{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"166327","rtpr_id":"nBwQB2sTa-20261012","ticker":"IONQ","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["IONQ"],"title":"IonQ to Acquire Elisity to Accelerate Zero Trust for the Quantum Era","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-10-12T12:00:01.367Z","article_body":"IonQ to Acquire Elisity to Accelerate Zero Trust for the Quantum Era\n\n\n * Combination to pair IonQ's post-quantum cryptography and quantum key\ndistribution capabilities with Elisity's Zero Trust technology platform to\nhelp enterprise and government customers address current cyber threats and\nprepare for the quantum era\n\n * Elisity brings an established global enterprise customer base, deep CISO\nrelationships, and significant recurring revenue with accelerating growth in\nthe more than $10 billion microsegmentation market\n\n * Acquisition allows IonQ to accelerate securing the nation for the quantum era\n– as per White House Executive Order on June 22, 2026\n\nIonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the world’s leading full-stack quantum platform and\nfoundry, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to\nacquire Elisity, Inc., a Zero Trust security company, in an all-stock\ntransaction valued at up to $1.3 billion. The acquisition brings together\nIonQ's post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and quantum key distribution (QKD)\ncapabilities with Elisity's enterprise Zero Trust technology platform. On a\ncombined basis, IonQ will benefit from an expanded cybersecurity platform that\nboth uncovers and protects against present LLM and emerging quantum threats.\n\nElisity builds on IonQ’s expanding quantum security offerings with a\nhigh-growth enterprise security business, cutting-edge Zero Trust technology\nplatform, and team of industry leaders led by cybersecurity expert CEO James\nWinebrenner. Elisity has a strong track record of doubling its revenue and its\ncustomer base year-over-year with zero churn among deployed customers. With\nmore than 100 global customer deployments and deep CISO and security community\nrelationships, Elisity will provide IonQ with expanded channels to bring its\nPQC, QKD and quantum computing offerings to market for both enterprise and\ngovernment networks, opening up the more than $10 billion microsegmentation\nopportunity with double-digit CAGR to IonQ.\n\n“With Elisity and its team as part of IonQ, we will be well positioned to\nhelp customers protect critical infrastructure and enterprise networks\nthroughout the transition to the quantum era. As I said first, Q-Day is coming\nmuch faster than predicted. IonQ is offering its customers a vertically\nintegrated full-stack quantum platform across quantum computing, networking,\nsensing and cybersecurity. Just as adding SkyWater Technology expanded\nIonQ’s capabilities in chip design, fabrication and packaging, Elisity will\nbring proven enterprise policy enforcement scale and deployment experience to\nour quantum security strategy and will give IonQ a strong growth platform to\nserve customers and create value for our shareholders,” said Niccolo de\nMasi, Chairman and CEO of IonQ.\n\n“Our customers need to prioritize post-quantum cryptography initiatives\nwhile securing existing assets to keep essential operations running,” said\nJames Winebrenner, CEO of Elisity. “With IonQ, we will be optimally\npositioned to partner with them to modernize their crypto-agility programs,\naccelerate post-quantum cryptography capabilities while advancing their\nholistic Zero Trust posture and deploy hybrid-cybersecurity solutions today\nthat are prepared for the quantum future.”\n\nElisity’s Commercial Advantage\n\nEnterprises face two overlapping priorities: containing attacks that operate\nat machine speed and preparing to protect sensitive information against future\nquantum threats. The urgency of this transition is underscored by recent White\nHouse executive orders advancing quantum innovation and accelerating the\nfederal government's migration to PQC. These directives reinforce the\nimportance of securing critical systems and preparing government networks for\nquantum-era threats while supporting long-term modernization.\n\nToday, Elisity IdentityGraph combines native asset identity and\npartner-enriched context, and risk information to inform least-privilege\naccess policy for users, devices, workloads and AI agents. Teams can simulate\npolicies before limiting each identity to the communications it needs, helping\nreduce attack surface and contain an attack’s spread. By bringing together\nElisity's Zero Trust framework with IonQ's PQC and QKD capabilities, the\ncompanies will combine cryptographic protection for sensitive information and\ncommunications with identity-based controls that limit unauthorized access and\nthe spread of threats across enterprise networks. The shared roadmap with IonQ\nwill extend IdentityGraph with cryptographic inventory and risk information.