

Capella Space is an American space technology company offering synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and satellite solutions for government and commercial applications. Capella Space was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-11-17 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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