IonQ to Acquire Elisity to Accelerate Zero Trust for the Quantum Era
Business Wire•12/10/2026•08:00 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤IonQ (IONQ) to acquire Elisity in all-stock transaction valued up to $1.3 billion
- ➤Elisity transaction includes up to $150 million earnout tied to business performance
- ➤Elisity has more than 100 global customer deployments and zero churn among deployed customers
- ➤Microsegmentation market exceeds $10 billion, with double-digit CAGR
- ➤Transaction expected to close in fourth quarter of 2026, pending regulatory approval
Expert Statements
Niccolo de Masi, Chairman and CEO of IonQ
“With Elisity and its team as part of IonQ, we will be well positioned to help customers protect critical infrastructure and enterprise networks throughout the transition to the quantum era. As I said first, Q-Day is coming much faster than predicted. IonQ is offering its customers a vertically integrated full-stack quantum platform across quantum computing, networking, sensing and cybersecurity. Just as adding SkyWater Technology expanded IonQ’s capabilities in chip design, fabrication and packaging, Elisity will bring proven enterprise policy enforcement scale and deployment experience to our quantum security strategy and will give IonQ a strong growth platform to serve customers and create value for our shareholders.”
James Winebrenner, CEO of Elisity
“Our customers need to prioritize post-quantum cryptography initiatives while securing existing assets to keep essential operations running. With IonQ, we will be optimally positioned to partner with them to modernize their crypto-agility programs, accelerate post-quantum cryptography capabilities while advancing their holistic Zero Trust posture and deploy hybrid-cybersecurity solutions today that are prepared for the quantum future.”
IonQ to Acquire Elisity to Accelerate Zero Trust for the Quantum Era
* Combination to pair IonQ's post-quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution capabilities with Elisity's Zero Trust technology platform to help enterprise and government customers address current cyber threats and prepare for the quantum era
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