\nThis integrated approach will help customers address quantum-related security\nrisks through a multiyear transition while strengthening defenses against\ncurrent cyberattacks, including threats involving AI agents.\n\nFollowing closing, Elisity will continue serving its customers under its\ncurrent leadership, including current CEO James Winebrenner. Together, the\ncompanies will continue their track record of innovation, customer success and\nstrong partner relationships, backed by IonQ’s demonstrated approach of\ninvesting in the critical technologies it acquires.\n\nIonQ’s Multiproduct Revenue Growth Opportunity\n\nIonQ brings an established track record in growing its quantum security and\nquantum-secure communications offering. The company has deployed some of the\nlargest quantum-safe national communications networks in the world, including\nin Switzerland, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and serves global customers with\nquantum-safe defense in depth spanning quantum-safe posture management,\nquantum key distribution, and post quantum cryptography.\n\nCustomers are increasingly adopting multiple IonQ products and services,\ndriving growth in multiproduct revenue and providing evidence of demand for\nintegrated solutions; in the second quarter of 2026, IonQ delivered 40%\nyear-over-year growth in multiproduct revenue.\n\nIonQ and Elisity expect opportunities to cross-sell complementary security\nsolutions, expand relationships with enterprise and government customers, and\ndevelop integrated offerings.\n\nTransaction Details\n\nUnder the terms of the agreement, IonQ will acquire Elisity in an all-stock\ntransaction valued at up to $1.3 billion, including up to $150 million in\nearnout opportunity subject to performance of the Elisity business. The number\nof IonQ shares to be issued in the transaction will be calculated at closing\nbased on the volume weighted average price of IonQ common stock for the 20\ntrading days prior to, but not including, the third business day before the\nclosing date, but that price will not be greater than $49.61 or less than\n$33.07 per share.\n\nThe transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026 and is\nsubject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of required\nregulatory approval.\n\nAbout Elisity\n\nElisity helps enterprises advance Zero Trust security for users, devices,\nworkloads, AI agents and other non-human identities. Elisity IdentityGraph\ncorrelates identity, asset and risk information from native and partner\nsources to inform access decisions. Elisity’s software policy layer uses the\nnetwork to enforce access rules independently of the underlying network\ntechnology. Teams can simulate policies and limit each identity to the\ncommunications it needs, extending the value of existing network and security\ninvestments. Founded in 2019, Elisity has a global employee footprint and a\ngrowing number of customers in the Fortune 500. Learn more at elisity.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elisity.com%2F&esheet=54620086&newsitemid=20261011787748&lan=en-US&anchor=elisity.com&index=1&md5=c1b1f161c601f195510441fd5c0b104c)\n.\n\nAbout IonQ\n\nIonQ, Inc. [NYSE: IONQ] is the world's leading quantum platform and foundry -\ndelivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing,\nand security. IonQ's newest generation of quantum computers, the Superion, is\nthe latest in a line of cutting-edge systems. Earlier systems have helped\ncustomers and partners including Amazon Web Services, AstraZeneca, and NVIDIA\nachieve a 20x performance increase over previous quantum solutions and\naccelerate innovation in drug discovery, materials science, financial\nmodeling, logistics, cybersecurity, and defense. In 2025, the company achieved\n99.99% two-qubit gate fidelity, setting a world record in quantum computing\nperformance.\n\nHeadquartered in College Park, Maryland, IonQ has operations across North\nAmerica, Latin America, EMEA, and APAC. Our quantum computing services have\nbeen available through all major cloud providers since 2021, while we also\nmeet the needs of networking and sensing customers across land, sea, air, and\nspace. IonQ is making quantum platforms more accessible and impactful than\never before. Learn more at IonQ.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fionq.com%2F&esheet=54620086&newsitemid=20261011787748&lan=en-US&anchor=IonQ.com&index=2&md5=baeb42bd2c307a8820cb7e860ef1fc4f)\n.