---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-022062"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IONQ"
cik: "0001824920"
company_name: "IonQ, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T09:23:20.505104+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IonQ Q4/FY2023 rev $22M above guidance; bookings $65.1M +166% YoY; adds two directors

## Summary
- Revenue $22.0M FY2023 (98% YoY growth), above high-end guidance; Q4 revenue $6.1M at high end.
- Full-year bookings $65.1M, 166% growth vs $24.5M prior year; pipeline strengthening for 2024.
- Net loss $157.8M FY2023; Adjusted EBITDA loss $77.7M, ahead of financial outlook.
- Appointed Robert Cardillo (former NGA Director) and William Scannell (Dell President) to Board, effective Feb 26, 2024.
- Technical milestone: reached #AQ 36 in Jan 2024; achieved first major milestone on photonic interconnects for networked QPUs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-022062
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IONQ
- cik: 0001824920
- company_name: IonQ, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824920/000095017024022062/0000950170-24-022062-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824920/000095017024022062/ionq-20240226.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  IonQ, Inc. reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 28, 2024, IonQ, Inc. (the “ Company ”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824920/000095017024022062/0000950170-24-022062-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert Thomas Cardillo was appointed as Director at IonQ, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 26, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of the Company increased the size of the Board from nine to ten directors and, following the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, appointed Robert Thomas Cardillo and William Francis Scannell to serve as members of the Board, effective on February 26, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824920/000095017024022062/0000950170-24-022062-index.htm
- Executive change
  William Francis Scannell was appointed as Director at IonQ, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 26, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of the Company increased the size of the Board from nine to ten directors and, following the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, appointed Robert Thomas Cardillo and William Francis Scannell to serve as members of the Board, effective on February 26, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824920/000095017024022062/0000950170-24-022062-index.htm

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