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accession: "0001193125-26-032000"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IONQ"
cik: "0001824920"
company_name: "IonQ, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
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event_type: "m_and_a"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# IonQ closes Skyloom (3.9M shares) and Seed (1.2M shares) acquisitions

## Summary
- Skyloom acquisition closed Jan 26, 2026; up to 3,909,267 IonQ shares as consideration.
- Seed acquisition closed Jan 30, 2026; up to 1,171,868 IonQ shares as consideration.
- Skyloom adds free-space optical communications for quantum networking; CEO Marc Eisenberg stays.
- Seed adds machine learning and cloud architecture expertise to IonQ's Quantum Infrastructure team.
- Both acquisitions advance IonQ's full-stack quantum platform strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-032000
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IONQ
- cik: 0001824920
- company_name: IonQ, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.02, 8.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824920/000119312526032000/0001193125-26-032000-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824920/000119312526032000/ionq-20260126.htm

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