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IonQ Acquires UK Quantum Startup Oxford Ionics for Over $1 Billion

IonQ announced the acquisition of UK quantum firm Oxford Ionics for $1.08 billion to accelerate its goal of developing full fault-tolerant quantum computers, and revealed a collaboration with Nvidia, Amazon Web Services, and AstraZeneca that demonstrated a quantum simulation 20 times faster than previous benchmarks. IonQ's stock rose 3% following the news, reflecting its ambitions to become a leading player in quantum computing akin to Nvidia in GPUs.