\n\nNote to Investors Regarding Forward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements. All statements\ncontained in this press release other than statements of historical fact are\nforward-looking statements, including statements regarding the pending\nacquisition, its expected timing and benefits and the combined company's\nproducts, customers and markets. In some cases, you can identify these\nstatements by forward-looking words such as \"pending,\" \"look forward,\"\n\"accelerate,\" \"anticipate,\" \"expect,\" \"suggest,\" \"plan,\" \"believe,\" \"intend,\"\n\"estimate,\" \"target,\" \"project,\" \"should,\" \"could,\" \"would,\" \"may,\" \"will,\"\n\"forecast,\" \"confident,\" \"position,\" \"become,\" \"on track,\" \"ensure,\" \"ongoing\"\nand other similar expressions. These statements are only predictions based on\nour expectations and projections about future events as of the date of this\npress release and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and\nassumptions that may prove incorrect, any of which could cause actual results\nto differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements,\nincluding, among others, the risk that the proposed acquisition does not close\non the expected timing or at all, the receipt of required approvals, the\nretention of customers, partners and employees of the acquired company, the\nintegration of the acquired business, and those described under the heading\n\"Risk Factors\" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December\n31, 2025 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, and in our\nQuarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 filed with\nthe SEC. New risks emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for our\nmanagement to predict all risks, nor can management assess the impact of all\nfactors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of\nfactors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in\nany forward-looking statement we make. Investors are cautioned not to place\nundue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of\nthe date they are made. Except as otherwise required by law, we undertake no\nobligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new\ninformation, future events or otherwise.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261011787748/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261011787748/en/)\n\nIonQ Investor Contact \n\ninvestors@ionq.co \n(mailto:investors@ionq.co) \n\n\nIonQ Media Contact \n\nmedia@ionq.co \n(mailto:media@ionq.co) \n\n\nElisity Media Contact \n\nDanielle Ostrovsky, ostrovsky@hi-touchpr.com (mailto:ostrovsky@hi-touchpr.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBwQB2sTa-20261012","title":"IonQ to Acquire Elisity to Accelerate Zero Trust for the Quantum Era","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"IONQ","created":"2026-10-12T12:00:01.367Z","tickers":["IONQ"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"IonQ to Acquire Elisity to Accelerate Zero Trust for the Quantum Era\n\n\n * Combination to pair IonQ's post-quantum cryptography and quantum key\ndistribution capabilities with Elisity's Zero Trust technology platform to\nhelp enterprise and government customers address current cyber threats and\nprepare for the quantum era\n\n * Elisity brings an established global enterprise customer base, deep CISO\nrelationships, and significant recurring revenue with accelerating growth in\nthe more than $10 billion microsegmentation market\n\n * Acquisition allows IonQ to accelerate securing the nation for the quantum era\n– as per White House Executive Order on June 22, 2026\n\nIonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the world’s leading full-stack quantum platform and\nfoundry, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to\nacquire Elisity, Inc., a Zero Trust security company, in an all-stock\ntransaction valued at up to $1.3 billion. The acquisition brings together\nIonQ's post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and quantum key distribution (QKD)\ncapabilities with Elisity's enterprise Zero Trust technology platform. On a\ncombined basis, IonQ will benefit from an expanded cybersecurity platform that\nboth uncovers and protects against present LLM and emerging quantum threats.\n\nElisity builds on IonQ’s expanding quantum security offerings with a\nhigh-growth enterprise security business, cutting-edge Zero Trust technology\nplatform, and team of industry leaders led by cybersecurity expert CEO James\nWinebrenner. Elisity has a strong track record of doubling its revenue and its\ncustomer base year-over-year with zero churn among deployed customers. With\nmore than 100 global customer deployments and deep CISO and security community\nrelationships, Elisity will provide IonQ with expanded channels to bring its\nPQC, QKD and quantum computing offerings to market for both enterprise and\ngovernment networks, opening up the more than $10 billion microsegmentation\nopportunity with double-digit CAGR to IonQ.