{"id":203917,"date":"2025-01-17T06:07:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T12:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/the-year-ahead-promise-for-quantum-growth"},"modified":"2025-01-17T06:07:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T12:07:01","slug":"the-year-ahead-promise-for-quantum-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/the-year-ahead-promise-for-quantum-growth","title":{"rendered":"The Year Ahead: Promise For Quantum Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MO6ZvA7U3F0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>IonQ fired the first shot in the M&amp;A opportunities for quantum startups back in 2021, becoming the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/moorinsights\/2021\/03\/23\/ionq-takes-quantum-computing-public-with-a-2-billion-deal\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/moorinsights\/2021\/03\/23\/ionq-takes-quantum-computing-public-with-a-2-billion-deal\/\" aria-label=\"first publicly traded pure-play quantum\">first publicly traded pure-play quantum<\/a> computing company. In late 2024, IonQ <a href=\"https:\/\/quantumcomputingreport.com\/ionq-to-acquire-the-assets-of-qubitekk-to-strengthen-its-position-in-quantum-networking-technology\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/quantumcomputingreport.com\/ionq-to-acquire-the-assets-of-qubitekk-to-strengthen-its-position-in-quantum-networking-technology\/\" aria-label=\"filed to acquire Qubitekk\">filed to acquire Qubitekk<\/a> as part of its strategy to apply distributed computer development as a means to progress toward a CRQC computer in data centers.<\/p>\n<p>I predict that IonQ, among others in the space, has just begun its M&amp;A program.<\/p>\n<p>Expect to see acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures across geographies in the coming year, with several interesting possibilities in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IonQ fired the first shot in the M&amp;A opportunities for quantum startups back in 2021, becoming the first publicly traded pure-play quantum computing company. In late 2024, IonQ filed to acquire Qubitekk as part of its strategy to apply distributed computer development as a means to progress toward a CRQC computer in data centers. I [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}