\n\n“With Elisity and its team as part of IonQ, we will be well positioned to\nhelp customers protect critical infrastructure and enterprise networks\nthroughout the transition to the quantum era. As I said first, Q-Day is coming\nmuch faster than predicted. IonQ is offering its customers a vertically\nintegrated full-stack quantum platform across quantum computing, networking,\nsensing and cybersecurity. Just as adding SkyWater Technology expanded\nIonQ’s capabilities in chip design, fabrication and packaging, Elisity will\nbring proven enterprise policy enforcement scale and deployment experience to\nour quantum security strategy and will give IonQ a strong growth platform to\nserve customers and create value for our shareholders,” said Niccolo de\nMasi, Chairman and CEO of IonQ.\n\n“Our customers need to prioritize post-quantum cryptography initiatives\nwhile securing existing assets to keep essential operations running,” said\nJames Winebrenner, CEO of Elisity. “With IonQ, we will be optimally\npositioned to partner with them to modernize their crypto-agility programs,\naccelerate post-quantum cryptography capabilities while advancing their\nholistic Zero Trust posture and deploy hybrid-cybersecurity solutions today\nthat are prepared for the quantum future.”\n\nElisity’s Commercial Advantage\n\nEnterprises face two overlapping priorities: containing attacks that operate\nat machine speed and preparing to protect sensitive information against future\nquantum threats. The urgency of this transition is underscored by recent White\nHouse executive orders advancing quantum innovation and accelerating the\nfederal government's migration to PQC. These directives reinforce the\nimportance of securing critical systems and preparing government networks for\nquantum-era threats while supporting long-term modernization.\n\nToday, Elisity IdentityGraph combines native asset identity and\npartner-enriched context, and risk information to inform least-privilege\naccess policy for users, devices, workloads and AI agents. Teams can simulate\npolicies before limiting each identity to the communications it needs, helping\nreduce attack surface and contain an attack’s spread. By bringing together\nElisity's Zero Trust framework with IonQ's PQC and QKD capabilities, the\ncompanies will combine cryptographic protection for sensitive information and\ncommunications with identity-based controls that limit unauthorized access and\nthe spread of threats across enterprise networks. The shared roadmap with IonQ\nwill extend IdentityGraph with cryptographic inventory and risk information.\nThis integrated approach will help customers address quantum-related security\nrisks through a multiyear transition while strengthening defenses against\ncurrent cyberattacks, including threats involving AI agents.\n\nFollowing closing, Elisity will continue serving its customers under its\ncurrent leadership, including current CEO James Winebrenner. Together, the\ncompanies will continue their track record of innovation, customer success and\nstrong partner relationships, backed by IonQ’s demonstrated approach of\ninvesting in the critical technologies it acquires.\n\nIonQ’s Multiproduct Revenue Growth Opportunity\n\nIonQ brings an established track record in growing its quantum security and\nquantum-secure communications offering. The company has deployed some of the\nlargest quantum-safe national communications networks in the world, including\nin Switzerland, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and serves global customers with\nquantum-safe defense in depth spanning quantum-safe posture management,\nquantum key distribution, and post quantum cryptography.\n\nCustomers are increasingly adopting multiple IonQ products and services,\ndriving growth in multiproduct revenue and providing evidence of demand for\nintegrated solutions; in the second quarter of 2026, IonQ delivered 40%\nyear-over-year growth in multiproduct revenue.\n\nIonQ and Elisity expect opportunities to cross-sell complementary security\nsolutions, expand relationships with enterprise and government customers, and\ndevelop integrated offerings.\n\nTransaction Details\n\nUnder the terms of the agreement, IonQ will acquire Elisity in an all-stock\ntransaction valued at up to $1.3 billion, including up to $150 million in\nearnout opportunity subject to performance of the Elisity business. The number\nof IonQ shares to be issued in the transaction will be calculated at closing\nbased on the volume weighted average price of IonQ common stock for the 20\ntrading days prior to, but not including, the third business day before the\nclosing date, but that price will not be greater than $49.61 or less than\n$33.07 per share.\n\nThe transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026 and is\nsubject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of required\nregulatory approval.\n\nAbout Elisity\n\nElisity helps enterprises advance Zero Trust security for users, devices,\nworkloads, AI agents and other non-human identities. Elisity IdentityGraph\ncorrelates identity, asset and risk information from native and partner\nsources to inform access decisions. Elisity’s software policy layer uses the\nnetwork to enforce access rules independently of the underlying network\ntechnology. Teams can simulate policies and limit each identity to the\ncommunications it needs, extending the value of existing network and security\ninvestments. Founded in 2019, Elisity has a global employee footprint and a\ngrowing number of customers in the Fortune 500. Learn more at elisity.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elisity.com%2F&esheet=54620086&newsitemid=20261011787748&lan=en-US&anchor=elisity.com&index=1&md5=c1b1f161c601f195510441fd5c0b104c)\n.\n\nAbout IonQ\n\nIonQ, Inc. [NYSE: IONQ] is the world's leading quantum platform and foundry -\ndelivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing,\nand security. IonQ's newest generation of quantum computers, the Superion, is\nthe latest in a line of cutting-edge systems. Earlier systems have helped\ncustomers and partners including Amazon Web Services, AstraZeneca, and NVIDIA\nachieve a 20x performance increase over previous quantum solutions and\naccelerate innovation in drug discovery, materials science, financial\nmodeling, logistics, cybersecurity, and defense. In 2025, the company achieved\n99.99% two-qubit gate fidelity, setting a world record in quantum computing\nperformance.\n\nHeadquartered in College Park, Maryland, IonQ has operations across North\nAmerica, Latin America, EMEA, and APAC. Our quantum computing services have\nbeen available through all major cloud providers since 2021, while we also\nmeet the needs of networking and sensing customers across land, sea, air, and\nspace. IonQ is making quantum platforms more accessible and impactful than\never before. Learn more at IonQ.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fionq.com%2F&esheet=54620086&newsitemid=20261011787748&lan=en-US&anchor=IonQ.com&index=2&md5=baeb42bd2c307a8820cb7e860ef1fc4f)\n.\n\nNote to Investors Regarding Forward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements. All statements\ncontained in this press release other than statements of historical fact are\nforward-looking statements, including statements regarding the pending\nacquisition, its expected timing and benefits and the combined company's\nproducts, customers and markets. In some cases, you can identify these\nstatements by forward-looking words such as \"pending,\" \"look forward,\"\n\"accelerate,\" \"anticipate,\" \"expect,\" \"suggest,\" \"plan,\" \"believe,\" \"intend,\"\n\"estimate,\" \"target,\" \"project,\" \"should,\" \"could,\" \"would,\" \"may,\" \"will,\"\n\"forecast,\" \"confident,\" \"position,\" \"become,\" \"on track,\" \"ensure,\" \"ongoing\"\nand other similar expressions. These statements are only predictions based on\nour expectations and projections about future events as of the date of this\npress release and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and\nassumptions that may prove incorrect, any of which could cause actual results\nto differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements,\nincluding, among others, the risk that the proposed acquisition does not close\non the expected timing or at all, the receipt of required approvals, the\nretention of customers, partners and employees of the acquired company, the\nintegration of the acquired business, and those described under the heading\n\"Risk Factors\" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December\n31, 2025 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, and in our\nQuarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 filed with\nthe SEC. New risks emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for our\nmanagement to predict all risks, nor can management assess the impact of all\nfactors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of\nfactors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in\nany forward-looking statement we make. Investors are cautioned not to place\nundue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of\nthe date they are made. Except as otherwise required by law, we undertake no\nobligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new\ninformation, future events or otherwise.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261011787748/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261011787748/en/)\n\nIonQ Investor Contact \n\ninvestors@ionq.co \n(mailto:investors@ionq.co) \n\n\nIonQ Media Contact \n\nmedia@ionq.co \n(mailto:media@ionq.co) \n\n\nElisity Media Contact \n\nDanielle Ostrovsky, ostrovsky@hi-touchpr.com (mailto:ostrovsky@hi-touchpr.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-12T12:00:01.466539947Z","server_sent_at_ms":1791806401466},"received_at":"2026-10-12T12:00:01.517Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261011787748/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"154691","press_release_id":"166327","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Computer & Peripherals","sector":"Information Technology"},"redFlags":["all-stock consideration means shareholder dilution; 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